Re: RealNetworks Open Source and SMIL ?

Hi All,
That would be great news if Real released the SMIL code. SMIL for the 
masses would take two big steps forward, thanks to RealNetworks.
The other huge step is supporting Ogg audio:
http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2002/xiph.html

Save your audio in Ogg and your done :)

On the other hand the multimedia SMIL file may be going one step 
backwards, with regards to open free image formats. Hopefully
Forgent is unsuccessful in their efforts of controlling jpeg.
http://www.idg.net/ic_892953_1794_9-10000.html

Maybe jpeg 2000 will have to replace jpeg.

Thanks again RealNetworks for taking the lead in
SMIL multimedia development.

Jose Ramirez

Flavor (about 500KB and 30s long, prefetched on RealOne):
http://www.geocities.com/ramirez_j2001/test3/flavor/flavor.smil


Philipp Hoschka wrote:
> Rob,
> 
> thanks for the info.
> 
> I'd encourage the people who determine the opinions of RN
> to consider releasing the SMIL code - I'm at SIGGRAPH right
> now, and a lot of people come up to me and say "Did you hear
> that Real open sourced the code for Realplayer ?" - having
> read the press release, I tell them that that isn't so clear
> to me. But it shows that there is an expectation here, which
> probably comes from the parallel with Mozilla.
> 
> -Philipp
> 
> Rob Lanphier wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Philipp Hoschka wrote:
>>
>>>How does this relate to SMIL (if at all) ?
>>>
>>>http://www.realnetworks.com/R/HLrnhp_072202R/www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2002/helix_community.html
>>
>>Still TBD.  We're nailing down the final details of our plan to release
>>code in 90 days, so I can't say whether SMIL is in or out.  Long haul, I
>>personally don't see any reason why we wouldn't put it out, but there
>>could be short-term logistical issues, and there's probably something I'm
>>not thinking about here.  We'll have a better answer to this question in
>>90 days or sooner.
>>
>>(The opinions expressed here are my own and not those of RealNetworks,
>>it's cafeteria supply company or landlord.)
>>
>>Rob
> 
> 
>

Received on Friday, 26 July 2002 11:49:00 UTC