BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 months agoThe Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expiredwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkThe Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expiredwww.phoronix.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
If you are looking for a reason to celebrate today, the last of the MPEG-4 Part 2 patents expired today.
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·4 months agoShame that no-one uses Xvid any more. We still need to wait a bit longer for H264 (AVC): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_H.264_MPEG-4_AVC_expired_yet%3F
minus-squareramasses@social.ozymandias.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·4 months agoDont worry, I still use xvideos 😉
minus-squareChronographs@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoI mean xvid is pretty bad by modern standards
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSo many xvid torrents… there probably still are.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoI’ve still got thousands of old TV shows recorded in xvid.
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoH264 is already old news. We be using H265 and AV1 now.
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoLots of media centres and TVs still can’t handle those, either cos they’re old or don’t have the processing power to handle them.
Shame that no-one uses Xvid any more. We still need to wait a bit longer for H264 (AVC): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_H.264_MPEG-4_AVC_expired_yet%3F
Dont worry, I still use xvideos 😉
I mean xvid is pretty bad by modern standards
Crunchy.
So many xvid torrents… there probably still are.
I’ve still got thousands of old TV shows recorded in xvid.
H264 is already old news. We be using H265 and AV1 now.
Lots of media centres and TVs still can’t handle those, either cos they’re old or don’t have the processing power to handle them.