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| Type | S.A. (corporation) |
| Founded | January 16, 2004 |
| Founder | Julien Moutte, Pascal Pegaz, Thomas Vander Stichele |
| Headquarters | World Trade Center Edificio Norte 2 Planta, Moll de Barcelona, 08039 Barcelona - Spain |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Julien Moutte, Pascal Pegaz, Thomas Vander Stichele |
| Industry | Software |
| Products | Fluendo codec packs, Fluendo DVD player, Flumotion streaming server, Cortado, Elisa Media Center |
| Services | Flumotion streaming platform |
| Revenue | $2m+ |
| Employees | 30 |
| Website | http://www.fluendo.com |
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Fluendo GStreamer codec packs
Fluendo codecs are their flagship products. Providing a complete solution for proprietary media playback on operating systems using the GStreamer media framework such as GNU Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and embedded platforms. GStreamer is a pipeline based Multimedia framework written in the C programming language with the type system based on GObject. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks Solaris is a Unix -based Operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1992 as the successor to SunOS. Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently
- Fluendo codecs provide playback for formats such as :
Fluendo codecs are made available together with their respective patent licenses which means that these codecs are completely legal worldwide. Windows Media Video ( WMV) is a compressed Video file format for several proprietary Codecs developed by Microsoft. H264 is a standard for Video compression. It is also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, or MPEG-4 AVC (for Advanced Video Coding) MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information" MPEG-4 Part 2 is a Video compression technology developed by MPEG. Dolby Digital is the marketing name for a series of lossy audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Royalties (sometimes running royalties) are usage-based payments made by one party (the "licensee" to another (the "licensor" for ongoing use of an
Fluendo Group
- From Fluendo projects, two new companies have been created with specific roles :
- Flumotion Services S.A. is leveraging the Flumotion Streaming server (development started at Fluendo) as a service platform but also as a software. Flumotion SA is a Spanish company based in Barcelona, which has developed a multiformat Streaming platform to publish audio and video content via internet A Content Delivery Network or Content Distribution Network ( CDN) is a system of Computers networked together across the Internet that Independent software vendor (ISV is a business term for companies specializing in making or selling Software, designed for Mass marketing or for Niche markets
- Fluendo Embedded S. L. develops the Fluendo Media Center aka Elisa. Elisa is a project to create an Open source cross platform Media center solution Completely cross platform, open source and based on GStreamer and Python (programming language) this Media Center project aims at being an alternative to existing offerings on multiple operating systems. GStreamer is a pipeline based Multimedia framework written in the C programming language with the type system based on GObject. Python is a general-purpose High-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes programmer productivity and code readability
Projects sponsored by Fluendo
- Pitivi, a non linear video editor for the Free Software desktop. PiTiVi is a free video editing software It allows users to easily edit audio/video projects based on the GStreamer framework Capture audio and video mix resize Free software or software libre is Software that can be used studied and modified without restriction and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified Fluendo hired the lead developer of that project for two years.
- Cortado, an open source JAVA applet featuring a lightweight implementation of GStreamer in JAVA with royalty free codecs like Theora and Vorbis. Cortado is a streaming Java applet for Ogg formats ( Vorbis, Theora) µ-law, MJPEG and Smoke (a custom MJPEG GStreamer is a pipeline based Multimedia framework written in the C programming language with the type system based on GObject. Theora is an open and royalty-free Lossy Video compression technology being developed by the Xiph Vorbis is a free and open source, lossy audio Codec project headed by the Xiph This applet allows content producers to use royalty free formats without worrying about the end user media player capabilities.
- Theora, a royalty free codec. Theora is an open and royalty-free Lossy Video compression technology being developed by the Xiph Fluendo funded the Xiph Foundation for enhancing and fixing Theora implementation so that it becomes usable for production environments.
- Theora and Vorbis RTP specifications. Theora is an open and royalty-free Lossy Video compression technology being developed by the Xiph Vorbis is a free and open source, lossy audio Codec project headed by the Xiph The Real-time Transport Protocol (or RTP) defines a standardized packet format for delivering audio and video over the Internet Streaming using royalty free codecs with the RTP protocol was something the community needed. Fluendo funded that project.
- MP3 codec made available at no cost for Linux desktop users. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression
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External links
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