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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."

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  1. hay doods by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i claim this post for fyad

  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Smoke Weed

  3. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp?

    woohoo

  4. In other news by DigiShaman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The folks at Frauhofer say they are expecting to have surround sound working for MP3s by July.

    Ladies and gentlemen, let the flamewars begin. *dodging that key lime pie in flight*

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  5. Re:Hitler Was Right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They kill fucking camel-humping sand-nigger terrorists, which makes them good apparently.

  6. yes but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does it do surround sound...in Linux?

  7. QUESTION by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Could someone *please* tell me what to be "on teh SPOKE" is? I've heard that the editors, GNAA and Jesus is on it, but am confused as to eactly what 'it' is. PLZFIXKTHXBYE.

  8. XXX by baker_tony · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't open this at work. It's not even of chicks... Nasty.

    1. Re:XXX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Welome to the club! We look foward to seeing you!

  9. Because by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Microsoft sucks.

    That was just 3 words - what do you think? Do I win the cupie doll?

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

    WOW! This TV has words on it!

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

    Join the society against raping the word "rape."

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