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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:59:35 +0200
From:      Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org>, multimedia@FreeBSD.org, shaun@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Please, test new port: helixplugin
Message-ID:  <20061023095935.669kwwzc2s4co8o0@webmail.leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <200610221750.45645@aldan>
References:  <200610221649.26674@aldan> <20061022212942.GO91212@graf.pompo.net> <200610221750.45645@aldan>

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Quoting Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> (from Sun, 22 Oct =20
2006 17:50:45 -0400):

> On Sunday 22 October 2006 17:29, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> =3D BTW, have you read netchild's blog?
> =3D
> =3D<http://bsdblogs.droso.org/netchild/2006/10/19/native-realplayer-for-fr=
eebsd/>
>
> The objectives are different :-) I'm just building the plugin part -- it w=
ill
> use, whatever is known as "realplay" (or "hxplay") on the system.
>
> The following is the text I tried to add as a follow-up to Alexander's blo=
g,
> but could not (presumably, due to glitches of the web-site):
>
> <<How is this different from the already existing port of
> multimedia/helixplayer ?
>
> It would seem, the existing port is only missing the few codecs, which Rea=
l
> can not or would not open-source.

Yes, that's more or less the difference between helixplayer and RealPlayer.

> I'd like to propose, that you concentrate on porting these codecs ONLY and
> rely on the already existing multimedia/helixplayer port already being the=
re
> (RUN_DEPENDS, maybe BUILD_DEPENDS).

Have a look at the way Real is distributing this for Linux or Solaris. =20
And they do the work, not I or someone else @FreeBSD.org. We just have =20
a look at the logs and tell them the cause of the problems we see. So =20
we are locked to their standard way of distributing RealPlayer.

Bye,
Alexander.

> Considering my (pending) multimedia/helixplugin, you, probably, should not
> bother with the browser plugin either...
>
> Good luck! Yours,>>
>
> =09-mi
>
>



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