Re:past sins (Score 1)

ah yes, my comments about OS X and Linux were related to the positive responses, about the earlier player versions on those platforms, and how they behave themselves very well.

RealPlayer 10 Beta is available only on Windows for now. OS X on the way.

For Linux and Solaris, there is the on-going Helix Player open source project. This is not RealPlayer 10.

https://player.helixcommunity.org/ Here is the overview of the Helix Player:

Overview

The Helix Player is the Helix Community's open source media player for consumers. It will have a rich and usable graphical interface and support all of the types of media currently offered by our Helix DNA Client.
Features

* Gtk+/Gnome interface
* video zoom: original, double size and full screen
* media type support:
o SMIL 2.0
o RealVideo (RV9, RV8, RV7, RVG2)
o RealAudio (RA8, G2 audio)
o MP3
o Ogg Vorbis
o MPEG4 (patent license for MPEG4 must be obtained separately)
o H.263
* Mozilla browser plug-in
* graphical installer
* RPM installer

Latest status:

The latest nightly builds of Helix Player will be able to play most of the RA/RV10 codecs. Current status is RealVideo 10 works, RealAudio low-bitrate works, RealAudio high bitrate (AAC) doesn't work, but should start working in a nightly soon. We will post an update here when RA high bitrate is working as well.