Hmm interesting. -deke
On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, Jimmy Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 09/04/14 03:42, Deke Kincaid wrote: > >> What are the plans for approaching Quicktime codec support on Linux >>>> (audio and video)? It's a problem I hate thinking about, but it will come >>>> up. >>>> >>> >> No plans for the immediate future as far as I know. Even Autodesk has >> to work around this by using a Mac to convert the files to dpx in order >> for the Linux box to read it (via wiretap). There are lots of legal >> issues with QuickTime which we are weary to touch (ie libavcodec reverse >> engineers prores which is technically illegal in the US via DMCA). Also >> we start running into lots of patent licenses we would have to pay for >> even if it is an open source library (using QuickTime on Win/Mac lets >> us bypass lots of this). >> >> > Apparently Davinci Resolve managed to fix this and have now licensed > prores on Linux. (most likely through libavcodec. > > Hilsen > Jimmy Christensen > Developer > Ghost A/S > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > -- -- Deke Kincaid Creative Specialist The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: [email protected]
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