The Helix Player is an open source media player for Linux

The Helix Player is an open source media player for Linux, Solaris, and Symbian based on the Helix DNA Client media engine. More operating system versions are currently in development. This site is where you can download the latest version of the player, find answers to questions about it or even get involved with improving it.

Helix DNA is a project to produce software that can play audio and video media in various formats, aid in producing such media, and serve them over a network. It is intended as a largely free and open source digital media framework that runs on numerous operating systems and processors (including mobile phones) and was started by RealNetworks which has contributed much of the code. The Helix Community is an open collaborative effort to develop and extend the Helix DNA platform.

Helix DNA Client is the multi-platform multi-format media playback engine. Helix Player is a media player that runs on Linux, Solaris, Symbian and FreeBSD and is built on top of Helix DNA Client. Helix DNA Producer is an application that can aid in the production of media files, and Helix DNA Server can stream media files over a network.

Helix Player 11 Gold Linux x86 console installer, rpm, others.

RealPlayer 11 Gold Linux x86 console installer, rpm, deb, others.

Latest versions:
Helix Player 11 for Linux Gold: 11.0.0.4052.
RealPlayer 11 for Linux Gold: 11.0.1.1056.

Welcome to the Helix Player project!

The Helix Player is an open source media player for Linux, Solaris, and Symbian based on the Helix DNA Client media engine. More operating system versions are currently in development. This site is where you can download the latest version of the player, find answers to questions about it or even get involved with improving it.

• Player downloads page
• Forums
• FAQ

Helix Player 11.0

Helix Player 11.0 ( formerly referred to as Helix Player 2.0 and codenamed Balto ), is available for download on the player downloads page.

• Plans
• Progress
• Nightly builds -- Balto comes from the "current" builds

Helix DNA Client

Helix DNA Client is the multi-platform multi-format media playback engine. Helix Player is a media player that runs on Linux, Solaris, Symbian and FreeBSD and is built on top of Helix DNA Client. Helix DNA Producer is an application that can aid in the production of media files, and Helix DNA Server can stream media files over a network.

Helix DNA Client powers many digital media applications, including RealPlayer for MS Windows, Mac OS and Linux (since version 10), RealPlayer Mobile, and Helix Player. It is used on Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson mobile phones. According to https://helixcommunity.org, 350 million mobile phones with the Helix client have been shipped since 2004. It is also being used in embedded devices like the Internet Tablet OS from Nokia, which is found on the Nokia 770, N800 and N810 Internet Tablets. Cingular Video is also based on the framework. Other projects that use the Helix framework include RealNetwork's Rhapsody online music service, the Banshee and Amarok music players, and MediaReady 4000. Helix DNA also manifests itself as the RealPlayer on Mobile Internet Devices (MID) and on Netbooks.

Another project that is taking advantage of the Helix DNA Client is the One Laptop Per Child project. A group of developers from the Open Source Lab are currently working on a media player API for the project, and will continue on using other Helix technologies to create applications for content creation and content collaboration. [

Helix DNA client contains support for the following media formats

* Audio formats: Vorbis, AAC, AAC+, M4A, MP3, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, RealAudio, WMA, a-law, u-law and audio containers AIFF, WAV, AU
* Video formats: Theora, RealVideo, WMV, H.263, H.264, VC-1, H.261, MJPEG and container formats RealMedia file format, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, ASF
* Description formats: SMIL, SDP
* Image formats: JPEG, GIF, PNG
* Protocols: RTSP, RTP, HTTP, Multicast, RDT

Helix DNA Server

The Helix DNA Server, first released on 22 January, 2003, supports streaming of following formats:

* RealVideo, RealAudio (.rm, .ra, .rv)
* MP3

It supports streaming to any device or application that supports the HTTP, RTSP/RTP, TCP, UDP unicast and UDP multicast streaming protocols.

There is also a commercial version called Helix Server, which has more features and supports more media formats.

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