{"id":1786,"date":"2010-02-03T16:28:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T06:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2010-02-03T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T06:28:33","slug":"h-264-anti-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/03\/h-264-anti-features\/","title":{"rendered":"H.264 Anti-features"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, You Can’t Do That With H.264<\/a> is an excellent write up of how H.264 (“MPEG-4”) is fraught with problems that you just would not have if using Free (as in Freedom) formats such as Ogg Vorbis<\/a> and Theora<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is amazing that Final Cut “Pro” cannot actually be used to create H.264 content for commercial (i.e. “Pro”) use!<\/p>\n

It’s the same for MPEG-2.<\/p>\n

Oh, and if you use it to decode<\/strong> video that was encoded by somebody without the proper license… well, then you’re also screwed. How the heck you’re meant to work that one out I have no idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, You Can’t Do That With H.264 is an excellent write up of how H.264 (“MPEG-4”) is fraught with problems that you just would not have if using Free (as in Freedom) formats such as Ogg Vorbis and Theora. 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