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> Audio recording: Now using Vorbis as the default audio format for WebM containers. Opus is no longer being used. I wonder why.
by LeoPanthera 4y ago
> Audio recording: Now using Vorbis as the default audio format for WebM containers. Opus is no longer being used.
I wonder why.
- Arnavion 4y agoSearching a GitHub mirror reveals https://github.com/mdaniel/virtualbox-org-svn-vbox-trunk/commit/10179927ec38ebcbcc3a606aa5d7caf67b810687 https://github.com/mdaniel/virtualbox-org-svn-vbox-trunk/com... No idea what bugref:10275 is. It's presumably not https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10275 https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10275
- teilo 4y agoIt cannot possibly be for technical reasons. It's almost certainly something to do with this: https://www.vectis.com/media/vectis-ip-announces-call-for-patents-essential-to-the-opus-codec https://www.vectis.com/media/vectis-ip-announces-call-for-pa... Which is complete bullsh*t. Looks like Fraunhoffer and Dolby intend to go after any commercial product using Opus, and demand fees. They claim this is only for hardware devices … for now. As to software, they only state they do not intend to go after open source software. But since Virtualbox is also commercial software, Oracle is at risk.
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