[Theora] FPGA implementation in the camera

Ralph Giles giles at xiph.org
Tue Sep 7 16:45:46 PDT 2004


On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 03:50:37PM -0700, Andrey Filippov wrote:

> In my current (model 313) camera, where FPGA generates nerly complete JFIF
> data (less header) I used a tiny portion of actual C reference code - it
> is building quantization tables from JPEG "quality" value (then they were
> downloaded to FPGA that took it from there). Will something like this be
> enough :-) ?

I would think so, especially given the intent. Of course nothing is 
ever 'enough' in the US legal system, but it is our understanding that 
implementations of theora are safe from legitimate infringement claims.

Cheers,
 -r


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