May 10, 2004 - The Xiph.org Foundation has joined the Linuxaudio.org consortium, becoming the newest member and bringing the total number of members to nineteen. Linuxaudio.org is a not-for-profit consortium of companies and software projects using Linux kernel based systems and other libre software for audio work, with an emphasis on professional tools for the music, recording and broadcast industries. The consortium aims to co-ordinate joint projects between members, collaborate on the promotion of Linux based systems for audio tasks, and provide a single point of contact for prospective industry partners. Daniel James, Linuxaudio.org director, commented: "With the welcome addition of the Xiph.org Foundation, our consortium now has members working on all aspects of Linux audio. The Xiph.org Foundation codec projects and related software perfectly complement existing members' work on hardware, drivers, applications, plugins and Linux distributions. Together, we can now offer complete Linux-based solutions to the audio industry and user communities all over the world." The Xiph.org Foundation is a not-for-project multimedia research and development company, focused on the creation of next generation codecs and tools for audio and video that are both open and royalty-free. Current projects include the Vorbis audio codec for general purpose audio compression, the Speex codec for voice compression, and the Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC). More information on the Linuxaudio.org consortium and the Xiph.org Foundation can be obtained by visiting our respective websites: http://www.linuxaudio.org/ http://www.xiph.org/ Press contacts: Daniel James at (daniel at linuxaudio dot org) and Jack Moffitt at (jack at xiph dot org) ends