View Full Version : MP3 or OGG?
Huntzman
07-22-2003, 07:44 PM
Well, which one is better and why?
Do your own listening tests and judge for yourself.
A lot of people (but not everyone) have already done this and
picked ogg as the better of the two. There is also the matter of
licensing. Mp3 is owned by a company, ogg is open source.
Of course, the iPod doesn't support ogg (yet).
SouthsideIrish
07-23-2003, 02:06 PM
OGG does sound better but I wouldn't get your hopes up that the iPod will ever support it, and I wouldn't buy an iPod if you expect to see OGG sometime in the future. Apple is really not going to do anymore firmware updates for gen1/2 pods, and since they released AAC it isn't likely that they would add support for OGG or WMA for that matter.
Bill McNair
stasyna
08-13-2003, 11:02 AM
Very doubtful the iPod will ever support it.
OGG is far superior.
OGG @ -q 3 is better sounded than mp3 @ 128, and matchable to 160CBR.
I Rip OGG @ -q 4.5 and it sounds beautiful. 3-7 Is great quality, after 7 you cannot hear a difference.