What are mencoder, xvid, and faac?
• mencoder is a third-party utility released under the GPL. While TDM is not (yet) released under the GPL, mencoder is included via the mere aggregation clause of the GPL. xvid is another open-source program used to compile mencoder and is also released under the GPL. faac is another open-source program used to compile mencoder and is released under the LGPL. A copy of the mencoder software (with xvid and faac) is included using unmodified source code from the CVS repositories.