open format media

Anyone use ogg or oggtheora to save media?

[tokenuser]

Not in many many years. I used to use Ogg on Winamp, but Winamp fell by the wayside in favour of WMP then iTunes (for me) ... and then there was the lack of support on MP3 players.

Sure, I could drop a Linux version on my iPod ... but they really are half assed compared to the standard firmware, and I would lose the ability to control the iPod from my car's head unit.

[fishtoprecords]

Originally Posted by computoman

Anyone use ogg or oggtheora to save media?

To save space (vs .wav or .flac?) on a disk? I expect not any more. If you want compressed files, most folks just use MP3. Altho technically MP3 is licensed for content creation, very few folks pay attention to that.

Or do you mean as an archival format to save something forever? Most folks use either .wav or .flac.

There are some PMPs that can play FLAC files, but most of the time, its not worth it, as the headphones and amps don't justify it. Plus on rotating disks, FLAC files make the battery die sooner.

[freakazoid12]

Originally Posted by computoman

Anyone use ogg or oggtheora to save media?

not really, for video encodes i'm more of a fan of H.264, better quality results with that. As far as containers go i've never liked ogm, I much prefer mkv in that respect. Plus with h.264/mkv it can semi-easily be re-muxed to mp4 should it be necessary, albeit without the subtitle track. (PS3, set-top media players, etc...)

[davmoo]

I like the idea of ogg, and would love to use them more. Unfortunately the non-computer devices I would use it on that I own don't support ogg, for example my cellphone.