Helix player

[Jason W]

Thanks to  perthie for:

Code: [Select]

Title:          Helix.tcz
Description:    Helix is the open-source version of RealPlayer
                It is a basic GTK2 alternative to audio players like xmms
Version:        11.0.2.1743
Author:         Various
Original-site:  https://player.helixcommunity.org
Copying-policy: GPL
Size:           2.2 MB
Extension_by:   perthie
Comments:       Helix plays mp3/ogg/wav files and pls/m3u streams.
                It does not play RealAudio.
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                Because of licensing restrictions, Helix does not ship with
                an mp3 plugin. However this extension also contains the script
                "updatehelix". It will download the RealPlayer installer,
                extract its mp3 plugin and add it to your Helix extension.
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                The first time you run Helix, you must set the audio driver.
                Go to Tools > Preferences > Hardware and select ALSA or OSS.
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                You will also need wget.tcz if you want to run the optional
                connection speed test.
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                To play streaming audio, just paste the URI into Open Location
Change-log:     -------------
Current:        2009/11/21 first version



[Jason W]

This extension is in need of an update:

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=5095.0

[Jason W]

Since the extension is broken now and it is a simple case of editing text, I will fix it tonight.

[Jason W]

It would be nice in the updatehelix function to copy all from Realplayer's codecs and plugins directory, not just the mp3 stuff, so it would be a Real Player replacement.