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Technical Objections To the Ogg Container Format

Posted by timothy on from the do-these-objections-matter-on-modern-hardware? dept.

E1ven writes "The Ogg container format is being promoted by the Xiph Foundation for use with its Vorbis and Theora codecs. Unfortunately, a number of technical shortcomings in the format render it ill-suited to most, if not all, use cases. This article examines the most severe of these flaws."

6 of 370 comments (clear)

  1. Re:already slashdotted ? by heneon · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, I know technical shortcomings in hosting an article on hardwarebug.org...

  2. Re:already slashdotted ? by noidentity · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't see any comment and the website is already down. gg /.

    Yes, but what format is the website in? I'm thinking something involving ashes.

  3. Re:already slashdotted ? by Jurily · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't us. We don't read the articles before posting.

  4. Re:Still better than AVI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot the lack of general support. Definite win on the ideological front.

  5. Re:already slashdotted ? by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's articles? Since when?!

  6. Re:already slashdotted ? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are articles at the time of submission. They disappear when the summary hits the front page.

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