OGG Files????

[yasminkov]

some of the files are .ogg my computer refuses to play them and when the internet searches for what they are it doesnt know either can anyone help me? please.

 

[antime]

Entering "ogg" into Google gives this site as the first hit. Take a look at the software section.

 

[it290]

They're ogg vorbis files. Winamp will play them.

 

[SkankinMonkey]

Ogg vorbis is an open source lossy audio codec that competes with mp3, aac, wmp and the like. It's generally the best IMO but it takes a bit more to decode (processorwise) so it's not in as many players because it sucks up more batteries and it's not as popular.

 

[ExCyber]

It's worth noting that .ogg is a container format like .avi or .asx, it can contain audio and video streams in various formats. I think the list of supported codecs is (theoretically): Vorbis, Speex (low-bandwidth speech codec), and FLAC (lossless) for audio, and Tarkin (experimental wavelet-based) and Theora (open continuation of On2's VP3 codec) for video. Vorbis+Theora OGG files definitely exist, the rest I'm not sure about.

 

[yasminkov]

Thanks for the help with that ive downloaded Winamp 5 now s it should work, i will admit though some of the last three comments went straight over my head.

 

[it290]

I've seen Theora files before, but people don't tend to name them .ogg in my experience. Whatever arguments you might make against file extensions, they are fairly intuitive.

 

[yasminkov]

well everything works fine now and i can play the ogg files, so paaarrrttty :banana

Thankyou all for your help and couldnt do it myself :bow

 

[yasminkov]

Err sorry to continue with this but can music CD's play ogg files or will Winamp converte them like Media Player does with MP3's?

 

[Curtis]

You'll have to do the conversion yourself - simple enough in winamp by selecting the "diskwriter" output plugin and specifying a directory. You'll then need to burn resulting WAV files yourself in the Audio CD format.

 

[SkankinMonkey]

Get foobar2000, it's an excellent audio player with tons of features.

 

[yasminkov]

thanks for that. thats all i needed with ogg files.