[mythtv-users] [OT] m4a / aac audio support
Boyd II, Willy
wboyd at fulbright.com
Mon Mar 29 11:53:09 EST 2004
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>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] m4a / aac audio support
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>crap, I hate control-enter-for-send sometimes.. second try..
>
>> It's my understanding that AAC is a standard and is not
>proprietary...
>> and therefore would not requite any royalties. The proprietary part
>> of iTunes Music Store songs is the Fairplay DRM that Apple uses.
>
>http://www.vialicensing.com/products/mpeg4aac/licenseFAQ.html
>
>Who needs to license MPEG-4 AAC patents?
>An MPEG-4 AAC patent license is required for manufacturers or
>developers of complete (or substantially complete) end-user
>encoder and/or decoder products, or for
>manufacturers/developers of component encoder and/or decoder
>products that are provided directly to end-users.
>
>Also see: http://faac.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=AAC
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>All mpeg-4 codecs require licensing the patents (that's what
>the patents are for). As I understand it, they just haven't
>finalized what mpeg4 video will be, or how much it will cost
>people (I have a friend at realnetworks who originally told me
>this, but it's been a few months so they may have figured one
>or both of these out), which is why there are still several
>different codecs that call themselves mpeg4 video.
Hmm... OK, so color me corrected. I guess that part that tripped me up
is statements like this: (from the second source you noted)
"Worldwide ISO/IEC open standard (as opposed to proprietary closed
standards e.g. from Microsoft, see also MPEG-4 Systems for an example).
"
AND
"Anyone can create his own implementation, because the latest specs and
demo sources are available for a small fee from the [ISO], older ones as
a free download from the MPEG Audio Subgroup or the MPEG FTP sites and
also from the [ISO]."
So it's definitely not proprietary. But yeah on the same page it
mentions the expensive and restrictive licensing as a con. So what's
the difference? Just trying to understand the issue, not saying you're
wrong.
- Willy
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>-Chris
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