On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > On 23 Jan 2002, Ronald Bultje wrote: > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 18:01, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > > > I know DVD is but I think MPEG 1 and 2 is safe? Can some one correct me > > > if I am wrong and point out the exact problem? > > > > As far as I know, you can safely distribute MPEG encoder/decoder source > > code. However, as soon as you go to binaries (think about RPMs, debs), > > you owe a fee to the MPEG foundation. Basically, putting mpeg2enc in the > > mjpegtools binaries is not allowed. That's why distributions like suse > > exclude mpeg2enc from the mjpegtools RPMs and why debian doesn't include > > us as all (we're marked as *non-free* there...) > > So much for that idea, well I guess I can use OpenDivX although the last > time I tried it with VCR it didn't work so well. Has anyone else had > better luck? Or does using that to create AVI files violate some patents? --- http://kevin.atkinson.dhs.org
