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

[Paul E]

Stan Seibert wrote:

>Actually, it looks like you agree with me.  I wasn't claiming that
>naming everything .ogg was necessarily a good idea, because that makes
>it hard for the shell to figure out what application to open the file
>with.  I'm saying that it makes sense to use extensions to decide what
>application to open the file with, because that's what many shells do
>these days and that's really what you are interested in.
>  
>
Sorry, I thought you were sayings it was a good idea.

>The interesting question is whether it would make sense (backward
>compatibility issues aside for the moment) to take this to the extreme
>and name all music files on your system .music and associate that with
>your music player, and all of your movies .video, or something like
>that.  (Assuming you want them to all use the same program)
>
It is an interesting concept to think about.  The only problem with it 
though is that not all players can play all formats.  Or at least a 
system may be setup that way.  Maybe they don't have the WMA plugins for 
Winamp and don't have Vorbis or FLAC setup in WMP.  They would need to 
use different players.  Additionally somethings wouldn't be .music or 
.video like speex stuff.  It's generally not music.  Would it be .talk?  
I really think what is common right now is good.

Paul

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