[vorbis] .ogg file extension for both audio and video?

[Paul E]

Beni Cherniavsky wrote:

>`.ogg` will probably stay the single extension used for Vorbis
>forever, no matter whether we like it or not.  I think we should
>accept it but make different extensions for other Ogg formats.
>`.ogm` is used for a format understood only by one set of filters and
>used as a wrapper for codecs like DivX; it should not be used for
>other things like Theora -- this would create even even more
>confusion.  I think `.ogt` for Theora would be OK.  `.ogs` for Speex
>and `.ogf` for FLAC would complete the set.  What do you think?
>
First off, my setup of .ogg and .vorbis.ogg worked for about 12 hours.  
I was going through about a hundred of older songs I had made that were 
stored in Vorbis and I gone through about oh, 50 songs and everytime I 
double clicked on one it would open in Winamp (all the songs were .ogg, 
I only used .vorbis.ogg for testing) and then at 51 it opened in WMP 
which is what .vorbis.ogg was set too.  When I changed .ogg back to 
Winamp it set .vorbis.ogg to Winamp also.  So .vorbis.ogg style is 
definately out.

I really do like the idea of .ogf .ogt etc.  It is somewhat similar to 
the mpeg style naming such as mp3, mp2, m1v,  mpg.  Is there a reason 
that Theora couldn't exist in an OGM though?  Or are there technical 
reasons as to why it is not well suited to .ogm files?  Correct me if 
I'm wrong (it happens a lot more than I'd like to admit) but isn't 
Theora just a codec and not a container format?

Paul

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