In an effort to bring open-source ideals to the world of multimedia the Xiph.org Foundation develops a multitude of amazing products. This wiki describes our free and open protocols and software.

Projects/Formats

Container Formats

Ogg: Media container. This is our native format and the recommended container for Xiph codecs.
Ogg Skeleton: Skeleton information on all logical content bitstreams in Ogg.

SpeexRTP: RTP payload format for voice
VorbisRTP: RTP payload format for general audio
TheoraRTP: RTP payload format for video
XSPF: XML playlist format

Codecs

Compressed Audio/Video Codecs:
- Vorbis: Audio codec with a fixed point decoder
- Theora: Video codec
- FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec
- Speex: Speech codec
Timed Text/Metadata Codecs:
- CMML: Continuous Media Markup Language, used for Annodex and subtitles (xine, vlc, gstreamer, and DirectShow support)

Software

Software for distributing media
- Icecast: Streaming server
- Ices: Source client for Icecast servers

Other software
- OggComponent/VorbisComponent: Wrappers to integrate Ogg-Vorbis into MacOsX

Work in Progress

Work In Progress: codecs and software still in the research and development stages.

Demonstrations of Xiph technologies

Want to see/hear Xiph in action? These projects are using our codecs, formats, or libraries.

VorbisStreams: Stations streaming with the Vorbis codec
Games that use Vorbis: Games using the Vorbis codec for music or sound effects
VorbisHardware: Hardware players using the Vorbis codec
List of Theora videos: Availible videos encoded with Theora

Project management

Wiki internal

Sandbox: Testbed for testing editing skills.
Translations: What about some translation work

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