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November 6, 2004

Vorbis Podcast Experiment

As I mentioned here, I think that Ogg Vorbis is an excellent container/codec combo for podcasting, from a technical sense. Obviously MP3 has much broader compatibility and should be used for wide-audience podcasts. However, as a proof of concept I've made my first podcast available as Ogg Vorbis, with roughly the same bitrate and audio specs as the MP3 version. However, there is more metadata packed into the file, and the multiple tracks within the file go a step towards addressing the bookmarking issue.

If you're interested in checking it out, it's here. (14.2MB Ogg Vorbis, Q0 Mono 32000Hz.) I've intentionally kept this file from showing up as an RSS enclosure in my feed due to the fact that most people aren't expecting OGGs to be podcast at the present time.

Please let me know what you think of this format, should you decide to check it out.

Posted by Alex Harden on November 6, 2004 9:11 PM |

Comments

This format is really cool. Until you mentioned it here I did not see the full benefit of the format. Splitting the show into tracks with each track being a subject is by far much cooler than just one long MP3. I used Foobar 2000 to play this format if anyone else wants to give it a whirl. Foobar 2000 is a free download.

I feel like I am spamming your comments tonight. But I wanted to give you some feedback since I checked it out.

Posted by: Scotbuff | November 6, 2004 11:36 PM

Re: spamming my contents - nahh, we're just having a geek party. ;)

Posted by: aharden | November 7, 2004 8:11 AM

Nice thing to use Ogg Vorbis, but I don't know about the multiple tracks, since atleast my portable iAudio G3 can't handle them very good, it just played the Intro and then exit... :(

Posted by: Henrik | May 31, 2005 6:03 AM

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