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technology·Technologybybeep The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expiredcross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1274407/the-last-mpeg-4-visual-patent-has-expiredhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_MPEG-4_Visual_expired_yet%3FOpen linkView original on piefed.world137Comments5Reply
ppalordrolap fedia.ioThis had me going down the rabbit hole of the other compression algorithm that has had my interest for a long time: Arithmetic coding. It looks like all the patents on that have expired... sooo, original bzip resurrection when?30Reply
SSomecall_metim lemmy.dbzer0.com3Hide 3 repliesExcuse ignorance, but does this mean Davinci resolve could make MP4 videos compatible on linux OS' now?18Reply
ZZarxrax replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesNo, this applies to the old mp4 codecs like xvid/divx. Mpeg4 AVC is still patented in some jurisdictions.14Reply
adarza replypiefed.ca1Hide 1 replyhaven't used xvid in like 20 years. do still have some old 'archives' though.3Reply
ppsycotica0 replylemmy.caYeah... that's why it's allowed to expire now. We don't allow people to use useful or relevant things! 😛5Reply
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This had me going down the rabbit hole of the other compression algorithm that has had my interest for a long time: Arithmetic coding.
It looks like all the patents on that have expired... sooo, original bzip resurrection when?
Excuse ignorance, but does this mean Davinci resolve could make MP4 videos compatible on linux OS' now?
No, this applies to the old mp4 codecs like xvid/divx. Mpeg4 AVC is still patented in some jurisdictions.
haven't used xvid in like 20 years. do still have some old 'archives' though.
Yeah... that's why it's allowed to expire now. We don't allow people to use useful or relevant things! 😛