[MPEGIF Discuss] royalties for distibuting a player

[Holger Grahn - Bitmanagement]

Hi Tim
Here is a table from Microsoft comparing royalties  of Windows Media versus 
MPEG-2 & MPEG-4
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/licensing/licensing.aspx
Even if you use the AVI container, your would  still need MPEG-4 video 
decoding and Dolby/MPEG licence cost for AAC depending on channel count.
Greetings
Holger
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Olsen" <tolsen718 gmail.com>
To: <Discuss lists.mpegif.org>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2023 8:37 PM
Subject: [MPEGIF Discuss] royalties for distibuting a player
> Hello.
>
> Am I correct in thinking that if I were to distribute a free MPEG-4
> player with less than 50,000 downloads per year and the file format it
> read was AVI, I would not have to pay any royalties?  To make it more
> concrete, lets say I was using the Xvid and AAC codecs.
>
> Would I be subject to an MPEG Systems royalty if I were to use the MP4
> file format?
>
> does the 50,000 downloads still matter if the player I'm distributing is 
> free?
>
> thanks for your help.
>
> -Tim