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bored2k
September 4th, 2005, 01:31 AM
MainConcept preparing to release a family of codecs that will support Linux, among other software platforms. The goal of its "Every Codec. Every Platform" strategy is "to offer all of the most-requested codec formats on all of the most-requested platforms," including the Linux operating system and Intel's XScale embedded processors.

Codecs currently being readied for release include Motion JPEG 2000, DVCPRO100, MPEG-4 Part 2, VC-1, and AAC / HE AAC, according to the company. These are in addition to the following already-supported codecs: Motion JPEG, DV25, DVCPRO50, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10 AVC). The company notes that it provides "robust HD support, including 1080i / 1080p resolution and higher, in all applicable codecs." Go here (http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9819663983.html) for the rest of the article.

sapo
September 4th, 2005, 02:33 AM
lets see how many hours.. or maybe minutes it will last till some "proprietary" crap start processing them...

Lovechild
September 4th, 2005, 02:41 AM
well, how is this different from Fluendos effort to write gstreamer plugins and license these codecs?

byen
September 4th, 2005, 02:49 AM
lets see how many hours.. or maybe minutes it will last till some "proprietary" crap start processing them...
as mentioned in the original post..they are preparing....Im not sure they will get everything in. no-way...we'd be seeing law-suits flying left,right and center. the world is good...but its the corporations that screw the path to acheiving it! especially when the penguin is involved!!

Wolki
September 4th, 2005, 04:58 AM
as mentioned in the original post..they are preparing....Im not sure they will get everything in. no-way...we'd be seeing law-suits flying left,right and center. the world is good...but its the corporations that screw the path to acheiving it! especially when the penguin is involved!!

It's quite likely that they will get everything.

If you read some more info on their page, it's clear that they create those codecs to license them for buisnesses. Say someone who wants to build and sell linux-based media center pcs. And as long as everyone pays the required fees and respects the patents companies are usually very willing to license their stuff.

Like Lovechild said, Fluendo does something similar. They even plan to sell single licenses to users so that everyone who wants a legal mp3 player for their linux box can get one.

It's only the free distriburtion that's a problem with linux codecs.