[ale] questions for the media gurus

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Tue Jul 12 15:44:54 EDT 2011


Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On 7/9/2011 8:57 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
>> What is .ogg file, is that opensource equivalent of mp3 ?
> 
> As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, Ogg is a container specification. 
> The container itself can house many different streams, including Vorbis 
> audio and Theora video.
> 
>> Can iPod/iPhone play .ogg file ?
> 
> Probably via an application, but as I do not have one to test with, I 
> cannot answer this definitively.

A quick search on my iPhone 4 shows there are a handful of apps that 
claim to play ogg files.

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