Somebody want to explain OGG to me?

[SaltBoy]

Is it another Codec like DivX, or what...?

 

[xospec1alk]

me thinks so...aint it just an audio codec? could be wrong...flame away

 

[Czar]

its both and its open source

 

[Modeps]

Ogg website

 

[mk]

The name of the actual audio codec is Ogg Vorbis (or just plain Vorbis). Ogg is the name of the container format (hence the extension .ogg). In the future it may be possible to to store audio/pictures/video/other data in an .ogg file.

 

[dman]

Can't but I can explain O.P.P. thanks to google.

 

[Nemesis77]

In short: Ogg Vorbis is an auido-compression format similar to mp3. Key difference between Ogg Vorbis and mp3 is that Ogg is 100% royalty free and it's open-source. Sound-quality is also better than on mp3.

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: dman6666
Can't but I can explain O.P.P. thanks to google.

hahahaha

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
In short: Ogg Vorbis is an auido-compression format similar to mp3. Key difference between Ogg Vorbis and mp3 is that Ogg is 100% royalty free and it's open-source. Sound-quality is also better than on mp3.

also ogg files are smaller

 

[mk]

Originally posted by: mcveigh
also ogg files are smaller

Yes, it's possible to make ~3 kbps ogg files. Sure, they sound like crap (although surprisingly good considering the small size) but they're a lot smaller than MP3.