commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increawww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1565arrow-down18
arrow-up1557arrow-down1external-linkFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increawww.tomshardware.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squarechisel@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 hours agoAye, but AV1 uses math to make the videos smaller, which is the same technology h.264 uses, so clearly it’s patent infringement!
minus-squareSirEDCaLot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoThis is why software patents were a horrible idea. We were all warned. Still, I thought the whole objective of AV1 was to avoid any incumbrances.
Aye, but AV1 uses math to make the videos smaller, which is the same technology h.264 uses, so clearly it’s patent infringement!
This is why software patents were a horrible idea. We were all warned.
Still, I thought the whole objective of AV1 was to avoid any incumbrances.