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Ogg is the file extension used for Ogg Vorbis audio files. This is a patent free public domain music format.

Contents 1 Ogg 2 Vorbis 3 FLAC 4 Speex 5 Theora 6 For more information

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[edit] Ogg

Ogg is a container format intended for media files, both audio and video. It is controlled and maintained by http://www.xiph.org/

[edit] Vorbis

Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source. It claims to sound better than MP3 for the same file size, particularly for 64K bitrate and below.

The same MP3 metadata can also be appended to the OGG file.

[edit] FLAC

Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)

[edit] Speex

Speex speech compression codec

[edit] Theora

Theora lossy video codec.

[edit] For more information

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