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Also known as OGA, Ogg File Format

Ogg is a digital multimedia container file format designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of digital multimedia. It is maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation and is free and open, unrestricted by software patents. Its name is derived from "ogging," jargon from the computer game Netrek, alluding to the high processing cost of early versions of the software.

Key facts

File format.name
Ogg
File format.extension
.ogg, .ogv, .oga, .ogx, .ogm, .spx
File format.mime
video/ogg, audio/ogg, application/ogg
File format.magic
OggS
File format.owner
Xiph.Org Foundation
File format.genre
Container format
File format.container for
Vorbis, Theora, Speex, Opus, FLAC, Dirac, and others.
File format.open
Yes
File format.free
Yes
Software.name
libogg
Software.logo
Ogg Logo.svg
Software.developer
Xiph.Org Foundation
Software.latest_release_version
1.3.6
Software.genre
Reference implementation (multiplexer/demultiplexer)
Software.license
BSD-style license

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Wikidata facts

Official website
xiph.org/ogg
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file extension
ogm
media type
audio/x-ogg
Commons category
Ogg format
file format identification pattern
4F6767530002
inception
2003-00-00
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  • Naming
  • File format
  • Page structure
  • Metadata
  • History
  • OGM
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • Ogg codecs
  • Media types
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Ogg is a digital multimedia container file format designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of digital multimedia. It is maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation and is free and open, unrestricted by software patents. Its name is derived from "ogging," jargon from the computer game Netrek, alluding to the high processing cost of early versions of the software.

The Ogg container format can multiplex a number of independent streams for audio, video, text (such as subtitles), and metadata. In the Ogg multimedia framework, Theora provides a lossy video layer. The audio layer is most commonly provided by the music-oriented Vorbis format or its successor Opus. Lossless audio compression formats include FLAC, and OggPCM.

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