Convert OGV to OGG
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Ogg Video File
| Extension | .ogv |
| Category | 🔵 video |
| Programs | 🔵 VLC 🔵 MPlayer 🔵 Helix Player |
| Main program | 🔵 Miro media Player |
| Description | 🔵 .ogv (Ogg Video) The .ogv file format is associated with video files that use the Ogg container format. Ogg is an open container format that is free of software patents and is designed to efficiently stream and manipulate high-quality digital multimediaThe .ogv format can encapsulate a variety of video codecs, with Theora being the most common. It's often used for playing video content on web pages using HTML video tags and is supported by various browsers and media players that are compatible with open formats. |
| Technical details | 🔵 The `.ogv` file format, part of the Ogg project, is an open-source video container format with these features: - **Open-Source Nature**: Freely available under the Ogg project, without licensing fees or restrictions. - **Video Codec**: Typically uses Theora, an open-source, lossy video compression codec. - **Audio Streams**: Can include audio, usually compressed with the Vorbis codec. - **Quality and Compression**: Offers competitive video quality, comparable to early 2000s codecs like DivX, Xvid; less efficient than newer codecs like H.264. - **Streaming Capability**: Designed for efficient internet streaming, avoiding proprietary codecs. - **Browser Support**: Historically supported by several browsers for HTML5 video, but increasingly replaced by formats like WebM, MP4. - **Compatibility**: Requires additional codecs or software for playback on some systems. - **File Size**: Generally larger than more efficient codec formats. - **Metadata Support**: Supports metadata tags for content information. - **Usage Scenarios**: Preferred in open-source and royalty-free environments, like free software communities, archival purposes. - **Licensing and Patents**: Free from patent and licensing issues, appealing for open-source projects. `.ogv` is important for its open, royalty-free nature in the open-source multimedia ecosystem, though it's less efficient and supported than some modern formats. |
| Developer | 🔵 Xiph.org |
ogg
| Extension | .ogg |
| Category | 🔵 audio |
| Programs | 🔵 Microsoft Windows Media Player 🔵 VLC media player 🔵 MPlayer 🔵 Foobar2000 🔵 Winamp 🔵 Xion Audio Player 🔵 Audacity 🔵 Eltima Elmedia Player 🔵 Apple QuickTime Player 🔵 Zinf 🔵 Totem 🔵 Amarok |
| Description | 🔵 OGG is a compressed audio file format or file extension used to hold audio data. It was developed by Xiph.Org Foundation and can include track and artist information and metadata. The OGG extension was developed to replace proprietary audio formats like mp3, VQF and AAC. They are compressed to a smaller size than mp3, which means less bandwidth and storage requirements. OGG files also offer better sound quality than mp3 files of the same size. Most players, such as VLC and Windows Media Player, can open and play OGG files. |
| Technical details | 🔵 How to create and how to open an OGG fileThere are many ways to create an OGG file. You can convert WAV, WMA or MP3 to OGG, create a new OGG file, convert a playlist/folder or rip a CD/track to OGG. Simply right click on the file and select “convert to” then “OGG” on the menu that pops up. You can also use audio converter software to create OGG files from proprietary formats. To open an OGG file, use any music and audio software like VLC, Windows Media Player, Miro, MPlayer, Adobe Audition, Audials One, Xion, etc. You can also drag OGG files into Google Chrome or open it online. GPS devices can open OGG files although Apple devices don’t support the format, so you’ll need to download an app like VLC or OPlayer. Which other formats OGG can be converted into and whyOGG files can be converted to many other audio file formats. Simply right click on the OGG file and convert to your preferred format. You can convert OGG to any of the following formats:
Although OGG audio files are free, unpatented, and smaller than MP3, not many portable players support the format. You’ll need to convert OGG to MP3 or other formats that are supported by your device. Some programs also don’t allow saving in OGG so you might need to convert back to OGG once you are done working on the audio file. There are many advantages to OGG. Their smaller size means you need less storage space and bandwidth when streaming. Reports have also shown that OGG files offer better sound quality than MP3 files of the same size. They are perfect for complex, high-frequency sounds and give creators and other users the ability to work with multimedia for free. |
| Developer | 🔵 Xiph.Org |
| MIME type | 🔵 application/ogg |