My friend and streaming expert Ben Waggoner will be holding his next two 5-day Mastering Compression classes on June 30 and August 11.

These classes are held on the Stanford University campus. They’re part of Stanford’s Digital Media Academy program, so you get Stanford Continuing Education credits for taking the class — that means that your […]

Most people don’t realize that a significant consequence of the Helix DNA platform is that RealNetworks has curtailed authoring support for non-Windows platforms. Most significantly, RealNetworks will no longer be providing authoring solutions for Mac OS X, the world’s second-most-popular OS.

Instead, RealNetworks intends to release a RealSystem 9 SDK for Mac OS X through the […]

The “gold” (looks more like plastic, actually) release of RealOne Player for Mac OS X is now available.

First, “order” the free player by avoiding all of the obvious buttons and clicking the small link in the upper-right corner of the page. Once you’ve done that, you’ll need to either (1) register, (2) give them your […]