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0 pointsstephenr6y ago0 comments

What, over and above the H.264 licensing that covers them for 1080p content?

It’s google doing what google always does: pushing a google controlled thing to become a “standard”.

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It's an open source, royalty free codec. I'd much rather use that than one owned and licensed by a private organisation, no matter whether Google develops it or not.

stephenrOP6y ago

It’s still patent encumbered, and if you happen to sue Google, because they do something shitty, you lose your patent grant.

untog6y ago

How does that make H264 preferable?

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untog6y ago

It's an open source, royalty free codec. I'd much rather use that than one owned and licensed by a private organisation, no matter whether Google develops it or not.

stephenrOP6y ago

It’s still patent encumbered, and if you happen to sue Google, because they do something shitty, you lose your patent grant.

untog6y ago

How does that make H264 preferable?

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