Isn’t AV1 patent free?
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solrize@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Why do we need more codecs? Technical progress is nice but unless the new thing is literally 5x better than the old thing, media codecs are for practical purposes a solved problem by now. Slight improvements aren’t worth the churn and patent hazards.
__siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yes and no. Hardware = pay google Proprietary software = pay google or 3rd party Open source (d@v1d) = free (this is what most people use = VLC Player)
solrize@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I don’t know, but if it is, why take chances with yet another codec? The hazard is less about the developers asserting parents than trolls coming out of the woodwork after the codec is deployed.
ftbd@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Imagine living in a place where software patents exist
Waryle@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
AV1 and AV2 are both patent free, that’s the point. Maybe you should start educating yourself a bit on the subject before ranting?
solrize@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Patent troll = someone pops up claiming av1 or av2 infringes on some obscure patent that they control. That happens all the time. There’s no way to guarantee that it won’t happen with any codec or really with anything. It is very expensive to defend against even when the claim is bogus.
UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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solrize@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Thanks, that sounds mostly like container features. Maybe that helps.