[Live-devel] MPEG4 patent

[Stephen Birch]

oyo Kwan wrote:

> Hi,
> Would you tell me more about the patent issue in MPEG4? If a player 
> saves video as avi file, does it involve any patent issue?
>
Very much so.  There is a ton of information about this problem on the 
web, use google for your research.

Ogg/Theora is the safest way to encode video if you do not wish to pay 
royalties.

http://www.xiph.org

Steve