Re: OGG

["Bryan J.Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

Aaron Kenney wrote:
> Unfortunately OGG takes Linux or Mac to use it with today's software, 
> now that Winamp has fallen to AOL. I have my doubts about OGG since 
> it's basically non-commercial, none of the big dogs want to support 
> it. MP3 on the other hand sounds like garbage, even at the highest 
> bitrates, then the files take up half of one's hard disk space. Just 
> remember that MP3s are portable to just about any system. I know that 
> I am still too somewhat dependent on Windows, but a lossless WMA file 
> still sounds best to me, and it plays in my car.
> OGG is supported in GRIP. In fact, GRIP will rip OGG audio if it's set 
> up as such.
> Try this weird page:
> http://www.granneman.com/techinfo/linux/multimedia/setupgripforogg.htm
> Of course there is always the standard CD Audio, but why have 20 songs 
> on a CD when you can have 400?
> -Aaron Kenney

Because of Ogg's free reference code and lack of patents, alongside a 
superset of features, it is becoming increasingly supported.
In other words, Ogg is a "free add-on" in most software and xonsumer 
devices.
It is even being used more and more in commercial software (e.g., 
countless games, and I'm sure the PS/3 devkit).

I agree that at this time, it is not as consumer-compatible as MP3.
But I completely differ with you versus WMA, especially given the 
spyware included in WinAMP.
I have always ripped in MP3 for maximum compatibility, and for 
non-corporate connected systems, I have MP3 codecs from Livna.ORG 
installed on my Fedora Core and Debian Sarge systems.

Today I rip in both MP3 and Ogg.

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Bryan J. Smith   mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org
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