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TeMPOraL on June 18, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why JPEGs still rule the web (2024)

5203 active patents for HEVC, 1480 for H.264. That's just plain insane! I get that video formats are complex, but complex enough to consist of 5000+ distinct, nontrivial inventions?

j16sdiz on June 18, 2025 [–]

Many of those are just marginally related, and might not apply to the actual standard.

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