RealPlayer

Article summary

RealPlayer, formerly RealAudio Player, RealOne Player and RealPlayer G2, is a cross-platform media player app, developed by RealNetworks. The media player is compatible with numerous container file formats of the multimedia realm, including MP3, MP4, QuickTime File Format, Windows Media format, and the proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats. RealPlayer is also available for other operating systems; Linux, Unix, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian versions have been released. The program is powered by an underlying open-source media engine called Helix.

Key claims

1. release date: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2011-11-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the release date is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the release date is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2011-11-18". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368917948