
          Helix Player 11.0.2.1743 for Unix

                Release Notes

                 October 2009

   The Helix Player 11.0.2.1743 is a complete, free
   and open source media player, licensed
   under your the 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 ALSA
    * 65,000-color video display card set to display at 800x600 (video)

   This is the readme file for the HelixPlayer
   11.0.2.1743 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 11.0.2.1743

     * Playlist support.
     * PerfectPlay (Superbuffer).
     * ALSA Audio Device Support.
     * Surround Sound Playback Support.

   This build also includes many fixes and
   incremental improvements over the
   earlier milestone releases. A lot of the
   work in this build also has gone towards
   stabilizing features and fixing many
   known issues and bugs.

  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.")
     * HelixPlayer 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).
     * See the Helix Player bug tracker for
       a list of the latest issues that
       affect the player.

  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. Do look up all open bugs
   against player to help reduce duplicates
   being entered.

