[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] AC-3 decoder is no longer GPL; update FAQ

Daniel Verkamp daniel
Tue Dec 8 22:07:24 CET 2009


On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Daniel Verkamp <daniel at drv.nu> wrote:
> As in subject; just remove the section about AC-3 as the decoder is
> fully LGPL now (correct?).

This time with patch...
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From: Daniel Verkamp <daniel at drv.nu>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:57:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] AC-3 decoder is no longer GPL; update FAQ

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 doc/faq.texi |    8 --------
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diff --git a/doc/faq.texi b/doc/faq.texi
index 0d923a4..97fa393 100644
--- a/doc/faq.texi
+++ b/doc/faq.texi
@@ -176,14 +176,6 @@ quite logical that there is a small reduction of quality. This is not a bug.
 
 Use @file{-} as file name.
 
- at section Why does FFmpeg not decode audio in VOB files?
-
-The audio is AC-3 (a.k.a. A/52). AC-3 decoding is an optional component in FFmpeg
-as the component that handles AC-3 decoding is currently released under the GPL.
-Enable AC-3 decoding with @code{./configure --enable-gpl}. Take care: By
-enabling AC-3, you automatically change the license of libavcodec from
-LGPL to GPL.
-
 @section Why does the chrominance data seem to be sampled at a different time from the luminance data on bt8x8 captures on Linux?
 
 This is a well-known bug in the bt8x8 driver. For 2.4.26 there is a patch at
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1.6.5.2



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