commander3d ago

Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increa

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Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increa - Lemmy.World

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Show threadraicon3d ago
open formats is the way to go. Patents seems more and more like a scam
Show threadbiscuit1d ago
AV1 is right there. One has to wonder why all the device manufacturers rushed to implement HEVC but allowed AV1 to dillydally.
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AV1’s open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codec

Big Tech declaring AV1 royalty-free “doesn't mean that it is."

Ars Technica
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