commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoFirm 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 increawww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square159linkfedilinkarrow-up1749arrow-down111 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1738arrow-down1external-linkFirm 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 increawww.tomshardware.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square159linkfedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareCriticalMiss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoI’m pretty sure most of the H.264 patents expired or are set to expire next year. Maybe it’s one last cash grab before the best codec ever made is liberated
I’m pretty sure most of the H.264 patents expired or are set to expire next year. Maybe it’s one last cash grab before the best codec ever made is liberated