Comments on: does ogg suck or does ogg support suck? http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/does-ogg-suck-or-does-ogg-support-suck/ A blog about nothing Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:14:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Lees http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/does-ogg-suck-or-does-ogg-support-suck/#comment-89253 Chris Lees Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:16:17 +0000 http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/does-ogg-suck-or-does-ogg-support-suck/#comment-89253 I see confused timers more in Mpeg and WMV files, actually. Theora is the open-source poster-boy but in open-source software it doesn't seem to be supported properly. Encoding to Theora and Vorbis in certain open-source programs tends to give very low quality audio in the Vorbis track. Who wants to encode to Theora? Not a lot of people; it's a reasonable codec but the proprietary software and hardware world doesn't interoperate with it. So not many people test out Theora support in their favourite video authoring and playback programs, and we get bugs creeping in. I mean, it has just occurred to me that I never tested my own video transcoding program's support for Ogg Theora - how daft is that? So to answer your question, Theora doesn't suck, just the support for it. I don't see any problems with Vorbis as it's a bit more popular overall. I see confused timers more in Mpeg and WMV files, actually.

Theora is the open-source poster-boy but in open-source software it doesn’t seem to be supported properly. Encoding to Theora and Vorbis in certain open-source programs tends to give very low quality audio in the Vorbis track.

Who wants to encode to Theora? Not a lot of people; it’s a reasonable codec but the proprietary software and hardware world doesn’t interoperate with it. So not many people test out Theora support in their favourite video authoring and playback programs, and we get bugs creeping in.

I mean, it has just occurred to me that I never tested my own video transcoding program’s support for Ogg Theora – how daft is that? So to answer your question, Theora doesn’t suck, just the support for it.

I don’t see any problems with Vorbis as it’s a bit more popular overall.

]]> By: numerodix http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/does-ogg-suck-or-does-ogg-support-suck/#comment-35346 numerodix Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:45:22 +0000 http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/does-ogg-suck-or-does-ogg-support-suck/#comment-35346 It's not actually about what I want to use, I don't produce videos at all. I'm currently watching some more of the talks from KDE's Akademy and all of them have these bugs where the video freezes half the time, then works again, then stops again, meanwhile the audio runs unencumbered. mplayer, vlc and xine all brings this out. It’s not actually about what I want to use, I don’t produce videos at all. I’m currently watching some more of the talks from KDE’s Akademy and all of them have these bugs where the video freezes half the time, then works again, then stops again, meanwhile the audio runs unencumbered. mplayer, vlc and xine all brings this out.

]]> By: Steve Dibb http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/does-ogg-suck-or-does-ogg-support-suck/#comment-35345 Steve Dibb Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:42:23 +0000 http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/does-ogg-suck-or-does-ogg-support-suck/#comment-35345 Just use Matroska instead. It has much more features, and its support is catching on in video players (thank goodness). Just use Matroska instead. It has much more features, and its support is catching on in video players (thank goodness).

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