What is Ogg?
{{Infobox file format | name = Ogg | icon = | logo = | extension = .ogv, .oga, .ogx, .ogg | mime = video/ogg, audio/ogg, application/ogg | magic = OggS | owner = [[Xiph.Org Foundation]] | creatorcode = [[Chris Montgomery]] | genre = [[Container format]] | container for = [[Vorbis]], [[Theora]], [[Speex]], [[FLAC]], [[Dirac (codec)|Dirac]], and others.}} '''Ogg''' is a free, [[open standard]] format for [[music]], [[video]] and other [[multimedia]]. It is run by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The Ogg format is unrestricted by [[software]] [[patent]]s and is designed to provide for efficient [[Internet]] [[streaming]] and for [[edit]]ing of high quality digital multimedia. The project was based on the popular AVI and Ogg formats, which at the time only supported audio. Some time ago, the OGG Vorbis format was created to change the mp3 format. To store the vorbis audio stream, the OGG Bitstream standard was developed, which was later used to store video. Recently a big [[library]] on the [[internet]], the [[Internet Archive]], announced that they are going to convert many videos and other multimedia to the Ogg format as well as other formats like the [[proprietary]] [[Adobe Flash]] flv format. [[Image:Play ogg.png|thumb|The “Play Ogg” web button]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Computer file formats]]