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ogg and ipod

post #1 of 10
7/31/05 at 5:00pm
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is there any way to get ogg files to play in itunes and on my ipod? i have a 3g ipod 15gb, and no money to buy an x5. all tests show that ogg is far superior (i now use lame vbr --aps), and i would love to use it.
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post #2 of 10
7/31/05 at 5:04pm
No.
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post #3 of 10
7/31/05 at 5:15pm
You probably already know about it, but look at AAC. Within the bitrates you are likely to use it's on par with Ogg Vorbis. Plus Apple has implemented the open standard into both iTunes and iPod. Vorbis is great, but if you're leaving the compatibility advantage of MP3 behind, and already have an iPod, AAC is a better choice. It even has a few advantages such as battery hit over Vorbis.

Take a read through this for one guys opinion against LAME.
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post #4 of 10
7/31/05 at 5:28pm
yeah, there is no ogg vorbis support in the iPod, which was one of te reasons I bought a different player myself

though, there is this iPodLinux thing that people are working on and they are trying to add more support for other formats.
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post #5 of 10
8/1/05 at 8:18am
Ipodlinux does have Ogg support, but if you have a 4g, wait for the official release, because its really buggy and there not donw with the audio part, but if you do want to get it now google ipodlinux , the first page that you see should be the official site. If you get ipodlinux, if you dont want to use the music feature, why not watch a MOVIE on your ipod! It has a movie player!
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post #6 of 10
8/1/05 at 10:45am
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Originally Posted by Dick Danger
No.
Not true, there are plugins that playback ogg's in itunes. You just can't transfer those songs over to your ipod, obviuosly.
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post #7 of 10
8/1/05 at 11:11am
True.

The question was "is there any way to get ogg files to play in itunes and on my ipod?" It wasn't "or".
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post #8 of 10
8/1/05 at 5:24pm
At the bitrates you are liable to be using for your LAME MP3s, AAC will give you the exact same performance as OGG.

See ya
Steve
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post #9 of 10
11/10/11 at 10:23pm

Nothing like reviving a dead 6 year old thread. You should look at the dates of threads.
 

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Originally Posted by wellemily View Post

the following article will introduce two easy way to import ogg to itunes at Easy Way to Play Ogg in iTunes/iPod/iPhone/iPad

 

why not have a free try?



 

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post #10 of 10
2/16/12 at 11:12pm

yeah, really a old post, anyway it helps a lot

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