Relicensing the AMR codec for inclusion in Ubuntu

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/9/19 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
> I think that you should be aware that Voiceage actually control the
> licensing for amr:
>
> http://www.voiceage.com/licamr.php
> http://www.voiceage.com/amr_faqs.php
> Given the royalty fees involved  (http://www.voiceage.com/amr_licterms.php)
> I seriously doubt that you will get them to provide it to Ubuntu or
> other distro's for free.
>

I wonder when 3GPP would have seen fit to mention that :)

> I think that RealPlayer 11 (linux) will play amr files (they have
> licenced amr (http://www.voiceage.com/amr_licensees.php)
>

I would rather drown in a septic tank, thank you. I remember RealPlayer well.

> I suppose that you could use amrb & amrwb as well...
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=491885
> Also see:
> http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr
>

Actually, I do have amr working, but I know that it is a stumbling
block for many people.

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