On 2013-11-09 7:07 PM, John Nagle wrote: > Many of the MPEG patents have expired, and more expire > in early 2014. The remaining ones are mostly for extensions a > web browser doesn't need - interlace, multichannel audio, etc. > Is it time yet for a free HTML5 video decoder?
I'm not sure which patents you're referring to. MPEG-1? some of MPEG-2? The last of the mp3 patents expire over the next few years, but for HTML5 video 'MPEG' means h.264 and AAC in the iso mp4 container. I believe both of those codecs are covered until at least the mid 2020's. -r _______________________________________________ dev-media mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-media
