Hello Delirium,
Tuesday, June 22, 2004, 5:16:21 AM, you wrote:
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I've personally never actually seen a Vorbis-encoded file anywhere except Wikipedia, and non-techies I know typically don't know what to do with them when I send them, especially since apparently they don't play in the installations of Winamp many people have
They do:
--snip-- http://www.winamp.com/support/help/50/Configuring_Winamp_as_the_Default_Play...
Winamp allows you to play many popular media formats:
* Audio formats include: CDA, MP3, MP2, MP1, AAC, NSA, OGG, WMA, MID, MIDI, RMI, KAR, MIZ, MOD, MDZ, NST, STM, STZ, S3M, S3Z, IT, ITZ, XM, XMZ, MTM, ULT, 669, FAR, AMF, OKT, PTM, WAV, VOC, AU, SND, AIF, AIFF ... --snip--
Winamp supports Ogg Vorbis since version 2.8, which was released >2 years ago:
--snip-- http://www.neilturner.me.uk/2003/Nov/23/ogg_vorbis_101.html ... # Winamp - native support since version 2.8, otherwise installable by an official plugin ... --snip--
See also: http://www.vorbis.com/software.psp
MfG Olaf