Which audio CODEC do you use for your Java video?

We have adopted Ogg Vorbis as the audio codec. Ogg Vorbis is a completely open and free audio compression codec from the Xiph.org Foundation. To play Ogg Vorbis streams, our pure java Player is using pure java Ogg Vorbis decoder, JOrbis, under GNU LGPL.

Does MXS inc. have a corporate Open Source Policy?

Yes, MXS's has a strict corporate policy to obey all copyright and patent laws. Before an open source application is used it's copyright policy is closely examined to make sure that it is compatible with our business practices. If a developer makes a mistake or disobeys corporate policy we will take immediate steps to resolve the infringement.

I noticed that you also support creating Flash video, which CODEC do you use for this?

For our Flash Video products we use the open source FFMPEG library to create the FLV files. FFMPEG is governed by the LGPL.

Do you have a pantent license to use MPEG?

Yes, our patent license for MPEG is held with MPEGLA

Do you use LAME in your products?

Yes and no, as stated above we use OGG/Vorbis for our Java video. For our Flash Video with use FFMPEG which contains LAME. We do use LAME to create the audio portion of our Flash video. LAME is also governed by the LGPL.

Is Zentu/VX30 a patented technology?

Yes, our player-less delivery system is patented with the USPTO. The patent # is 6,938,047. In addition our VX30 CODEC has many patent pending techniques.

I see there are plans to upgrade the audio CODEC in the player-less system, can you tell me some more about that?

In an upcoming revision of our player-less system we will include support for Advanced Audio Coding (AAC). We will be using the FAAC encoding library which is governed by the LGPL. The AAC decoder for Java was created by MXS.

Do you have a patent license to use AAC?

Yes, our patent license is registered with VIA Licensing.