Fedora Linux Can Finally Offer AAC Audio Codec Support

[DeepDayze]

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought that if Debian would distribute ffmpeg, then Fedora would.

It may well then also be legally possible for Debian to package this particular AAC encoder in the main repos too, rather than thru DMO.

[caligula]

It may well then also be legally possible for Debian to package this particular AAC encoder in the main repos too, rather than thru DMO.

I'm pretty sure the AAC patents have expired already since it was standardized 20 years ago. HE-AAC, on the other hand, is a more recent version. Patents only last for 20 years and they cleared up the patent legislation in 1995 wrt submarine patents so I don't see any reason why it would be still patented. Also bear in mind that the last MP3 patents were from 1997 or so just like AAC.

[cjcox]

Lynx is a perfectly capable web browser...

But is it written is Rust? (sorry, couldn't resist)

[jakubo]

has anyone tried to issue the command 'sudo dnf install fdk-aac' ?
it doesnt seem to be working on for me (on rawhide)...

[pal666]

Shouldn't the decoder be written in Rust?

your decoder could be written in any language you like. when can we see your decoder?

[pal666]

I am scared of websites

get appointment with doctor

[pal666]

But then each application has to be responsible for implementing that, or the user who runs the application.

but browser already implements it, and you are only afraid of websites

[uid313]

your decoder could be written in any language you like. when can we see your decoder?

Trust me, you wouldn't want a decoder written by me.
I wouldn't want a decoder by me.

but browser already implements it, and you are only afraid of websites

In that case AppArmor, SELinux, Docker, namespaces, sec_comp, etc wouldn't be needed.

[discordian]

Trust me, you wouldn't want a decoder written by me.
I wouldn't want a decoder by me.

I don't understand, aslong you code in Rust it should be perfect and safe?

[uid313]

I don't understand, aslong you code in Rust it should be perfect and safe?

Rust seems like a perfect fit for a decoder.
But I can not code in Rust. I don't know Rust.