[Vorbis] .ogg extension and Theora

[Stephen So]

Well, can you suggest a one-media-player-solution to this problem of a
fresh install of Windows XP not recognising ogg, ogv, oga, ogm,
whatever, etc. in contrast to mp3 and wav?


Dan Hollis wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Stephen So wrote:
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>>Some setup will be needed on their part though.  I mean, after a fresh
>>install of Windows XP, I don't think double clicking ogg (or oga, ogv,
>>ogm) files does anything useful. :)   In which case, the user will say
>>to themselves, "I need to get a tool to open and organise these files".
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>You're forcing them to install 2 separate tools to deal with ogg files. A
>metadata handler, and a media player.
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>Whereas with .mp3 .wmv etc they only need one (a media player). You're
>making ogg more hassle for them, not less. This is not the path to wide
>adoption.
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>-Dan
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