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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 Codecs:
- Metadata: Arbitrary metadata stream format (vapourware so far)
- Compressed Codecs:
- OggMNG: A mapping for encapsulating the MNG animation format in Ogg
- Raw/Uncompressed Codecs:
- Metadata Codecs:
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
Wiki internal
- Sandbox: Testbed for testing editing skills.
- Translations: What about some translation work