Questions and Answers about Ogg Vorbis

Ogg Vorbis ? How can i play Ogg Vorbis music ? Is Ogg Vorbis better than mp3 ? Why Ogg Vorbis instead of mp3 ? What software supports Ogg Vorbis ? How can i test, if i am Ogg Vorbis ready ? What can i do, if i am not Ogg Vorbis ready ? Ogg Vorbis on the MAC I can't hear the Ogg Vorbis sample, if i click on Play Sample More informations about Ogg Vorbis

Ogg Vorbis ?

HEFFLEYRECORDS uses the Ogg Vorbis format to make music fit for downloading. Ogg Vorbis is a compression format like mp3, that reduces the size of a music download. Ogg Vorbis was developed to be a replacement for other proprietary compression formats which needs licensing. Before buying a Download from us, please make sure, that you are Ogg Vorbis ready.

How can i play Ogg Vorbis music ?

You need an Ogg Vorbis capable player. Popular players support Ogg Vorbis including Winamp for Windows, and Whamb for OS X. For Linux are of course players available too.

Is Ogg Vorbis better than mp3 ?

Ogg Vorbis has been designed to replace proprietary, patented audio formats. Music compressed with Ogg Vorbis sounds better than music compressed as mp3 - by the same file size. HEFFLEYRECORDS uses quality 6 while compressing raw audio to Ogg Vorbis, so the resulting Ogg Vorbis file has very-near-CD-quality, lossless stereo coupling.

Why Ogg Vorbis instead of mp3 ?

There are good reasons, why we decided to choose Ogg Vorbis as our prefered compression format. Ogg Vorbis simply sounds better than mp3. The Ogg Vorbis format is completely free, open, and unpatented. The source code for the codec is freely available for all interested poeple. Because it is a free and unpatented codec, artists and labels don't need to pay licensing fees for compressing music.

What software supports Ogg Vorbis ?

Many programs support Ogg Vorbis encoding and playback; it's included in popular players such as Winamp and foobar2000 for Windows, and Whamb for OS X. It's also supported in popular audio applications such as CDex and GoldWave. We expect, that the support for Ogg Vorbis will increase, as it's a free, open and unpatented code.

How can i test, if i am Ogg Vorbis ready ?

Most albums at HEFFLEYRECORDS have a Tracklisting, where a short sample of the Track is available for listening/download. If you can play this sample, you are Ogg Vorbis ready. Download the sample to your harddrive and try to open the file with your music player.

What can i do, if i am not Ogg Vorbis ready ?

This depends on your operating system. If you have a windows system, you can i.e. use WinAmp to play your music. Ogg Vorbis can be played by Microsoft's Windows Media Player too by installing an Ogg Vorbis DirectShow filter available here. Our recommendation for Windows users: Download the Full Version of the Winamp player for free from here. Our recommendation for MAC users: Download VLC media player for Mac OS for free from here. If you want to play Ogg in iTunes on MAC please see the section Ogg Vorbis on the MAC.

Ogg Vorbis on the MAC

Ogg Vorbis is currently not directly supported by Quicktime or iTunes. You can install VLC media player for Mac OS for free from here and download the Sample files to your harddisk first before playing them with the VLC media player for Mac OS. But iTunes can play Ogg Vorbis too ! (making iTunes a Ogg capable player) Thanks to the OggVorbis QuickTime component on http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html you can add support for Ogg Vorbis to iTunes. 1. Download the Xiph QuickTime Components binary package to your harddrive. 2. Double-clicking on it. 3. The installer copies files to your system folders. 4. Possibly you need to restart your system. 5. Enjoy Ogg Vorbis in iTunes Please note, that streaming doesn't work yet in iTunes. That means, you need to download the Ogg Vorbis music to your harddrive first, before playing it with iTunes.

I can't hear the Ogg Vorbis sample, if i click on Play Sample

On some system installations the streaming of the Sample music to your music player doesn't work the expected way. The track info is visible, but no sound. In such a case please click on "Download Sample" instead of "Play Sample". You can now save the Sample to your harddisk and play it from there with your Ogg capable player.

More informations about Ogg Vorbis

Homepage of Ogg Vorbis -> http://www.vorbis.com/ F.A.Q. -> http://www.vorbis.com/faq/ Wikipedia -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis