My understanding of IEEE 1394 is that it is patented by Apple and anyone
who wishes to use it has to pay a royalty to Apple. Maybe I misunderstood
and this only applies to hardware manufacturers.
--
Chris
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Subject: IEEE 1394 support
Hi
I posted a query relating to Firewire support and Mike came back with the
awful news that he felt the field was so laced with patents that it was
not
worth trying..
I am quite interested in seeing if a way round the problems can be found -
does anyone have any pointers.
What I felt would be useful would be to try to support either the Texas
Instruments IEEE 1394 OCHI compliant controller or some of the other cards
that are available. (I have an on board TI chip). Does anyone have a link
to
some information that can identify the patent problems Mike referred to?
Initially I would like to be able to get a "simple" capture program that
would generate either AVI Type 1 or Type 2 files from a camcorder.
Are the problems as insurmountable as Mike seems to feel they are?
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 support
> > Is any one working on firewire (IEEE 1394) support for camcorders?
>
> No; the field is laced with patents which prevent any really useful work
> being done. You might as well ignore firewire for the time being.
>
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