VC-1 can be licensed, but virtually no royalty cash goes to Microsoft
Microsoft claimed to have invented Windows Media Video 9, and tried to undermine the acceptance of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 by saying WMV9 would be cheaper. (They also said it was better, which was, how to say, "optimistic".)
In an attempt to broaden the acceptance of WMV9, Microsoft went to SMPTE to have it turned into an open standard, called VC-1. In the process, it became clear that WMV9, um, "shared" some technology with AVC. Almost all of the essential patents belong to other companies.
microsoft shared--awww.
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Microsoft claimed to have invented Windows Media Video 9, and tried to undermine the acceptance of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 by saying WMV9 would be cheaper. (They also said it was better, which was, how to say, "optimistic".)
In an attempt to broaden the acceptance of WMV9, Microsoft went to SMPTE to have it turned into an open standard, called VC-1. In the process, it became clear that WMV9, um, "shared" some technology with AVC. Almost all of the essential patents belong to other companies.
- mark 4-18-2007 5:12 am
microsoft shared--awww.
- tom moody 4-18-2007 5:27 am