[MPlayer-users] TrueHD

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 03:27:00PM -0600, Rolf Ernst wrote:
> I got it compiled, missing a few things like faac (odd compilation errors
> for that one) but should have that sorted out tonight. I'll give you
> feedback then. If I run into a stumbling block I'll give your build a whirl
> so you know how things look. Somewhere I read something about licensing
> restrictions/incompatibilities between faac and at least ffmpeg, maybe
> mplayer as well. Do you know something about that?

IIRC FAAC contains some proprietary code that is not compatible with the (L)GPL,
or possibly not redistributable at all.
As long as you don't distribute your builds it should not be a real concern
to you though, for all I know.