One of the comments on a previous entry–Converting Videos on Various Operating Systems–asked the following question:

Anyone knows a good program to easily encode/transcode to Ogg Theora?

Here’s a brief overview of the Ogg format:

Ogg Vorbis is an open source, high quality audio compression technology that free for anyone to use and build encoders/players for. This is different from MP3 which is controlled by patent companies like Fraunhofer IIS that charge a fee for every copy of an MP3 encoder. Ogg provides better compression without loss of quality due to the improved encoding process.

Source: SailorMusic.net

There are a variety of programs for getting the job done…I keep encode from my audio CDs to OGG format. To get the job done, here is a list of my current favorites, but if you have another, please don’t hesitate to share!

Windows

• Use WinFF to Convert MP3 files (or strip the audio out of video files) to OGG format
• Quintessential Player – allows for easy conversion of audio to OGG format with the appropriate add-on. It’s an excellent player as well.

Macintosh

• Max –  Max can generate audio in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Apple Lossless, Monkey’s Audio, WavPack, Speex, AIFF, and WAVE. (note that you may need a program like GUI-TAR to uncompress it)
• OGG Drop X

UbuntuLinux:

• Convert m4a to OGG en masse
• Convert MP3 to OGG en masse – Use mp32ogg (install it) and then run it at the command line with this command that will delete the original MP3 file – >mp32ogg -delete
• Convert WMA to Ogg format using Sound Converter
• Using VLC Media Player to Save Audio to MP3/OGG from Video

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