[FFmpeg-trac] #2591(avcodec:open): Feature Request: Add ability to use Quick Sync to transcode video files

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#2591: Feature Request:  Add ability to use Quick Sync to transcode video files
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             Reporter:  zjacobs      |                    Owner:
                 Type:  enhancement  |                   Status:  open
             Priority:  wish         |                Component:  avcodec
              Version:  git-master   |               Resolution:
             Keywords:  h264         |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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Comment (by dreamcat4):

 Replying to [comment:9 cehoyos]:
 > If libmfx.lib is available only as a binary, configure has to be changed
 so it requires {{{--enable-nonfree}}} for qsv: You cannot fulfill the
 requirements of the GPL for libmfx.

 So if I understand what you are saying… there is not even a non-default
 option to compile with quick sync support. Because that would violate
 ffmpeg's licensing terms? Some BSD License (for ffmpeg) might have really
 helped here. In this instance I really don't understand how the LGPL is
 any less draconian than Intel's terms on their Media SDK.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/2591#comment:12>
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