On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:25 AM, CatBus
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If space in the firmware were the only limiting factor, that would be a
> decent solution--but as Robin points out, vendors refusing to license
> codecs is a much more serious issue.

AAC licensing is fairly straightforward with a per-unit fee for
consumer devices.  See
http://www.vialicensing.com/Licensing/AAC_fees.cfm and
http://www.vialicensing.com/Licensing/AAC_FAQ.cfm

I would expect that getting a license to write your own WMA codec is a
much bigger hurdle than licensing AAC, but that might be easier than I
think, as well.

-Steve
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