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Projects/Formats

In an effort to bring open-source ideals to the world of multimedia The Xiph.org Foundation (XiphOrg) develops a multitude of amazing products.

Container Formats

• Ogg: Media container. This is our native format and the recommeded container for Xiph codecs.
• OggSkeleton: 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

• Vorbis: Audio codec
• Tremor: Fixed-point decoder
• Theora: Video codec
• FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec
• Speex: Speech codec
• Ogg Writ: Text phrase codec (e.g. subtitles)
• Under Development

* Metadata: Arbitrary metadata stream format (vapourware so far)
* OggMNG: A mapping for encapsulating the MNG animation format in Ogg
* OggPCM: Uncompressed PCM audio, primarily as an interchange codec
* OggRGB: Uncompressed RGB video, primarily as an interchange codec
* OggYUV: Uncompressed YUV video, primarily as an interchange codec, undergoing heavy debate

Software for distributing media

• Icecast: Streaming server
• Ices: Source client for Icecast servers
• IceShare: P2P content distribution

Other software

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

Demonstrations

Want to 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
• TVersity Media Server: A UPNP/AV compliant media server that uses the Ogg Vorbis libraries to transcode audio files to the Ogg Vorbis format.

Project management

• MonthlyMeeting
• MailingLists
• Bounties
• HyperFish

Wiki internal

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