[helix-maintainers] Bug#340721: helix-player points to non-free software instead of playing movie

[W. Borgert]

Package: helix-player
Version: 1.0.4-1sarge1
Severity: normal

On visiting http://www.wdr.de/tv/monitor/real.phtml with Mozilla
Firefox and clicking on "abspielen" (play), no movie is shown -
instead an error message box is presented:

"Component Missing

The player does not have the capabilities
to play back this content.

[Check for Updates...] [Details...]

[Help] [OK]"

Clicking on "Check for Updates..." leads to the page
http://www.real.com/linux, that promotes non-free software to
play the movie. One can download an i386 binary (no link to any
other platform nor source code) and that's it.

If helix-player cannot support the movie format, that's OK,
but a Debian package should not promote download non-free
software from a third party, IMHO. Plus: without any notice,
that this is not part of Debian, and that Debian cannot ensure
security for such software, etc.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages helix-player depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0        1.10.1-2              The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6              2.3.2.ds1-22          GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libglib2.0-0       2.6.4-1               The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0        2.6.4-3               The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0      1.8.2-1               Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libstdc++5         1:3.3.5-13            The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6           4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6           4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxv1             4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 X Window System video extension li
ii  xlibs              4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu

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