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Why can't they just build ffmpeg (with only h.264 enabled), instead of their own implementation of h.264?
by anon4 13y ago
Why can't they just build ffmpeg (with only h.264 enabled), instead of their own implementation of h.264?
- Sanddancer 13y agoffmpeg is lgpl-encumbered. Openh264 is under the much more open BSD license.
- dpe82 13y agoFor WebRTC they also need an encoder. ffmpeg uses libx264 for encoding H.264, which is GPL.