-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim Dobson wrote: > It's naive to think that the .mov file extension refers to it being in a > nonfree video format. > > Actually the reason get_iplayer can get the video is because the iphone > (possibly one of the most drm'd devices in the world) couldnt support > Windows media DRM so they made it h.264 codec video. > > You can find out more about this part of BBC iplayer here: > http://beebhack.wikia.com > > You can find out about licencing issues of the h.264 codec here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Patents_and_GNU_Free_Software_license > > Just to reiterate, the decoding implementation for GNU/Linux the H.264 > codec, which is used in the .mov files is freely licenced. > > There may be patent implications with regards to the format in the UK, > but at this moment, it's not very clear... > > Tim > > > === Own opinions only === > > ...
Thanks for clearing that up. I just assumed that as h.264 support has to be manually compiled into ffmpeg in Debian and Ubuntu (it's called x264 in ffmpeg), that it was non-free. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst) - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C++++ UL++++ P- L+++ !E W+++ N o? K+ w--- O- M- V-PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D---- G e* h! !r y? - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkn+lQwACgkQ1kZz3mRu0GopNQCfdjCBYlnvFugkV79wJYDt36lK R+UAoMBfmgiMZChONI3nvPM22uHSomZM =ufo6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
