You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That will be $5

Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by bayindirh on Friday January 17, 2025 @06:58AM (#42736642)

I looked around VIA-LA (which acquired MPEG-LA in 2023), and I can't see any free licenses about H.264. "Request a license" gives you an e-mail address, and that's it.

There are other license models, which is about manufacturers, publishers and TV stations, etc.

But nowhere it says "there's a free license for these cases, just get it from here".

This all looks like a rabbit hole for me.

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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by infogulch on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:51AM (#42740126)

Can't wait for AV1 to supplant these bureaucratic rent-seekers.

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