[Libav-user] How to add proprietary encoder like x264 to the FFmpeg

[mincheju]

Thanks for your answer.  
 
About the x264, I didn't make my point cleary. Sorry about that. 
 
I have two more questions. 
 
1. In order to let livavcodec offer a wrapper for my special encoder, what do I need to do?
 
2. If my special encoder gets a wrapper from livavcodec or is added to livavcodec, 
   do I have to distribute the source code?
 
Thanks a lot.
 
 

 
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Carl Eugen Hoyos"<cehoyos at ag.or.at> 
To: <libav-user at ffmpeg.org>; 
Cc: 
Sent: 2014-06-19 (목) 19:37:34
Subject: Re: [Libav-user] How to add proprietary encoder like x264 to the FFmpeg

Min <mincheju>@...> writes:

> I'd like to know what is the legal process to add 
> my own encoder to the FFmpeg's libavcodec.

There is no legal process, you send your patch to 
the ffmpeg-devel mailing list where it gets reviewed 
and will be committed once the review process is 
finished.

> I know that x264 is one of the encoders provided 
> on the libavcodec.

Yes and no.
x264 is not a part of libavcodec, you may compile 
libavcodec so that it offers a wrapper for x264.

> And also any companies which use x264 encoder need 
> to get a proper license from x264 group.

This doesn't sound correct / you are mixing things 
up here.

> I'm wondering if I develop commercial video encoding 
> product, what do I need to add the commercial encoder
> to the libavcodec?

Please read the LGPL, it should answer all your 
questions.

Carl Eugen

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