[vorbis] File Extension .OGG

[Thomas Marshall Eubanks]

Tom \"Korpios\" Tobin 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?
>
> This is far too optimistic an attitude to take for a fledgling encoding
> format.
>
> I assume of course that the developers of the Ogg formats wish to see as
> widespread an acceptance of the formats as possible (as do I); if this is
> the case, utilizing a single extension for both audio and video files isn't
> the wisest of courses.  Already, there have been plugins released for
> various audio players to support Vorbis audio files.  If your end users
> prefer a particular audio player, and associate the OGG file extension with
> that player, what's going to happen when the video format goes live?  You
> can hardly expect to write a video plugin for Winamp, for example.  Nor can
> you expect them to switch to a "preferred" (i.e. plays both OGG audio and
> video) player when they'd rather have plugins for their preexisting favorite
> players.
>
> Your end users are by and large going to use an audio player for audio files
> and a video player for video; forcing them to choose one or the other to be
> properly associated will only frustrate, annoy, and reduce the likelyhood of
> Ogg going mainstream.
>
> Tom "Korpios" Tobin
> korpios at korpios.com
>
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Hello;

   FWIW, I strongly agree with Tom Tobin here. ".ogg" should mean one thing
(presumably audio), and there should be another (I suggest ".vog") for video files.

                                 Regards
                                 Marshall Eubanks

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