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'''.OGG''' is a file format for compressed multimedia files ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg OGG file format]), and a popular competitor to [[.MP3]].  Unlike .MP3, .OGG uses an open-source, open-standard format and a permissive license, both of which allow it to be incorporated into the FS2_Open source code.  Also unlike .MP3, .OGG can contain video (Theora) in addition to audio (Vorbis) data.
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'''.OGG''' is a container format for compressed multimedia files ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg OGG file format]), and a popular competitor to [[.MP3]].  Usually it contains lossy compressed audio data (Vorbis) and/or Theora video data. Unlike MP3, Vorbis is an open-source, open-standard format with a permissive license, both of which allow it to be incorporated into the FS2_Open source code.  Also unlike .MP3, .OGG can contain video (Theora) in addition to audio (Vorbis) data.
  
Since .OGG, as a compressed format, delivers significantly smaller file sizes than [[.WAV]], while retaining substantially the same level of audio quality, it is becoming more and more frequently used in FSO-targeted mods.
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Since .OGG, as a lossy compressed format, delivers significantly smaller file sizes than [[.WAV]], while retaining a high level of audio quality, it is becoming more and more frequently used in FSO-targeted mods.
  
Audacity and Goldwave are two popular programs that allow .WAV files to be converted to .OGG.
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Audacity and Goldwave are two popular programs that allow .WAV files to be converted to Vorbis.
  
 
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Revision as of 23:53, 7 September 2007

.OGG is a container format for compressed multimedia files (OGG file format), and a popular competitor to .MP3. Usually it contains lossy compressed audio data (Vorbis) and/or Theora video data. Unlike MP3, Vorbis is an open-source, open-standard format with a permissive license, both of which allow it to be incorporated into the FS2_Open source code. Also unlike .MP3, .OGG can contain video (Theora) in addition to audio (Vorbis) data.

Since .OGG, as a lossy compressed format, delivers significantly smaller file sizes than .WAV, while retaining a high level of audio quality, it is becoming more and more frequently used in FSO-targeted mods.

Audacity and Goldwave are two popular programs that allow .WAV files to be converted to Vorbis.