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Ogg Vorbis

22nd July 2002

Ogg Vorbis has hit 1.0. Ogg Vorbis is an open, patent-free alternative format to MP3 that boasts some seriously impressive abilities. A sample page is available which includes WAV files to allow quality comparisons between different formats.

Posted 22nd July 2002 at 10:54 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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