[MPlayer-users] AAC [was something about subs]

[Steven M. Schultz]

> From: gabor <gabor at realtime.sk>
> 
> what's the legal status of aac?
> are parts of the encoding/decoding algo copyrighted as for mp3?
> or it's more as vorbis?

	Unknown.  But I suspect mp3 is a closer fit.

	On http://faac.sourceforge.net/download.php

	I see that mention is made of being based on the ISO MPEG-4
	reference code.

	It looks/feels similar to MPEG audio & video encoders in that it is
	based on a ISO reference codebase and there are patent issues involved.

	Cheers,
	Steven Schultz
	sms at 2bsd.com