![]() "From today, you'll be able to purchase an MPEG-2 decode licence which will be tied to your Raspberry Pi's unique serial number. The Raspberry Pi Foundation answered those pleas on Friday, revealing that it has struck deals that allow individuals to buy the licences if they want to add them to the H.264 support baked into the Raspberry Pi's hardware. However, this left many with media libraries full of MPEG-2 videos unable to play them, unless they transcoded gigabytes of data - something they were vociferously unhappy about. ![]() The Raspberry Pi Foundation has started selling licences for MPEG-2 and VC-1 video codecs, after complaints from users who turned the cheap Linux computer into a media centre.īecause the £25 Linux computer was developed as an aid for teaching kids to program, the Raspberry Pi's designers decided not to include an MPEG-2 support on the grounds of cost. ![]() White House: Brace for potential Russian cyberattacksĤ1 impressive questions to ask in a job interview
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