On Tue, May 22, 2007 10:30 am, Terje J. Hanssen wrote: > I've wondered why not the main Linux distros do provide out-of-box > complete and optimized DV and HDV editing environments (from camcorder > to DVD and BD), especially as far as this isn't a trivial end user task > on Linux. > > Ubuntu Studio may be a careful beginning, but I had waited a much more > progressive offensive. Why isn't i.e LinuxMCE included to compete with > Windows MC and the upcoming Home server is one typical question.
Linux MCE is based on mythtv and many distros include mythtv. > > Are there unclear GPL and license issues that prohibit them to do and > distribute this? > There are patent issues in relation to codecs, particularly MPEG codecs. > I've heard that to generate a mpeg file one should pay a $2 single fee > for this licens. If this is all that must be a minor problem to overcome. Read the licenses at this site: http://www.mpegla.com/ > > Besides, when a consumer buy i.e a Sony HDV camcorder that produce > mpeg2, I prerequsitt that Sony has covered the required mpeg license. I > think this mpeg2 then should be free to save on other media like PC hard > disk, edit native and burn to DVD/BD, still within mpeg without decoding > and encoding. > > Terje J. Hanssen > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > -- Nick Rout _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
