Helix DNA Client powers many digital media applications, including
RealPlayer for MS Windows, Mac OS and Linux (since version 10), RealPlayer Mobile, and Helix Player. It is used on
Nokia,
Motorola,
Samsung and
Sony Ericsson mobile phones. 800 million mobile phones with the Helix client have been shipped since 2004. It is also being used in embedded devices like the
Internet Tablet OS from
Nokia, which is found on the
Nokia 770,
N800 and
N810 Internet Tablets.
Cingular Video is also based on the framework. Other projects that use the Helix framework include RealNetwork's
Rhapsody online music service, the Banshee and
Amarok music players, and MediaReady 4000. Helix DNA also manifests itself as the RealPlayer on Mobile Internet Devices (MID) and on Netbooks. Developers from the
Open Source Lab announced in 2007 they would use Helix technologies for content creation applications and collaboration in the
One Laptop Per Child project. Helix DNA client contains support for the following media formats: • Audio formats:
Vorbis,
AAC,
AAC+,
M4A,
MP3,
AMR-NB,
AMR-WB,
RealAudio,
WMA,
a-law,
u-law and audio containers
AIFF,
WAV,
AU • Video formats:
Theora,
RealVideo,
WMV,
H.263,
H.264,
VC-1,
H.261,
MJPEG and container formats RealMedia file format,
3GP, 3G2,
AVI,
ASF • Description formats:
SMIL,
SDP • Image formats:
JPEG,
GIF,
PNG • Protocols:
RTSP,
RTP,
HTTP,
Multicast,
RDT ==Helix DNA Client for Android==