[Vorbis] Extension proposal - partly serious

[Dan Hollis]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, PrussianSnow wrote:
> Witness the appearance of '[DivX]' and the like in the /name/ of .AVI
> files. If you need to sort with wildcard, etc., nothing is preventing
> the user from systematically assigning names to their files.

Sounds like an extension to me.

> And if users expect OggFile to be integrated into their OS shell then
> it can be integrated into their OS shell. If their OS shell deals with
> media files awkwardly and integration is difficult, then all the hard
> work that goes into integration will be effort well spent as this will
> create even more reason for users to use a OGG based media framework.

OS shells are already slow enough without having to parse the container of
every single file all the time. Please don't advocate making them slower.

Its still funny that you guys are demanding that all vendors capitulate to
your demands rather than accomodating 'the way things work now'. You guys
seem hell bent on making sure ogg will never be widely accepted.

-Dan