Firm 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 increases
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Existing licensees are grandfathered.
  • Davel23@fedia.io
    18·
    4 days ago

    H.264 is like MP3. It may not be the best solution, but everything supports it.

    • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Only because it was created back in 2003. 23 years of legacy hardware will give you an advantage.

      Otherwise it is inferior in every way.