alt Hacker NewsNot if you are in Europe or in any other place where the H.264 patents have expired.
The patents are still valid in USA, Brazil and a few other places.
Not if you are in Europe or in any other place where the H.264 patents have expired.
The patents are still valid in USA, Brazil and a few other places.
*Claimed to still be valid.
If you're just hosting videos on your website you are probably using High Profile which was standardized in March of 2005, i.e. more than 20 years ago. That doesn't stop VIA and MPEG-LA from claiming they still have relevant patents, but that claim is dubious and hasn't been tested in court.