[Icecast-dev] MPEG DASH

[Yannick "Modah" Gouez]

DASH being an open standard, doesnt make it necessarily patent free  ?

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On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:12 AM, "Thomas B. Rücker" <
thomas.ruecker at tieto.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 11/02/14 10:00, Yannick "Modah" Gouez wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I was wondering if there were any plans for MPEG DASH support in icecast
> ?
>
> I've been loosely following the libDASH development, making Icecast
> align with that may be possible, though I have not evaluated this properly.
> Anything MPEG is out of the question though as that entails patents, if
> DASH itself is covered by patents and requires licensing, it's out.
>
> DASH is container and codec agnostic so in theory could support things
> like Ogg or MKV/WebM.
>
> To sum up: Solid IPR evaluation necessary, then PoC by whomever sees
> fit. In that order.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Thomas
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