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寻求加速HEVC在计算机和移动设备安装基础上的部署, HEVC Advance今天早上宣布,它将不会对首次购买后下载的带有HEVC编码/解码的某些应用软件收取版税. 虽然这种排除并不能保护软件开发商免受MPEG LA的版税索赔, 鲜艳的色彩, or any other HEVC IP owners, it's unquestionably a move in the right direction.

HEVC Advance首席执行官Peter Moller解释了HEVC Advance此举的动机. 从战术上讲, 他希望在已安装的计算机和设备中开始使用HEVC解码器. Beyond the browsers and players discussed below, 莫勒说, “这项政策将允许Netflix、亚马逊、Hulu、Facebook或CBS等公司. 在没有HEVC Advance参与的情况下提供HEVC软件解码的应用程序. So their customers could access HEVC video, 最初只在软件中,但希望这将鼓励操作系统和浏览器提供商以及设备制造商在其设备的硬件中启用HEVC."

在战略上, 莫勒说, “我们相信市场需要一些领导,我们正在努力尽自己的一份力量. 希望这将开启一场平衡的对话,让我们所有人(包括其他专利池、专利所有者和主要市场参与者)共同努力,解决问题,促进采用. 澄清一下, 我们的目标是在设备首次销售时支付合理的版税,然后每个人都可以使用HEVC功能."

Here's a description of the new terms.

它是如何工作的

The terms of the exclusion are necessarily complex, and HEVC Advance has posted several documents on its 网站 to assist in interpretation and understanding. Here's a high-level view.

要获得排除资格,软件必须满足三个主要要求. 首先,它必须是一个只支持软件编码或解码的应用程序. If the software uses an existing hardware decoder, 当然, 没有版税, since a royalty on that hardware should have already been paid. 这里的意图是对解锁HEVC硬件解码的任何软件征收版税,这些软件以前在系统上不可用,因此不需要支付版税.

其次,该软件必须在产品首次销售后下载. 例如, VLC Player has software HEVC decode. 如果与设备捆绑在一起,设备制造商在销售此类设备时应支付特许权使用费. 另一方面, 如果计算机或移动设备用户在购买后下载VLC, 没有皇室.

Finally, the software must not be specifically excluded. 一个主要的排除是防止设备制造商通过在购买后提供软件来避免版税, rather than bundled with the purchase. 该语言还排除了所有的操作系统更新, 还有司机, 库, 和固件更新,解锁HEVC解码硬件已经在系统上. 另外,售价在45美元或以上的“以提供高级HEVC视频功能为卖点”的独立软件产品也不包括在内, or on a subscription basis for $3.75元/月或以上.

Unless bundled with a computer or device, in which case the device manufacturer would owe the royalty, browsers like Firefox and Opera, 像VLC Player和HandBrake这样的应用程序应该免于HEVC Advance的任何版税索赔. 另一方面, if 微软 Edge and 谷歌 Chrome add software-based HEVC decode, and are bundled with Windows or Android systems, the device sellers would owe a royalty. 然而, 出售后下载相同软件的版本将免版税, 只要它不是在设备制造商的“承认或合作”下提供的.

再一次。, it all sounds complex, 但简单的目标是允许没有HEVC硬件编码/解码的设备所有者在购买后无需版税即可获得它. 同样,请查看HEVC Advance网站上的文档以了解更多细节.

这意味着什么?

显然,HEVC Advance只是要求HEVC版税的利益相关者之一. Since the MPEG LA annual cap is $25 million, HEVC Advance的单方面行动不太可能说服Mozilla或Opera等公司在各自的浏览器中加入HEVC解码. 本文撰写的时间不允许我们检查MPEG LA是否计划制定类似的政策, 但我们会在接下来的几天里补充这篇文章,如果有必要的话.

While unquestionably a positive move, the overall impact of HEVC Advance's move is hard to gauge, and brings to mind the old Chinese proverb, "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." Had all HEVC stakeholders implemented this move in 2013, the UHD codec market would undoubtedly be in a different place. 因为他们没有, the Alliance for Open Media happened, 与谷歌, 微软, 和mozilla——这三家公司可以最快地使HEVC解码软件无处不在.

另一方面,即使版税很高,HEVC硬件改编也在上升. 例如, 移动电话, 平板电脑, and notebooks benefit the most battery-wise from hardware decode, so that's becoming an essential feature, 而客厅的4K几乎需要OTT设备的HEVC解码, smart TVs and game consoles. So HEVC may soon become ubiquitous among all these devices. 在某一时刻, these hardware sales will push 微软, 谷歌, and Apple over the multiple HEVC royalty caps, 在他们的浏览器中完全免费包含HEVC软件解码.

So whether HEVC Advance's move breaks the logjam remains to be seen. 然而,正如我们在上面所说的,毫无疑问,这是朝着正确方向迈出的一步.

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