Introduction

Quick introduction to the Ogg-Vorbis encoder for Winamp 5: main features, and even the official promotion artwork!

What’s Ogg-Vorbis?

Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology. It’s the best successor to mp3, and hold all the advantages of concurrent audio codec.

A slightly longer introduction to the Ogg-Vorbis format, including a comparaison to its competitors, is available at this page.

What does my encoder do?

My encoder allows to use the Winamp integrated CDs ripping engine to create your own Ogg-Vorbis files.

My Ogg-Vorbis CD ripping encoder artwork
My Ogg-Vorbis CD ripping encoder artwork

It follows the Winamp encoders interface, and as a matter of fact is perfectly integrated within Winamp 5. It allows to create Ogg-Vorbis files, using the same quality settings than the official command-line encoder.

How is it made?

My encoder is written in the C++ language. It makes use of the Winamp 5 SDK as well as the Win32 API. It is also statically linked to the libOgg v1.1.2 and libVorbis 1.1.

Stay tuned!
What others think

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