Re: OT: on .ogg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Mills" <rfmilly@...>


> Herman Miller (and many others) discussed have discussed this.
>
> My question: are .ogg files smaller than .mp3's ?
Yes, that's what I read.  You can go to
http://www.vorbis.com/faq.psp#mimetype and the site attempts to answer most
of your questions, except the one's below:

>> Winamp (http://www.winamp.com/) plays .ogg and lots of other common
>> audio formats; it's a useful thing to have around.
>
> Is there an upgrade one can download for Med.Player that will enable it to
> play .ogg?
I don't know; I've tried.  I installed what I thought was an upgrade, and it
still didn't play .ogg files.

> If one installed Winamp, could one get rid of Win. Media Player/Real
> Player
> etc. etc. ?
I don't know; and what I'm concerned about is competition: which one will
fight to play your soundbyte?

Sally