Oron Peled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 31/7/02 8:27:
>On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 02:05:49 >+0200 Oded Arbel ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ffmpeg will encode to "iso" >mpeg4, and this is the way >to go, IMHO. > >Warning: MPEG-4 is patent >encumbered. If we want any >foothold in the >multimedia arena, it is >important to try and kill >those beasts before >they grow up. > it is the most common format to view and encode, and free (and open source) software is available for it on all platforms. any currently viable video encoding is either patented (MPEG), proprietry (DivX) or both (MS-MPEG4v3). until the ogg video format appears (not very optimistic about seeing thathappen before the end of next year, or at all), you can only choose between bad, worse and worst (in no particular order ;-). -- Oded >I would look into open >variants of DivX and (with >some caution) >on the promised >(open-source) RealNetworks >encoders (if and when >they are actually released). > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
