xawtv: legal question

[Dmitry Butskoy]

I'm going to package "xawtv"
(A TV application for v4l compliant devices, was in Fedora until FC2, 
http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv )

Xawtv can record TV into raw or avi file, including formats:
>   raw - single file, raw video data
>     video formats:
>       rgb     24 bit TrueColor (BE: rgb)   [raw]
>       gray    8 bit StaticGray             [raw]
>       422     16 bit YUV 4:2:2 (packed, YUYV) [raw]
>       422p    16 bit YUV 4:2:2 (planar)    [raw]
>       4mpeg   yuv4mpeg (mpeg2enc >= 1.6)   [yuv]
>       4mpeg-o yuv4mpeg (old mpeg2enc)      [yuv]
>     audio formats:
>       mono8   8bit mono                    [wav]
>       mono16  16bit mono (LE)              [wav]
>       stereo  16bit stereo (LE)            [wav]
>
>   avi - Microsoft AVI (RIFF) format
>     video formats:
>       rgb15   15 bit TrueColor (LE)        [avi]
>       rgb24   24 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr)   [avi]
>       mjpeg   MJPEG (AVI)                  [avi]
>       jpeg    JPEG (JFIF)                  [avi]
>     audio formats:
>       mono8   8bit mono                    [avi]
>       mono16  16bit mono (LE)              [avi]
>       stereo  16bit stereo (LE)            [avi]

It seems that "yuv4mpeg" is some kind of raw formats, but what about 
"mjpeg" (motion jpeg) in avi files? I've found that only ffmpeg-based 
plugins can play it then...


Dmitry Butskoy
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/DmitryButskoy