[Ti] Dual Layer cable for Powerbook G4 400

[Chris Olson]

On Dec 13, 2005, at 11:42 PM, Kynan Shook wrote:

> The theory I've heard is that it's actually an MPEG-2 licensing  
> issue; instead of licensing per copy of iDVD sold or distributed on  
> a computer (which gets especially costly with upgrades), they  
> license per DVD-R drive sold,

Nope.  Wrong theory.  MPEG-2 is licensed per unit in hardware or  
software.  If you have a DVR cable set top box, for instance, the  
hardware encoder/decoder will a have per unit license fee.  On the  
Mac the DVD burner does not have a hardware MPEG-2 encoder/decoder.   
Encoding is done in computer software (iDVD) and the license fee for  
that encoder is already paid for, as well as the decoder in DVD  
Player.  If you have another MPEG-2 decoder, such as the one  
available for Quicktime, then you have to pay yet another license fee  
for that decoder since it comprises another "unit".  Hence the MPEG-2  
decoder for Quicktime is not free.
-- 
Chris

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