On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:16:10 +0200, Goetz Waschk wrote: > Am Freitag, 21. Juni 2002, 11:12:40 Uhr MET, schrieb Frederic Crozat: >> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:27:03 +0200, Goetz Waschk wrote: >> > the latest xine includes support for realtime mpeg encoding to a dxr3 >> > card using either libfame or librte. libfame is already in PLF, I'd >> > like to ask if I can move it to Cooker. I don't know if it's possible to >> > include the fame support in an extra PLF xine plugin without >> > conflicting with the xine-dxr3 package in Cooker. >> > What's your opinion on this subject? >> Since it is a MPEG encoding library, it is probably using MPEG patents >> => can't go in cooker nor contrib.. > > Hi, > > I understand. What about ffmpeg, it has been in contrib for a while. Does it > have to be removed?
Didn't knew about that.. I really don't know exactly about MPEG video patents.. MP3 encoding patent is not royalty free.. Don't know for MPEG1/2 .. -- Frédéric Crozat MandrakeSoft
