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

[Carsten Orthbandt]

It's not as easy, though. From a users POV, after installing
a player for Ogg Vorbis, I expect it to register with windows
so it plays Ogg Vorbis streams when I double-click them. Period.
Installing an Ogg Theora play has to register it so it plays
when I double-click Ogg Theora streams. Period. You can't expect
end-users to do anything more complex than launching an installer.
Letting users choose whatever extensions they want is sure recipe
for desaster.
Nobody said you have to stick to three letters. using .oggvorbis
and .oggtheora would be fine. The only problem I can see are
portable devices displaying filenames instead of embedded IDs.

Carsten Orthbandt
Founder + Development Director
SEK SpieleEntwicklungsKombinat GmbH
http://www.sek-ost.de

Wenn ich Visionen habe, gehe ich zum Arzt. - Helmut Schmidt
 

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Wooledge [mailto:greg at wooledge.org] 
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 12:21 AM
> To: vorbis at xiph.org
> 
> It's just a bunch of letters, people.  You can call your files
> anything you want to call them.  Just use what works for *you*.
> 
> Personally, I call my Ogg Vorbis files ".ogg" and I call my Ogg
> Vorbis XviD files ".ogm", because I want to, damn it, and that's
> all the reason I need.
> 
> This flame war already happened a year ago, on at least one of
> the web-based audio forums.  It's still happening today.  Just
> pick what letters you prefer, use them, and get on with your
> lives, please.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- 
> Greg Wooledge                  |   "Truth belongs to everybody."
> greg at wooledge.org              |    - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
> http://wooledge.org/~greg/     |
> 
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