On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 14:44 +0100, Michael T D Nelson wrote: > Paul Davis wrote: > > the only reason it hasn't defeated mp3 is that the > > overwhelming majority of all compressed music format music players do > > not support it. do you have any idea how hard it is for a windows user > > to play even an ogg file? > > I only respond because I feel that this may mislead any passing Windows > user who happens to read this post. > > I've never had a single problem playing an ogg vorbis file in Windows.
that suprises me. i know people on this list who cannot get windows to play ogg, and i work for very knowledgeable guy who faces the same problem. > For example, Winamp plays ogg files, and is very simple to download and > install. I believe you can also get codecs to play ogg files in are you sure winamp plays ogg after a regular, default install? or does it need an additional codec pack, that a typical user would have no clue about unless they understand what ogg/vorbis is and how it relates to mp3? --p
