FS#80335 - [mesa] av1dec, av1enc, and vp9dec were added to the "patent encumbered codecs" list

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Christopher Snowhill (kode54) - Thursday, 23 November 2023, 08:43 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Thursday, 23 November 2023, 20:24 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
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Details

Description:
Heads up: These three codec sets were added to the so-called "patent encumbered codecs" list in commit 7b22dd8bfdc380be2e4037c1207fcb30a46ad296, so they'll need to be enabled explicitly in an upcoming Mesa release if hardware support is expected.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
Upcoming release, possibly some 24.xx version.

* Upstream commits:

Adds the options: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/commit/7b22dd8bfdc380be2e4037c1207fcb30a46ad296
Implements the options: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/commit/527def0171b0eeaa66ddfe7d0b82ee8b29cd2837

Yes, that's right, they don't even compile the code out, they just add a shunt to force disable it.
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 20:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Deferred
Comment by Christopher Snowhill (kode54) - Thursday, 23 November 2023, 09:00 GMT
Oh, looks like there's a discussion to add even more options:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/26320
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Thursday, 23 November 2023, 20:24 GMT
> Heads up

Thanks for that...but there is no need for this. The mesa PM's pay very close attention to upstream developments. Have CC'd them anyway.

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