- cross-posted to:
- linux
- cross-posted to:
- linux
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22949658
If I’m interpreting this correctly, many MP4 patents are going to expire next year. 🎉
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I have literally no understanding of video codecs, standards etc. Is there a “set and forget” option which is free and good?
H264 is almost universally playable and transcodable by nearly everything on earth.
But non-free?
How would the patents expiring help the common man?
And free and open source software can be written, shared and used without potentially getting sued. And these projects power lots of things.
The devices implementing the patented codecs may become cheaper.
They won’t.
