More on MPEG4

ratajik writes: "Salon is running a story about how MPEG-LA (the alliance of companies in charge of licensing MPEG4) are planning on charging .25 cents for each copy they sell, and a .02 cent an hour "use fee" for anyone viewing MPEG4. They have a interesting slant on how this will make open-source alternatives much more attractive, and will likely kill off use of the MPEG4 standard in the long run."

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[tangent3]

Aren't these people cute? This is the log from yesterday's irc chat when they were discussing the article, irc.openprojects.net #vorbis

[14:05:00] {Paradox} jesus
[14:06:23] {Paradox} Hey, kids
[14:07:33] {slothy} hey para
[14:07:45] {Paradox} You want to see something that rocks?
[14:07:50] {slothy} absolutely
[14:07:52] {Paradox} http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/06/mpeg/ index.html
[14:09:10] {slothy} oh wow, this is great
[14:09:27] {Paradox} Jesus Christ, I nailed that one.
[14:10:17] {Paradox} I even got the last word in on the article.
[14:11:13] {Paradox} This is exactly the article I wanted to see written.
[14:17:58] {nemo} Paradox: the article seems to imply/assume that the other codecs, even if they gain popular usage, will still be technically inferior to mpeg4 though.
[14:18:16] {nemo} not the point of hte article, I know... but still vaguelly taints an otherwise great article
[14:19:58] {Paradox} I like the article a lot
[14:21:25] {nemo} I agree. it's very good
[14:22:16] {Paradox} It gets the right message out
[14:22:31] {Paradox} He didn't quote what I wanted him to quote, but I gave him plenty of stuff
[14:23:24] {nemo} *nods* it's a good article. need more like it :)
[14:26:37] {Paradox} At least it gets Xiph's name out there in the news
[14:27:14] {xiphmont} yes
[14:27:19] {xiphmont} agreed, a good article.
[14:28:20] {aaronl} wow, they used ogg in Serious Sam?
[14:32:28] {vsync} i ripped a CD to .ogg last night
[14:32:40] {vsync} first time in quite a while
[14:32:52] {pladask} aaronl: what? where did you hear that? :-)
[14:33:14] {vsync} Paradox: you've inspired confidence in me :)
[14:33:53] {Paradox} Good!
[14:34:03] {Paradox} Confidence in me, or confidence in you?
[14:34:15] {vsync} but this all means nothing until i _can_ actually play my files :)
[14:34:26] {vsync} Paradox: in you guys
[14:35:14] {Paradox} That's good to hear
[14:36:03] {Paradox} Wow, Cube coming tomorrow, my office is clean, and a good Salon article. I'll sleep well tonight.
[14:37:22] {jack} heh
[14:39:53] {Paradox} I have a hair appointment tomorrow
[14:40:07] {Paradox} at 1:45 EST
[14:40:20] {Paradox} I don't want to go, it'll keep me apart from my new toy
[14:40:34] {vsync} i wish i was a CEO of something and could have "hair appointments" and get interviewed
[14:40:37] {vsync} and have an "office"
[14:40:44] {Paradox} hah
[14:40:53] {vsync} Paradox: you guys should hire me
[14:40:56] {Paradox} My office is the extra bedroom in my apartment
[14:41:06] {vsync} to write propaganda
[14:41:09] {volsung} vsync: You just want the G4 cube... :)
[14:41:11] {vsync} spread FUD on /. for you
[14:41:11] {vsync} etc
[14:41:15] {Paradox} Tell you what.. I'll give you half of my paycheck from Xiph.org this week
[14:41:16] * Coderjoe pukes

Actually, no...

[A_Non_Moose]

...would you prefer EVERYTHING be rendered on the fly?

I'd prefer it be rendered on a monitor, video screen or tv.

A fly is too small to render images on, IMO.