On 22/05/2018 14:14, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
> On 22/05/2018 13:38, A. Dumas wrote:
>> On 22/05/2018 14:06, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>>> A bit strange to have to purchase a per-RPi licence to
>>> decode MPEG2; what's the thinking behind that?
>>
>> https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-video-features/
>
> I see. Thanks.
>
> As it seems to be a software issue only, then it's up to us
> to write our own decoders (for our own private use)
>

The GPU does it but the Raspberry Pi foundation hasn't paid the license
fee for it so it's restricted until you pay for the license.

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Brian Gregory (in England).

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