Re: MPEG CoreAudio Support - When ?
Re: MPEG CoreAudio Support - When ?
- Subject: Re: MPEG CoreAudio Support - When ?
- From: Adrian Bourke <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:39:50 -0800
Apple sells an MPEG2 video decoder component. Nothing to do with audio.
Adrian
On 2/11/06, Daniel Jalkut <email@hidden> wrote:
> I have always assumed that it's precisely because Apple hasn't
> licensed the right to provide decoding APIs through these codecs that
> we are artificially prevented from such functionality. Isn't there
> some add-on codec you can buy from Apple that includes the ability to
> "export from MPEG-1/2" ? I always thought that once that was
> installed any application would gain the magic powers.
>
> I think it costs users around $30 to buy it.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Adrian Bourke wrote:
>
> > The only problem with using libavcodec is no one is covering the
> > licensing payments or providing indemnification for any future
> > licensing payments that may occur.
> >
> > By using in the pre-installed codec that comes with Mac OS X and
> > QuickTime, one does not need to ship such technology and therefore
> > needs not to deal with such licensing issues (unless there are
> > commercial deals, etc).
>
>
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