MP3s and Linux [ogg format]

[Dexter Ang]

On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 02:11, Dave Cross wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 01:58:12PM -0400, spdemon6 at optonline.net wrote:
> > i kpnow of this awesome [pretty new] format OGG. im sure winamp plays
> > it by deafult hbut where are good places to download these formats?
> > supernova? opennap? etc?
> 
> Get more details of Ogg Vorbis from http://www.vorbis.com/.
> 
> The CD ripping apps that come with FC1 (grip & Sound Juicer) will both
> rip CDs to Ogg Vorbis. And xmms plays .ogg files just fine.
> 
> Dave...

And of course, to those that already have lots of mp3's and would like
to convert them all to ogg, there's a script on this page that will do
it for you. I've tested it, and so far it works quite well.

http://linux.oldcrank.com/tips/mp3ogg/

dex