RSSRealNetworks Intros RealSystem iQ
By Aaron Dobbins | Published December 11, 2000, 12:47 PM
RealNetworks, maker of the well-known RealPlayer system for Internet media has introduced a new system, dubbed RealSystem iQ, hot on the heels of the Windows Media Bonus Pack. As reported on The Standard, RealSystems iQ turns a regular server-to-server network into a Web of peer-to-peer servers with robust new communications protocols.
According to the report "The result will be a network with no origin and no edge. That means a more reliable and efficient system – one with the capacity for self-healing if any one server goes down" as the system is said to "enhance Internet plumbing."
The system brings Apple QuickTime files to the menu of files to be served up by RealNetworks software, bringing along with it MP3 support and Macromedia Flash files. It seems as though Windows Media is the only lacking feature, though as The Standard's Dominic Gates writes, "given the bitter rivalry between the two companies, that's not likely to happen."
The final version of the system is expected on December 18th. For more information read the article over at The Standard.
I spend a great deal of my time cleaning up, converting, and restoring old video files on my pc, and I simply must say RM format bites the big one. Name any other format in which you can convert TO it, but NOTHING converts FROM it. ASF's, DiVX avi's, everything else can be brought back to MPEG format (even if sometimes it's a roundabout method with mixed results) but RM is simply stuck as a lousy RM file forever. I suppose it's just their way of making sure people will keep having to install this Bloated peice of garbage just to play the two .rm files they have on their pc. Pathetic. If somone develops a codec for WMP to play .rm files, I personally will send them $. ;) Shouldn't be TOO hard... WMP had a RealVideo codec ages ago, before Real whined about it and stopped them. If somone could find that old thing and update it to modern RealVideo standards..
Enough Babbling, no one's reading!
-CharredPC
(my 0.0000002 cents)
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|Are we heading towards a situation where RealNetworks=Netscape, Windows Media Player=Internet Explorer, and the same old controversy of being bundled with the OS surrounding Windows Media Player...??
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|it sure does seem like that doesnt it? GAWD!
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|I f00king hope not
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|Very good observation. If this was /. and I had modpoints, I'd rate that +1, Insightful. ;)
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|I am sorry to say but the people who complain that it is unjust that IE is being "bundled" with Windows are a bunch of sore losers. Microsoft is the widely used OS out there and has every right to include their own software with the OS. Now if Netscape starts to complain again then they should try to create a new OS which is user friendly. For those of you who think that netscape is better than the rest remind me of Al Gore. Oh and what type of name is "manish" shouldn't it be "manly"?
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|I agree, Microsoft makes windows, theres no good reason why they cant do whatever they want to it.
I wonder about those people that b**** about IE being bundled with Windows, when they goto anystore with a "buy This get That Free" deal, do they flip-off the casheer when they try to give them there free item?
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|i love ie. windows media player can use a lot of work but it's a lot better than realplayer.
i think including more stuff is great. they made netscape unnessasary. windows me made winzip, my scanner software, and video capture software obsolete. now they're gonna make my winamp and audiocatalyst unnessasary. i think they're even planning on including a watered down virus scanner in ie6. if aol lets ms messenger communicate with aim all ms gotta do now is include a cd burner, improve their image editor for office, put a decent java compiler in visual studio, and the only software i'll have on my comp are windows, office, visual studio, napster, and half-life.
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