Assorted information on dot OGG and HTML-5 files.
Or should we say "we don't need no stinking FLASH"...

The video below is called,
video.ogg

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And on the next line is a AUDIO file called,
audio.ogg



If you can not play them, see below...

What the hell are dot ogg files ?
They are a FREE OPEN SOURCE way to make and view BOTH video and audio files !

Yes, this means you can make "royalty free" movies or audio files,
which can be played by FREE applications like VLC (see below).

1. Filename extensions can be:
   .ogv, .oga, .ogx, .ogg, .spx
2. Internet media mime.types your webserver SHOULD have:
   video/ogg, audio/ogg, application/ogg

And yes, ya gonna need a new codec to seem em,
and a browser that supports the new HTML-5 VIDEO and AUDIO tag too !!!

Gary's Notes:

• GREAT examples and demos of HTML-5 with source code !!!

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• You may have to get a Component (0.1.9) Codec for QuickTime (and Safari) to view and edit them !
  - Just copy the file ( XiphQT.component) to your /Library/Components/ folder.
  - The Decoder (codec) lets you just PLAY, but not EDIT.
  - The Component lets you both play and EDIT, so all you need to get is this one.

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• The current versions of Firefox and Chrome may NOT need the codec to play them.
  - You will still need the Component to edit them.
  - Your browser is:
  CCBot/1.0 (+http://www.commoncrawl.org/bot.html)
• Learn more about the HTML 5 video tag.
• Learn more about Ogg files.
• VLC is a free software video player that supports .ogg (Theora) and many other video files too.
  - You can get VLC here VLC.
  
• ffmpeg is another FREE video/audio tool which is often used as a "back end" for applications such as Perian.
• Panasonic and JVC video files ending with .MOD are normal MPEG2 formatted video files.
  - Just rename them to .MPG