Ogg Vorbis
Ogg Vorbis
http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html
Ogg vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent and royalty free compressed audio format for high quality (44.1-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music and fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel. This puts Vorbis in the same class as audio representations including MPEG-1, audio layer 3, MPEG-s audio (AAC and TwinVQ) and PAC. Vorbis can both encode and decode as a single pass, real-time stream, and requires roughly the same encoding and decoding power as mp3. We anticipate that it will get faster as time goes on. Ogg vorbis uses the Ogg bitstream format; the correct extension is .ogg. Ogg vorbis was created because mp3 is not truly free: MPEG consortium members claim you cannot create an mp3 encoder without infringing on their patents.
Documentation
User FAQ available in HTML format from http://www.vorbis.com/faq.psp; See http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/docs.html for a complete list of documentation
IRC development channel- irc://irc.openprojects.net/vorbis
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version 1.0
(stable)
released on 20 July 2002
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Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSD 3Clause | Janet Casey | 31 January 2001 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
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Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Tracking | VCS Repository Webview | http://bugs.xiph.org/ |
| Developer | VCS Repository Webview | http://www.xiph.org/cvs.html |
| Developer | mailto:vorbis-dev@xiph.org | |
| Bug Tracking,Help,Support | mailto:vorbis@xiph.org |
Software prerequisites
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 26 October 2007.
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