[vorbis] Some simple Q's about Vorbis...

Mark Hetherington mark.hetherington at studentmail.newcastle.edu.au
Mon Oct 29 17:10:56 PST 2001



The Ogg format is an audio format, not an audio streaming protocol. I beleive 
you need to look up "Icecast". which is used to stream ogg + mp3 files over 
the net.

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:01, you wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> 	I am wondering if anyone can help me locate some information concerning
> streaming Vorbis files.  I am needing to locate the information for a
> multimedia networking class I am taking so I can learn all this audio
> and networking mumbo-jumbo.
> 	For the class, I need to locate 3 streaming media types and answer the
> following questions:
> 		Does it use Meta files?
> 		Does it use UDP or TCP?
> 		Is RTP and/or RTSP used?
>
> 	As far as I've been able to determine thus far, by reading the
> documentation (concerning Vorbis):
> 		No
> 		Both
> 		No mention
>
> 	Can someone help me locate some more specific information concerning any
> of the above, or let me know for sure that Vorbis doesn't use said
> technology?
>
> 	Many thanks from a newbie!
>
> 	Nick
>
>
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