Thread: gstreamer with ogg vorbis support
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dino is offline dino
2006-12-12 , 14:29
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#45
Originally Posted by username49
OK i got several questions here because iam confused about this ogg file thing that i keep on reading about here. what is a ogg file? where can you find a ogg file? and what does a ogg vorbis player do? does it hold mp3 Files?
Here is a good site for information on ogg:
Vorbis.com

Here is a list of many sites that stream ogg in live broadcasts
Icecast.org
Note: Be sure to click the text "next" at the bottom right of the page. Only 10 sites are shown at a time.

Many Linux distributions did not ship with the ability to play MP3 files. It was a simple thing for the end user to add. There was some legal issues with distributions like Redhat to have it built in.