NAME
helix-player - the helix audio and video player
SYNOPSIS
helix-player [-rhecfnq] [file]
DESCRIPTION
The Helix Player is an audio and video player based on the Helix DNA Client engine. It includes a Mozilla browser plug-in and supports local file playback and streaming over RTSP/RTP and HTTP. It supports video zoom in original, double size, and full screen, and supports:
* Theora (Alpha 3 encoded content), Vorbis, Ogg
* Basic SMIL 2.0
* H.263
* RealPix, RealText, RealEvents
* RAM and RPM playlist formats
* RTSP streaming with RTP, HTTP streaming
OPTIONS
- -r, --remote
-
Send a running player a command.
- -h, --help
-
Display help message.
- -e, --embedded FD
-
Run player in embedded mode, receive commands on descriptor FD.
- -c, --callbacks FD
-
Use with --embedded, receive callbacks on descriptor FD.
- -f, --fullscreen
-
Run the player in fullscreen mode on startup.
- -n, --new
-
Open in new player (do not reuse a running player).
- -q, --quit
-
Quit when playback is completed (used in conjunction with a URL).
- file
-
File or URL to play. If none given, start emtpy player.
SEE ALSO
<http://player.helixcommunity.org/>
AUTHOR
helix-player was written by the Real Networks, Inc. and the Helix Community <htttp://www.helixcommunity.org/>.
This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <[email protected]> and Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).