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yasminkov - Oct 24, 2004

		yasminkov	Oct 24, 2004
		some of the files are .ogg my computer refuses to play them and when the internet searches for what they are it doesnt know either can anyone help me? please.

		antime	Oct 24, 2004
		Entering "ogg" into Google gives this site... as the first hit. Take a look at the software section.

		it290	Oct 24, 2004
		They're ogg vorbis files. Winamp will play them.

		SkankinMonkey	Oct 24, 2004
		Ogg vorbis is an open source lossy audio codec that competes with mp3, aac, wmp and the like. It's generally the best IMO but it takes a bit more to decode (processorwise) so it's not in as many players because it sucks up more batteries and it's not as popular.

		ExCyber	Oct 24, 2004
		It's worth noting that .ogg is a container format like .avi or .asx, it can contain audio and video streams in various formats. I think the list of supported codecs is (theoretically): Vorbis, Speex (low-bandwidth speech codec), and FLAC (lossless) for audio, and Tarkin (experimental wavelet-based) and Theora (open continuation of On2's VP3 codec) for video. Vorbis+Theora OGG files definitely exist, the rest I'm not sure about.

		yasminkov	Oct 25, 2004
		Thanks for the help with that ive downloaded Winamp 5 now s it should work, i will admit though some of the last three comments went straight over my head.

		it290	Oct 25, 2004
		I've seen Theora files before, but people don't tend to name them .ogg in my experience. Whatever arguments you might make against file extensions, they are fairly intuitive.

		yasminkov	Oct 25, 2004
		well everything works fine now and i can play the ogg files, so paaarrrttty :banana Thankyou all for your help and couldnt do it myself :bow

		yasminkov	Oct 26, 2004
		Err sorry to continue with this but can music CD's play ogg files or will Winamp converte them like Media Player does with MP3's?

		Curtis	Oct 26, 2004
		You'll have to do the conversion yourself - simple enough in winamp by selecting the "diskwriter" output plugin and specifying a directory. You'll then need to burn resulting WAV files yourself in the Audio CD format.

		SkankinMonkey	Oct 26, 2004
		Get foobar2000, it's an excellent audio player with tons of features.

		yasminkov	Oct 26, 2004
		thanks for that. thats all i needed with ogg files.