I had that same question not too long ago.

But I googled for ogg and got my answer (first hit I think)
don't be lazy

Anyway, there are mediaplayer filters available to play it in windows media player. If you'd rather not download another program, I'd recommend you just get the filters for it.

HTH,
-Michael g.

Fahrenheit451

Aug 25, 2006 at 3:40 PM

The .ogg format is Ogg Vorbis. Visit the site for more info, and players/plugins for various platforms/media players.

Enselic

Aug 25, 2006 at 3:55 PM

VLC supports it out-of-the-box.

lethalhamster

Aug 25, 2006 at 3:57 PM

My vote goes to Winamp. You should try it out.

idloco

Aug 25, 2006 at 5:38 PM

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Original post by lethalhamster
My vote goes to Winamp. You should try it out.

i will second that, winamp is just amazing..and easy to use.

gg83

Aug 25, 2006 at 6:00 PM

Comparison of media players

I personally have been liking Foobar2000 it's pretty lightweight and does the job for an audio player.

Raghar

Aug 25, 2006 at 8:14 PM

I'd recommend for windoze QCD, it's not bloated. For linux Xine.

KittyRa

Aug 25, 2006 at 9:15 PM

There are several plugins for Windows Media Player that allow you to play ogg files. Media player 11 also supports them right off the bat; of course, it's still in beta.

owl

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owl

Aug 25, 2006 at 10:29 PM

Install the codecs and just open them with Windows Media Player.

Rob Loach

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Rob Loach

Aug 25, 2006 at 11:15 PM

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Original post by Enselic
VLC supports it out-of-the-box.

VideoLAN is the way to go because it supports any media format you'll ever need (video or audio).

ToohrVyk

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ToohrVyk

Aug 26, 2006 at 2:57 AM

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Original post by ToohrVyk
Winamp, AmaroK, Totem...

which one of those has the simplest interface, least clutter, least spyware, etc.?

In general, Winamp runs on Windows, AmaroK on KDE and Totem on Gnome. You don't really have a choice, unless you can switch OSes and WMs.

Raghar

Aug 26, 2006 at 6:21 AM

I ment XMMS, not xine, better UI.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintessential_Player
This is info about QCD.

Neex

Aug 26, 2006 at 6:29 AM

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Original post by Fahrenheit451
The .ogg format is Ogg Vorbis. Visit the site for more info, and players/plugins for various platforms/media players.

Bzzzt, not quite. A .ogg file is a media file in the Ogg container format, which would most commonly contain just a Vorbis audio track. But an Ogg file could just as well contain an Ogg Theora video track.

Just like how a .mp4 file could contain just ('MP3' or AAC) audio and be used for songs, but it could also contain, amongst others, a video track (either MPEG-4 Part 10 = AVC = H.264, or MPEG-4 Part 2, the format produced by XviD and DivX).

Hedos

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Hedos

Aug 26, 2006 at 6:31 AM

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Original post by ToohrVyk
Winamp, AmaroK, Totem...

which one of those has the simplest interface, least clutter, least spyware, etc.?

VideoLAN is what you want. In fact, it is what anybody anywhere will ever want.

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