Is Helix Player usefull?

[Tarjei Knapstad]

On 11/22/05, Rudolf Kastl <che666 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2005/11/22, joao paulo pires <198mdk at oninet.pt>:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've installed HelixPlayer at FC4. Each time I try see some movie (wmv, asf,
> > avi) I got no success. What can I do with Helix Player?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
>
> the codecs you mentioned are proprietary codecs. actually you can:
>
> 1. shoot the people that encoded with proprietary encoders
> 2. write em an email in the hopes that they will get a clue and encode
> it with free unpatented technologies
> 3. install realplayer binary stuff and have helixplayer playing the stuff
>

4. Install mplayer and the W32 binary codecs

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Tarjei