Have the patents for H.264 MPEG-4 AVC expired yet? - Meta
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  • kralk@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    2 年前

    I have literally no understanding of video codecs, standards etc. Is there a “set and forget” option which is free and good?

        • PieMePlenty@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          2 年前

          Commercial use requires payment to patent holders, free use does not (whenever end user does not pay to watch). I dont know how ad supported streams are categorized, probably commercial. For personal use, I wouldnt worry about the license. Worry when you start a streaming server and start making revenue.

          • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
            21·
            2 年前

            It is also illegal in most places beside France

            Not enforced so you should use it but it is technically illegal. Same thing with Linux distros shipping anything under patent.

            • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
              12·
              2 年前

              I think you’re mixing the libdvdcss library for playing protected DVDs or referring to some other non-free, patented codec with the x264 package implementation of the H.264 codec, which the patent holders allowed to be used freely for non-commercial use.

        • d_k_bo@feddit.orgEnglish
          7·
          2 年前

          That depends on where you live. In many parts of the world, software patents don’t exist and aren’t applied.

    • lambaliciousEnglish
      2·
      2 年前

      Wasn’t Theora the set-and-forget free option? Don’t recall if it had the “good” part tho.