There are a couple of reasons people prefer ogg over mp3:
1. Mp3 is a proprietary format, ogg is not. I haven't seen any news stories
about the mp3 format specifically but I believe a Chinese company called
Audiovox now owns the rights to the mp3 format since they bought the
company that used to own it, Thomson Electronics. Thomson used to have a
page on their web site that said they'd never charge a licensing fee for
open source encoders. But all bets are off if a Chinese company now owns the
rights.
2. Ogg format gives better sound with smaller files.
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From: "Josh de Lioncourt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: .ogg files to mp3 - answer for how to..
Both the Icon and the Victor Reader are devices specificly meant for VI
persons. I was speaking of use both in and outside the VI world.
Plugins are available, but why bother when MP3 is so much more convenient
and compatible? I just don't see any advantage over MP3 or AAC. And,
the biggest problem for me personally is that they are not supported on
the iPod. If they work for you, that's great. My only point was that
there are many reasons why one would not want to use them.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On 20 Oct 2007, at 08:48, David Poehlman wrote:
Josh, they play on the victor reader stream and the icon. It's simple
to put the plugin on the computer to play them there. They are small
and high quality.
On Oct 20, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
On 20 Oct 2007, at 07:04, David Poehlman wrote:
I've converted mp3 to ogg using audacity but not the other way round.
Why convert og to mp3 when you can easily play and provide the ability
to play them with a quicktime plug in.
It's been my experience that most people do not have the ability to play
these files without mucking about. If I want to send someone an audio
file, I'm going to send them an MP3, not an OGG file. Personally, OGG
is far more trouble than it is worth, and they won't play on iPods or
many other, probably most other, MP3 players. There are a ton of
reasons for ditching ogg when you have a file in that format.
Josh de Lioncourt
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