[vorbis] vorbis plugin

[Ross Levis]

Nathaniel wrote:

>  > Will writing an ACM codec automatically make WMP play vorbis files?
> > This is the million dollar question.
>
> I don't know how video codecs differ from audio codecs, but just installing
> the huffy-yuv and the opendivx codecs didn't require anything to be done so
> that WMP could play back those formats.  They just simply worked.  I'd
> expect the same thing to happen with an audio codec but I could be wrong.

Yes that works because the video data is wrapped in an AVI header.  I have an
idea that ACM audio requires a WAV header (which doesn't support VBR as I
understand), as some MP3s do.  But I may be wrong.

Ross.

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