[mythtv] Android build

[Peter Bennett]

On 5/1/23 22:32, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 12:54 AM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I looked into the play store, for mythbackend and also for leanfront.
>>   From what I found, Android and Amazon are far more strict about the app
>> store for android TV than for regular android for phones and tablets.
>> They want to review and test each TV application before approving it.
>> This would be impossible without a working MythTV backend. Looking at
>> the list of requirements for adding it to the store, I became
>> discouraged with the number of difficult or impossible requirements.
>
> In addition, any inclusion of any licensed technologies
> included in the app will be expected (required) to
> obtain the licenses to redistribute from the
> appropriately licensing organizations (and pay
> them their fees, which can end up being a lot of
> money, so that usually means the app has to
> charge something to be able to pay the license
> fees (unless the individual is willing to pay
> those fees for everyone, which can end up
> being a lot of money)).  Using only the
> vendor supplied on-device solutions (i.e. not an
> embedded FFmpeg) may be able to avoid those
> licensing issues (check with your IP lawyer to be
> sure), but also restricts presentation capabilities
> to what the vendor provides to apps (and, of
> course, you have to use those vendor interfaces).
> _______________________________________________

This make me curious about how ubuntu handles the problem. ffmpeg, vlc, 
mythtv, etc. are available for download from ubuntu. Does somebody pay 
the mpeg license fees every time somebody downloads them? Perhaps ubuntu 
has a special arrangement? Also many other places have video and audio 
player software available for download (e.g. the vlc website). They must 
have the same problem.

Peter