Using h264 video format commercially
Hi there, We have developed a commercial offering to create personalized videos; we're using FFmpeg to generate the videos in H.264 format. What are the legal/license obligations in terms of using FFmpeg to generate videos commercially? Do we need to purchase a license from one of codec providers? Regards, Sunil G.
https://licensing.x264.org/ On Monday, March 27, 2017 4:59:34 AM CDT sunil_gupta01 wrote:
Hi there,
We have developed a commercial offering to create personalized videos; we're using FFmpeg to generate the videos in H.264 format. What are the legal/license obligations in terms of using FFmpeg to generate videos commercially? Do we need to purchase a license from one of codec providers?
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2017-03-27 11:59 GMT+02:00 sunil_gupta01 <sunil_gupta01@infosys.com>:
We have developed a commercial offering to create personalized videos; we're using FFmpeg to generate the videos in H.264 format.
FFmpeg does not support generating h264 video (x264 does). If your question really was about FFmpeg's license: It is the GPL, meaning you get no warranty and you have to distribute source code together with binaries. (It is GPL, not LGPL, if you are also using x264.) Nobody on this mailing list is qualified to answer license questions not related to FFmpeg itself, please ask your lawyer. Carl Eugen
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