Libre Video | Unchained Creativity
Libre Video exists to advocate and promote solutions to the very serious issues content creators are facing today.
Software patents, amongst other things, have made it increasingly difficult for filmmakers, videographers, and other content creators to have a full say in what they may do with their created works. This is due in large part to the entrenched nature of certain video technologies, such as the MPEG-2 and H.264 video codecs. These codecs and many others require licensing fees for commercial and/or public usage as well as for distribution.
It is hoped that, through the efforts of the Libre Video community and project, a solution can be found which would not make the content that we produce subject to licensing fees.
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Google Chrome dropping support for H.264, will support only open web codecs in the future
11 janvier 2011, par Basil Gohar — Announcements, chrome, encumbrance, freedom, google, html5, mpeg-la, software patents, theora, vp8, webmIn an understated announcement on the Chromium blog, going forward, Google Chrome will drop support for the encumbered H.264 video codec and will support only VP8 (through WebM) & Theora video natively. This is great news for the open web, … Read more (...) -
A Digital Media Primer for Geeks
23 septembre 2010, par Basil Gohar — Announcements, html5, monty, multimedia, presentation, video, xiphXiph.Org has just released a video entitled, A Digital Media Primer for Geeks. Hit that first link for the press release and hit the second for the actual video page. To briefly summarize, the video features “Monty” Montgomery of Xiph.Org … Read more (...) -
Open Video Conference registration is now open !
Registration for this year’s Open Video Conference (OVC) is now open! Register on or before August 1st, 2010 to get the early bird discount. This year’s OVC will be held in New York City from October 1 – 2, 2010. … Read more » -
MPEG-LA answers some questions about AVC/H.264 licensing
14 juin 2010, par Basil Gohar — Software, Technology, camcorder, freedom, H.264, licensing, mpeg-la, software patents, xiphThe issues surrounding the nature of content created using the AVC/H.264 video specification, which includes the video produced by most camcorders, digital cameras, and cell phones in use today, have confused many people. In fact, people on both sides of … Read more (...) -
The challenges in using proprietary standards (linked)
12 juin 2010, par Basil Gohar — Software, adobe, flash, H.264, licensing, macromedia, mpeg-la, royaltyVenkatesh Hariharan, author of the Open Source India blog, has made a post that quotes Jonathan Gay, co-creator of the Flash, on the challenges in using proprietary standards. It’s a good read demonstrating the real & practical roadblocks that royalty-based … Read more (...)
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