[Vorbis] .ogg extension and Theora

PrussianSnow 1edm
Thu Jun 17 14:14:35 PDT 2004


How about we don't go wrangling about with half a million extensions to fix
stupid problems with short-sighted software?

Fix the short-sighted software and insist on half decent implementations of
the OGG format.

As an example, how many applications that purport to read/write WAV files
can handle the full complement of RIF tags? Probably zero; but this was
understood and the rules for reading and writing WAV files were formulated
to allow programs to modify WAVs without mutilating the tags they didn't
understand. YET, if it has a WAV extension 90% of programs simply assume
it's raw PCM data and chug happily on destroying cue points, section
markers, silent sections, comments, compressed audio and any other
'esoteric' optional features. Relegating these useful transparent, optional
features of the 'standard' to the effective status of proprietary extension.
Let's not repeat that with OGG.

PrussianSnow



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