Comments on: Radio: Ogg Vorbis Stream http://www.chovy.com/personal/radio-ogg-vorbis-stream/ Web Development by Chovy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:34:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: George Gardiner http://www.chovy.com/personal/radio-ogg-vorbis-stream/#comment-381005 George Gardiner Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:25:23 +0000 http://www.chovy.com/personal/radio-ogg-vorbis-stream/#comment-381005 OGG/Vorbis is a horrible format for streaming. The OGG container format has a header which must be provided before any audio/video data can be sent, and must contain information that would typically be unavailable in a live streaming environment. It is also useless if you join a stream part-way through in a P2P or multicast environment for example. Unicast OGG streaming servers get away with this by forgeing a header each and every time a user connects. Unfortunately, the bandwidth cost of unicasting are many, many times more that of any MP3 licensing requirement. MP3 is a much better format for streaming. A player can join a stream at any point and play the audio that follows without the requirement for any header information that may have passed. My 2c worth ;) OGG/Vorbis is a horrible format for streaming. The OGG container format has a header which must be provided before any audio/video data can be sent, and must contain information that would typically be unavailable in a live streaming environment.

It is also useless if you join a stream part-way through in a P2P or multicast environment for example. Unicast OGG streaming servers get away with this by forgeing a header each and every time a user connects. Unfortunately, the bandwidth cost of unicasting are many, many times more that of any MP3 licensing requirement.

MP3 is a much better format for streaming. A player can join a stream at any point and play the audio that follows without the requirement for any header information that may have passed.

My 2c worth ;)

]]> By: Raven http://www.chovy.com/personal/radio-ogg-vorbis-stream/#comment-322 Raven Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.chovy.com/personal/radio-ogg-vorbis-stream/#comment-322 Umm... yes, OGG Vorbis is really a nice codec, but it's defenately not available for every platform.<BR/>I'm searching for an OGG Vorbis Firefox-plugin for hours, but I canntot find a thing...<BR/>It's a pity! Umm… yes, OGG Vorbis is really a nice codec, but it’s defenately not available for every platform.
I’m searching for an OGG Vorbis Firefox-plugin for hours, but I canntot find a thing…
It’s a pity!

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