On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM, arun medapati <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Hi, > I want to use libavcodec as shared library in a commercial application to > encode audio and video. I will use only PCM to mp2 encoder (for audio) and > YUV to mpeg2 encoder(for video). > > Can anyone let me know if there are any patent issues on these codecs used > in libavcodec? I guess i need not open my application source as the library > is under LGPL. Please correct me if i'm wrong. > > OpenSource : Right but to use libavcodec under LGPL you must it in your soft as an external component (dll under windows...) Patent: MPEG 2 audio bitstream format is a standard and is based on several patent...you can used the mpeg2 encoder provide by libavcodec (for free), But i "think" that if you make a commercial usage of the resulting product, you must pay some royalties...Aware, i'm not a lawyer !!! _______________________________________________ libav-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/libav-user
