On 23 Jan 2002, Ronald Bultje wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 18:01, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > > I know DVD is but I think MPEG 1 and 2 is safe? Can some one correct me > > if I am wrong and point out the exact problem? > > As far as I know, you can safely distribute MPEG encoder/decoder source > code. However, as soon as you go to binaries (think about RPMs, debs), > you owe a fee to the MPEG foundation. Basically, putting mpeg2enc in the > mjpegtools binaries is not allowed. That's why distributions like suse > exclude mpeg2enc from the mjpegtools RPMs and why debian doesn't include > us as all (we're marked as *non-free* there...)
So much for that idea, well I guess I can use OpenDivX although the last time I tried it with VCR it didn't work so well. Has anyone else had better luck? -- http://kevin.atkinson.dhs.org _______________________________________________ Video4linux-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
