[theora] Re: Extension .v+ogg does work

[Hannes Hauswedell]

hi everyone,

since creating a new extension only causes more confusion (and
maintaining a file-format is additional work), why not dump the
ogg-container for video-files altogether and use matroska (.mkv)
instead?
this format is already gaining wide acceptance with combinations of
vorbis+xvid or vorbis+x264 and there are some rippers (like ogmrip)
that already produce vorbis+theora inside mkv.
matroska has many benefits, it has proper chapter und subtitle support
and will in future also support menus and stuff like that.
why not concetrate on making the video codec and let them take care of
the container?

greetings

hannes

2006/10/21, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <supercanadian at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> How about .thogg for Theora video in a Ogg container?
>
> (It has a nice sound to it.  And people can pronounce it.)
>
>
> See ya
>
>
> On 10/21/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <supercanadian at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > (I saw your original post.  But anyways....)
> >
> > Isn't .ogm also in use?
> >
> >
> > See ya
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/20/06, illiminable < ogg at illiminable.com> wrote:
> > > Resend: Seems the list ate the original. Sorry if there is a dupe.
> > > --
> > >
> > > Lets not try and be too creative.
> > >
> > > There's no downside to being more conservative and using .vogg .oggv
> > > .oggvideo .ogv .theora or any other reasonable combination.
> > >
> > > While it may be strictly permissible to use .v+ogg , it's bound to cause
> > > issues for some software, which may not have the most robust filename or
> > > url parsing. Additionally a + has to be escaped in a URL. .v%2Bogg
> > > doesn't look quite so cool.
> > >
> > > There's no technical reason to try and put a plus sign into a file
> > > extension just for the sake of it. It will just confuse and infuriate
> > > people for no benefit.
> > >
> > > I've been accepting .ogv in windows for a long time. I think .vogg is a
> > > good choice or even .oggvideo . .oggv is going to be unfortunate becuase
> > > it could be mistakenly thought to be ogg vorbis for those not in the
> know.
> > >
> > > Zen.
> > >
> > > Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves wrote:
> > > >> As discussed on last Monthly Meeting, Monty settled on recommending
> > > >> the extension .v+ogg for Theora files IF it would work on Linux.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, shit.  Scratch that last part; I was thinking about this Wikipedia
> > > > article I was editing at the same time as writting this message.  What
> > > > Monty said, was if it would work ON WINDOWS, Microsoft Windows, the
> > > > scourge, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Actually, what he said was:
> > > > <xiphmont> Luna-Tick: well, the '+' will only be if it doesn't break
> > > > things :-)
> > > >
> > > > By things, I believe he meant 20th century operating systems.
> > > >
> > > > Anyhow, did anyone tested the extension on other OS's?  Mac, HAIKU,
> > > > whatever?
> > > >
> > > > Sorry for the mistake,
> > > > Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >     Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
> >
> >     charles @ reptile.ca
> >     supercanadian @ gmail.com
> >
> >     developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
>     Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
>
>     charles @ reptile.ca
>     supercanadian @ gmail.com
>
>      developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/
>
>
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