On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 14:44 +0100, Michael T D Nelson wrote:
Paul Davis wrote:
the only reason it hasn't defeated mp3 is
that the
overwhelming majority of all compressed music format music players do
not support it. do you have any idea how hard it is for a windows user
to play even an ogg file?
I only respond because I feel that this may mislead any passing Windows
user who happens to read this post.
I've never had a single problem playing an ogg vorbis file in Windows.
that suprises me. i know people on this list who cannot get windows to
play ogg, and i work for very knowledgeable guy who faces the same
problem.
For example, Winamp plays ogg files, and is very
simple to download and
install. I believe you can also get codecs to play ogg files in
are you sure winamp plays ogg after a regular, default install? or does
it need an additional codec pack, that a typical user would have no clue
about unless they understand what ogg/vorbis is and how it relates to
mp3?
--p