If I want to play videos from within a program (I don't care much about format), should I use Theora or an mp4 library (any recommendations?) We used Bink in The Witness, but I am looking for something I can redistribute for free.
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Getting libvlc to be lgpl is possible. Ie only include plugins you need. This is cleared.
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Ok, so maybe https://github.com/cisco/open h264 then. It's a bit large, but you can find an implementation of it in ffmpeg
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Actually nevermind. H264 licensing is hell. This one is only safe if you use the binary (dll/etc).
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Narrator: “and he ended up playing a gif file” Casey’s answer is spot on, Bink is striving because everything else still suck at the moment.
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I suspect libvpx or webp are the safest/latest things to use these days. And if you know your data, you only need eg https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/blob/master/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.h … The rest is interop. Eg look at old bink in ffmpeg. It's not so much code.
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