Re: [ProgSoc] Member of the Year

[jedd <jedd@nospam.progsoc.org>]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 18:33, Nigel Sheridan-Smith wrote:
 ] What opens a ".ogg" file, preferably on Windows? I'm guessing its some
 ] sort of audio...

 .ogg is an open-algorithm (and vorbis provide an open-source) method
 for de-larging sound.  It's superior to mp3 ethically because it uses a
 non-patented (and presumably a non-patentable) algorithm primarily,
 and perhaps also in quality.  Personally once an mp3 gets above 192kbps
 I can't tell any difference, and that's through a reasonably decent audio
 system.  .ogg's are meant to be comparable about a step up to mp3
 (that is that a 192kbps mp3 is meant to be roughly the same quality as
 the '160kbps' version of an .ogg -- though it's not strictly comparable
 since ogg typically uses a variable bitrate conversion method).  A better
 example is file-size -- to get comparable sound, you can use a smaller .ogg
 than you'd need for an mp3.

 At least in theory.  I don't think there's been any double-blind tests
 done of the output yet.  I've done a few informal tests, but as I say
 my ears just can't pick up differences once you get above the average.

 There's a couple of .dll's that you just bang into your winamp/plugins
 directory : in_vorbis.dll, libvorbis.dll, and optionally out_vorbis.dll
 and then winamp happily plays .ogg's natively.  Under linux, most mp3
 players understand ogg's natively already.

 The encoder is a drag-n-drop box that you just dump .wav's onto and
 a .ogg pops out a short while later.  It's very neat.  And cheaper than
 the fraunhoffer codec.

 http://www.vorbis.com/   has all the details and d/l's.

 Jedd.

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