New codecs & container formats, Support options & faq, 4 new codecs & container formats – Google Flix Engine Linux Reference Manual User Manual

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2

Flix Engine Documentation

• Reading and running the

sample code

gives a strong overview of what you can achieve with Flix

Engine.

Flix Engine API

reference

• Also note language binding

differences

from the main API.

1.4

New Codecs & Container Formats

Flix Engine 8.0.17.0 supports the html5 ready

WebM

container using

VP8

and

Vorbis

.

Flix Engine 8.0.10.0 now supports

MPEG-4 Part 10 standard

, commonly known as H.264. Specifically,

Flix Engine can now encode video using the

H.264

codec and audio using

AAC

/

AAC+

, in addition to the

already available encoders:

On2 VP6

and

H.263

video, and

MP3

and

AMR-NB

audio.

Accordingly, Flix Engine is now able to produce the common MPEG-4 container formats,

MP4

,

MOV

and

3GPP2

.

Another new capability of Flix Engine 8.0.10.0 is the

VP6_S

encoding profile, which is optimized for

encoding higher resolution material destined for playback in low-resource environments, such as older
PCs. The standard VP6 encoding profile (

VP6_E

) is the default. See

FE2_VP6_PROFILE

in the

API

reference.

1.4.1

Flash Player Support and AVC Licensing

Please note carefully that, at this writing, no Flash Player release supports MPEG-4 streams. We have
added these new codecs and capabilities to Flix Engine in anticipation of our users’ future needs, and to
expand choice.

Also note that the distribution of AVC/H.264-encoded media is not royalty-free in many cases.
Be sure to comply with the H.264 licensing terms available at

http://www.mpegla.com

and

http://www.vialicensing.com

.

A

longer discussion of technical and licensing issues

is available at On2.com.

1.5

Support Options & FAQ

Before contacting support, please consult our

Frequently Asked Questions

list at On2.com, which pro-

vides fast answers to the questions that Flix Engine users ask most.

Any further questions can be directed to

[email protected]

. Make sure you add flixd or flix

engine linux

to your Subject line. Also include the version of Flix Engine you are using, as well as a

detailed description of the problem and any pertinent system information, in the message body.

The use or implementation of Flix Engine may require copyright and/or patent licenses from parties other than On2 Technologies.

The user of this software is solely responsible for obtaining any and all of such licenses. In addition, supply of this Flix product

does not convey a license nor imply any right to distribute content created with this product in revenue-generating broadcast systems

(terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or other distribution channels), streaming applications (via Internet, intranets and/or other networks),

other content distribution systems (pay-audio or audio-on-demand applications and the like) or on physical media (compact discs,

digital versatile discs, semiconductor chips, hard drives, memory cards and the like). An independent license for such use is re-

quired. For details regarding some of the foregoing, please visit

http://mp3licensing.com

,

http://www.mpegla.com

,

http://www.vialicensing.com

and

http://www.codingtechnologies.com

.

THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NONCOM-

MERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO (i) ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD ("AVC VIDEO")

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