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On 10/19/2010 09:36 PM, Mark Edwards wrote:
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10pt;">hello all -<br>
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i wish to use theora for voice-audio website playback.<br>
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ideally i would be using speex but from what i can tell, i am
unable to use theora in html5 to play back speex files. i know
speex can be done with flash, but i want to avoid using flash.<br>
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i have about 5,000 separate but SHORT audio voice files (most
are under 5 seconds). i have selected ogg-vorbis 32kbps 22,050
mono as my settings.<br>
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does anybody have any opinions on this? any better ideas?
note - i need to avoid mp3 for this project.<br>
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thanks,<br>
mark<br>
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Mark,<br>
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Theora is a video format. I think you mean Ogg, which is a
container format, and it is most commonly used for the popular
Vorbis audio format.<br>
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While Ogg can be used with Speex, if you are aiming for small
sized-files and low bitrates, it's more efficient to use the plain
default container that Speex uses. However, neither Speex nor its
native format are supported by any current browsers, to my
recollection. You will probably need a plug-in to get Speex
playback in the browser.<br>
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However, since your files are already in low-bitrate Ogg Vorbis
files, and these are already supported in most browsers, I wonder
why you need to go to Speex at all? Do you have any special reason
to do so?<br>
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