Posted by Rick Merrill on 05/31/06 22:34

Impmon wrote:

> On Wed, 31 May 2006 01:03:24 +1000, F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>You are missing the point it is freeware
>>The later versions have a restriction on the mpeg2 component .the early
>>version did not I want the early version
>
>
> MPEG2 is NOT freeware,

It is a format, not xx-ware of any kind.

> it is still held by copyright holder.

And the "copyright holder" would be ,,, MPEG!

> TMPGEnc
> merely offers the feature but the author still has to pay to the
> holder so when you pay for it, you are paying for the right to use
> MPEG2 and not for the program itself.

I can see you believe this to be so, but whom would one pay?

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