[Vorbis-dev] Re: [ogg-dev] Peer review draft for the new media types/file extensions

[Ian Malone]

Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves wrote:
> On 10/3/07, Ian Malone <ibmalone at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This would mean that the inclusion of lyrics in a pop song
>> would make it 'video'.
> 
> If they are added in such way as to make it visual, then we are out of
> the domain of audio/ogg.
> 

I look at it like this: if you have video/ogg and you only play back
the audio it's likely less meaningful.  If you have lyrics embedded in
audio/ogg and only play back the audio you haven't lost very much.
My reference to searching lyrics was intended to suggest that lyrics
in a file could help identify its contents.

> I have a question, though; while Skeleton won't be pushed for Vorbis,
> do Vorbis files with Skeleton tracks break existing players/refuse to
> play?  I've never tested it, and I'm curious.
> 

Certainly they will refuse to play on some existing players.  The
Skeleton packet must start the stream; so anything that was written
for Vorbis I and is going to get first packet to check it's Vorbis
is going to find it isn't.  Some players do survive.

>> This is application/ogg we are talking about. Ogg is a container
>> format in principle ready for any generic time-continuously sampled
>> data, not just audio and video. I would not want to restrict us for
>> the future to just audio and video.
> 
> We are not restricting to audio and video.  That's the whole point of
> separating the media types.  BUT most people only deal with audio and
> video, with basic Theora, Vorbis, and Speex files.  That's the
> situation right now.  We want those people to use audio/ogg &
> video/ogg.  We do not want them to use application/ogg.  That's for
> "applications", stuff that is more complex than the basic media file.
> You, yourself, explained me this.
> 
> As such, it makes no sense to say application/ogg is for generic use.
> Scientific applications and the like are not generic.
> 

Generic in the sense that they are not the specialised cases that
get labelled audio or video: maybe that should be suggested.
Notice though that's it is people outside Xiph who have been asking
why there isn't that distinction; I think given the option not
too much further encouragement is needed.

-- 
imalone