Talk:X264

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[edit] "may be incompatible with... patent licenses"

Can someone please explain how the GPL is "incompatible with the MPEG-LA patent licenses in jurisdictions that recognize software patents"? If there is an incompatibility (what is that incompatibility?), shouldn't it be referenced on the GPL page? --MyOwnLittlWorld 02:08, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

There's some patent issue with x264. That's why Debian removed it from their repositories. More than that, I don't know. --CCFreak2K (talk) 04:36, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "x264 is a free software library for encoding H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video streams"

No...

x264 is a free software library for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format.

OR

x264 is a free software library for DEcoding H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video streams —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 157.193.48.16 (talk) 07:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC).

Hmph, AFAIK x264 can't really decode anything, it's just an encoder. SeriousWorm 18:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Capabilities section redesign

I think the capabilities section of the article is very confusing and needs a redesign. I created one here using a table. Please tell me what you think about it so I can improve it and include it in the article. M@RIX 19:23, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

  • I like it, but it has some mistakes:
  1. "B-frame inter-predicted block types from 16x16 down to 8x8" is not non-configurable; the command is --partitions b8x8. Note that --partitions all simply allows all the partition types; its a shortcut.
  2. "Both Intra-predicted block types: 16x16 and 4x4" is the same. The commandline is --partitions i4x4.
  3. "8x8 intra-predicted blocks" is the same. The commandline is --partitions i8x8.

Other than that, its great. Fix those and be bold and add it to the article. —Dark•Shikari[T] 03:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanx for the feedback. I fixed those mistakes and updated the article. There seems to a problem: "--partitions all" includes "--partitions i8x8" which is a Hight Profile feature. Should we move it to the other features section? M@RIX 07:18, 4 September 2007 (UTC)