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- *x264 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X264>* – H.264/MPEG-4 AVC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC> implementation. x264 is not a codec (en*co*der/*dec*oder); it is just an encoder (it cannot decode video). - *OpenH264 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenH264>* – H.264 baseline profile encoding and decoding -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Are you sure that a license is needed for H.264 playback? That could > seriously impact the viability of YouTube or Vimeo, if all users had to pay > a license fee. > > My hope is that the license is just paid by the encoder tool maker. If > you’re using Adobe Media Encoder you don’t have to pay a license, Adobe > already did. > > In the hope that playback doesn’t involve paying a fee, you could use > non-H.264 encoders that make videos that are played back by anything that > can handle H.264. That might allow you to use your own tool without a > license fee, and still make videos that can play back everywhere. > > Here is an article that talks about how to solve a gamma/contrast issue > that happens with most H.264 encoders: > > https://myth.li/2010/07/how-to-fix-the-h264-gamma- > brightness-bug-in-quicktime/ > > The solution they have is to use an x264 encoder, and the article has > links to a QuickTime component, so that you could export to x264 from > anything that uses QuickTime. The results are better looking than regular > H.264. > > > On Jul 19, 2017, at 12:37 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Seems most folks use h.264 for encoding video, but being > patent-encumbered it requires negotiating a license with MPEGLA for > commercial use. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
