
         Helix Player %version% for Unix

                Release Notes

                 March 2006

   The Helix Player %version% is a complete,
   free and open source media player,
   licensed under your choice of three
   options: open source (RPSL), commercial
   community source (RCSL), and the free
   software GNU General Public License
   (GPL). It plays open media formats, like
   Ogg Vorbis and Theora, H.261, H.263,
   GIF, JPEG, PNG, RealText and SMIL.

  System Requirements

     * 350MHz Intel Pentium II processor or
       equivalent (500 MHz Pentium III or
       greater recommended)
     * 64MB of RAM
     * 30MB available disk space
     * 28.8Kbps modem (High-speed Internet
       connection recommended)
     * Sound card supported by OSS drivers
     * 65,000-color video display card set
       to display at 800x600 (video)

   This is the readme file for the Helix
   Player %version% release. This file will be
   modified as we have more information -
   so please do check our website
   periodically for new and updated
   information.

  What's New in %version%

   This version is a security update.

  Known Issues

     * If you are having problems playing
       back media and are behind a proxy
       you can try using rtsp transport via
       http only (go to transports pane in
       prefs, select "use specified
       transport" and click "configure
       rtsp." Then uncheck "attempt
       multicast," "attempt udp," and
       "attempt tcp.")
     * Context Menu might not work while
       managing favorites with older GTK
       versions.
     * Helix Player on Linux PPC RPM
       requires --ignorearch flag to
       install (issue #2569)
     * Player does not play gnome-vfs URI's
       (smb://). Workaround is to mount the
       samba share using smbmount etc
       (issue #2269).
     * Alsa and esound drivers are not
       included in this build
     * The OSS device used for playback can
       be set using the AUDIO environment
       variable.
          + eg export AUDIO=/dev/dsp2
     * See the Helix Player bug tracker for
       a list of the latest issues that
       affect the player.
     * The value of the UDPPort preference,
       if used, needs to be set as a range,
       for example:

        UseUDPPort=1
        UDPPort=7000-7010

       Setting it to a single number will
       result in a player crash.

FAQ and Other means of support

   You can check the player help page in
   the Helix Player project:
   http://player.helixcommunity.org

   You can also post your questions on
   either the FAQ forum, via irc on
   irc.helixcommunity.org channel #player,
   or via the dev@player.helixcommunity.org
   mailing list.

   You can report bugs via the Helix Issue
   Tracker. Helix Player bugs can be logged
   under the Player component. Please look
   up all open bugs against player to help
   reduce duplicates being entered.

   Thank you for using the Helix Player!
