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Re:Modern codecs like AV1 can bring better quality video to ... by AnssiH on Monday July 16, 2018 @04:28AM (#17539622)
> the MPEG LA (which standardised x264 and HEVC) is also responsible for the MP4 container.

The MPEG LA is just a licensing administrator formed by companies owning MPEG patents, they didn't standardize anything nor are they responsible for MP4 container.

The standards working group is MPEG, and according to Wikipedia the two are not affiliated ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_LA ).

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Re:Modern codecs like AV1 can bring better quality video to ... by aurelian15 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @03:22AM (#17547944)
You're absolutely right, sorry for getting this wrong. My mistake was to assume that the body that sells you the license is also responsible for the standardisation, but as you described, this is not true.
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