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Xiph Releases Ogg Theora Alpha-3

Posted by Hemos on from the frozen-for-usage dept.

ArcRiley writes "For more than a year Xiph hackers have been working on Ogg Theora, an improved version of On2's VP3 video codec. Alpha-3 includes several bitstream changes, VP3 to Theora "upgrade" utilities, and is now supported by Xine, MPlayer, and Real's Helix Player. We're nearing Beta-1 where the format will be frozen, fully documented, and it'll be ready for everyday use."

3 of 196 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Ug. Me get new moving picture thing. by Joe+U · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    WOW! This TV has words on it!

  2. Hmm, wait , how about WHO THE FUCK CARES? by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ogg Vorbis supports arbitrarily many channels, as does AAC. Oh, and then thre's AC3, which natively understands how to optimally store 5.1 channels.
    Too little, too late, and completely irrelevant.

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  3. Re:Whatever happened to Tarkin? by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Join the society against raping the word "rape."

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