[Vorbis] Re: storage format question.

[ChristianHJW]

Graham Mitchell schrieb:
>>Actually, I think it is not required to store vorbis encoded bitstrean
>>in ogg containers. One can just store it as is, but one will have to
>>make a seperate decoder for that..
>>Please correct me if this is wrong.
> Vorbis DOES require some sort of container, but it doesn't have to be Ogg.  
> There is Vorbis-over-RTP, for example, which some have used for streaming 
> with lower latency than Ogg requires.  You could even use some other 
> container like AVI or MOV, though nobody but you would know how to decode it.

Storing Vorbis in AVI is more or less impossible, and same is valid for 
WAV, as the two expect a constant number of samples to be encoded in 
each block. alexnoe, the creator of a tool called avi-mux GUI, has 
defined a way how to do it ( using some sort of padding IIRC ), but he 
admits the overhead would be quite huge, leaving it all pretty 
pointless. The old ACM codec interface ( Video for Windows 'Audio Codec 
Manager' API ), which can normally be used to write a codec plugin for 
AVI tools like Virtualdub, is even worse : its CBR only ;) .....

Christian
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