[vorbis] File Extension .OGG

[Ross Levis]

The problem using the same extension for audio & video files is the confusion
that will occur for downloaders.  If someone is searching the Internet for just
the audio of a song, video files may clutter the results, and the only way of
identification will most likely be the filesize.

Ross Levis.

David Carter wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 11:53:39PM +0800, Angus Griffin wrote:
> > Even though this seems a worryingly pointless discussion, I'll put my two
> > bob in.
> >
> > I feel that the .ogg extension is sufficient for BOTH formats, as I assume
> > players will be 'expected' to decode both audio and video files... and that
> > they will be part of the same file format. It would be silly to name them
> > any differently. And heck, it's a kinda nifty extension anyway, who could
> > ask for more?
>
> I agree wholeheartedly -- even if a particular file contains audio and video
> (or maybe even audio in more than one format), it should be reasonable to
> assume that the player would play one or more streams that it understands,
> and ignore the ones it doesn't.  (A complex example would be a .ogg file
> containing video, and a soundtrack in both Vorbis and the forthcoming
> lossless Squish format.  A video player would play the video and one of the
> sets of audio tracks (it should give you a choice of which type of audio
> to play if multiple formats are included), while an audio-only player would
> ignore the video portion and play the audio.  (Again, if the audio player
> understood Squish and Vorbis, you would select the one you wanted to play.))
>
> The bottom line is that players should play what they understand, and ignore
> the rest.  Thus, different extensions would only add confusion and complexity
> where it isn't needed.  We should keep the .ogg extension.
>
>         David
>
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