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==== how to avoid spam ====
# make the wiki editable only by registered users.
# create a ''Guest'' user
# place the password of the ''Guest'' account on the edit/login page
Result: the autospam robots can't edit the page, all the human can.
== XiphWiki News ==
== XiphWiki News ==



Revision as of 17:13, 9 October 2004

XiphWiki News

After a long time, back again. WhatHappened

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

Codecs

  • Vorbis: Audio codec
  • Theora: Video codec
  • FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec
  • Speex: Speech codec
  • Writ: Text phrase codec (e.g. subtitles)
  • Metadata: Arbitrary metadata stream format (vapourware so far)

Software for distributing media

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

Demonstrations

Project management

Wiki internal

  • Sandbox: Testbed for testing editing skills.