OGG Vorbis in iTunes 10?

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graver Author

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OGG Vorbis in iTunes 10?

How to play OGG Vorbis in iTunes 10? Tried XiphQT 0.1.9 and oggvorbis_r45 component, but no luck.. Any ideas ?

10.0.1, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 21, 2010 6:04 AM

Answer 1

ed2345

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Oct 21, 2010 5:26 PM in response to graver

graver wrote:
How to play OGG Vorbis in iTunes 10? Tried XiphQT 0.1.9 and oggvorbis_r45 component, but no luck.. Any ideas ?

Use a conversion program and convert them to an iTunes-compatible format such as AAC.

Even if you find a plug-in (similar to what Xiph does for FLAC) they will play in iTunes but will not sync to an iPod, which defeats the main purpose of iTunes.

Answer 2

graver Author

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Oct 21, 2010 11:06 PM in response to ed2345

Nice one and easy to come up with. But I would like to listen to ogg vorbis streaming radio. That's why i asked specifically what do i need.

Answer 3

varjak paw

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Oct 22, 2010 8:52 AM in response to graver

The Xiph components are the only way I've ever seen to do this, and they haven't been updated in almost a year and a half now. So I don't think there's any way with the newer versions of iTunes and QuickTime to play a Vorbis stream, if the Xiph QT component doesn't work. You'll probably have to use a different player.

Regards.

Answer 4

Nov 19, 2011 3:38 AM in response to graver

Latest version of iTunes plays ogg with the Xiph plugin as I have just discovered having downloaded it (10.5.1.42)

Answer 5

alopix

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Jan 2, 2012 9:19 AM in response to richardfromst leonards on sea

How did you manage to get iTunes to import ogg files? I have the latest Xiph plugin but it iTunes (10.5.2) won't import ogg files 😟

Answer 6

Sep 4, 2012 11:24 PM in response to alopix

You can set iTunes to open in 32-bit mode through the get info tab in applications. The problem I had with that was the files will have breaks in the audio occasionally. I'm not impressed with any free conversions I've tried so I am going to be using my PC to record OGG as high-quality WMA and convert through iTunes. If that doesn't work out I'll send my Cowon player in for servicing.