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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:
  • 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

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.

Project management

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