Sure! I've used the ogg plugin for WinAmp on Win32 and it works great. There is also Sonique and FreeAmp. For Linux, there is XMMS, FreeAmp and a command line player. There are also Java players (play ogg files from yr home page!), as well as BEOS, Mac, Mac OSX, and OS/2 players. See
http://www.vorbis.com/download.psp for more details. Freshmeat says there are 33 projects that mention "ogg vorbis". BTW, there are also a few streaming ogg servers out there. John Hebert --- john beamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a practical note, are there multi-platform > options for PLAYING .ogg > files? I just don't hear much about players like I > do about encoders. > > -- > -j > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, John Hebert wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 06:25:18 -0800 (PST) > > From: John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [brluglist] linux and audio: ogg vs mp3 > > > > In reference to audio encoders, Mark Orr said: > > > > >As far as encoders go, the two most popular for > Linux > > >are LAME and BladeEnc. Both are command line, > with > > >several graphical frontends available. There's > some > > >debate as to which encoder sounds better. > > > > which only addresses MP3 encoders. I realize > > Michelle's original question was about MP3, but I > > thought there might be interest in an open source > > alternative to MP3. MP3 encoding actually requires > > royalties ($25, though this is not really > enforced), > > is patent protected, and the "free" encoder is > limited > > to a certain bit rate (64kbps?) > > (http://www.mp3-tech.org/patents.html). Vorbis's > ogg > > format is truly open and free, and because you can > > encode at a higher bit rate, of higher quality. I > have > > found that the files are slightly larger, but it > is > > negligible. > > > > from: http://www.vorbis.com/faq_listen.psp > > > > What is Ogg Vorbis? > > > > Ogg Vorbis is a new audio compression format. It > is > > roughly comparable to other formats used to store > and > > play digital music, such as MP3, VQF, AAC, and > other > > digital audio formats. It is different from these > > other formats because it is completely free, open, > and > > unpatented. More information about Ogg Vorbis can > be > > found at Vorbis.com. > > > > Why are these files in .ogg format instead of > .mp3? > > > > There are lots of reasons that content providers > > switch to .ogg format. Many files will compress to > a > > smaller size with higher quality using Ogg Vorbis > > instead of MP3. MP3 also carries patent licensing > > restrictions which do not apply to Ogg Vorbis. Ogg > > Vorbis is an artist-friendly, technologically > advanced > > audio codec. Releasing content in Ogg Vorbis is > the > > best way to show support for the work done by the > > project. > > > > John Hebert > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site > hosting, just $8.95/month. > > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
