Bug#405212: RFP: libx264 -- free library for encoding H264/AVC video streams.

[Christian Marillat <marillat@free.fr>]

Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 07:09:58AM +0100, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
>> > Package name    : libx264
>> > URL             : http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
>> > License         : GPL
>> > Description     : free library for encoding H264/AVC video streams.
>> 
>> I have already prepared packages for the Debian Unofficial repository [1] 
>> which are a bit outdated though, but I am going to package more recent 
>> versions soon.
>> 
>> [1] http://ftp-master.debian-unofficial.org/debian-archive/packages/x264/
>
> There are already pretty current packages available at [1], but as long 
> as it's not in Debian other packages in Debian can't be compiled with
> libx264 (or have to continue to ship their own copy of libx264).

X264 have some patents issues :

http://bugs.debian.org/354667

And threads in legal :

http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/03/msg00031.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/05/msg00004.html

Christian