How to play .ogg files?

This is interesting. My copy of VLC (0.9.4) won't play those files either. Didn't try Ogg Drop. But I can confirm that you can play files from the site you referred to with [MPlayer for OS X|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/36331] (click the link in order to be taken to Versiontracker.com).

floba

(MN571)

Hello Bob.

On Vorbis' [FAQ page|http://www.vorbis.com/faq/#what] (click the link) you can read

Ogg Vorbis is a new audio compression format. It is roughly comparable to other formats used to store and play digital music, such as MP3, VQF, AAC, and other digital audio formats. It is different from these other formats because it is completely free, open, and unpatented.

As McRoger already pointed out VLC plays ogg-files. But as stated at http://www.vorbis.com/setup_osx/ there's also

a QuickTime component available that allows iTunes to play ogg vorbis files.

It's called [Ogg Drop|http://www.nouturn.com/oggdrop> (click the link). On [Ogg Drop's Help Page|http://www.nouturn.com/oggdrop/help.php] the following is explicitly stated:

*QuickTime Component*
Any .oggs on your machine will automatically play in any QT enabled application, such as the QT player or iTunes. The tags that are embedded into each audio track (from Ogg Drop, for example), will also be readable with this component. Finally you can use iTunes with oggs just like you can mp3s. This new version now includes support for QuickTime 7.

Hope that helps.

floba

(MN568)

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Hello Bob.

Thanks for the reward. Back in my Linux days I dealt a lot with ogg files (instead of the proprietary mp3 format, which some distributions didn't and don't support out of the box). In your latest post you wrote

I may be mistaken; but, it looks as if Ogg Drop is for converting files, not playing them

I quote from [Ogg Drop's Help & Tips Page|http://www.nouturn.com/oggdrop/help.php]:

*Installation Overview*
Ogg Drop is now a stand-alone application, but does contain a separate QuickTime Component installer.

If you download the OggDropX.dmg file, you'll find that it contains the application and a "Component Installer.pkg". The component installer is what you'll want.

floba

(MN570)

You're welcome. You could send a feature request to Apple via the [iTunes Feedback Form|http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html] or the [QuickTime Feedback Form|http://www.apple.com/quicktime/feedback>.

Good computing.

floba

(MN572)

You can install a QuickTime component so most OSX application (such as iTunes and QuickTime Player) will handle .ogg files.
<http://www.xiph.org/quicktime>

Perian should also do it,
<http://www.perian.org>

Hello Malcolm,

I didn't know about Xiph, yet. Thanks for pointing that out. But I have to disagree with you on Perian. It doesn't support ogg. See e.g. [this discussion on another board|http://groups.google.com/group/perian-discuss/browse_thread/thread/8f45ea 763b00aab9].

floba

(MN573)

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VLC does it fine and is free.

https://videolan.org/vlc/

🙂

Audacity ( a free download) plays them fine.