On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Kevin Atkinson wrote:

> 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?

Or does using that to create AVI files violate some patents?

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