Real supports compact alternative for MP3
RealNetworks goes the Ogg Vorbis-size and the accompanying audiocodec as well support in the RealOne Player for consumers as in the new Helix Universal Serve. This means among many that consumers with their media player of Real now also Ogg-truces can play.
Real and the Xiph. Org Foundation the organization behind the open source-project Ogg Vorbis their cooperation have this week announced. Especially for Xiph means these a were break. Until now closed knew Ogg Vorbis a relative small group of supporters from the open source-community.
With the coming of the definitive version 1.0 last week is in that change come. Businesses were to be supported had reaches hesitant the size meanwhile these not yet the officile status.
`Grote walk'
Emmett Plant of Xiph. Org speaks in an explanation that also enthousiastic and plainly of `een gigantic step forwards for the open source-movement and the whole world'. That last one possibly rather has been exaggerated, facts is well that Ogg Vorbis now in n turn available becomes for the mass.
There are world-wide 285 million registered users of the RealOne Player and RealPlayer, according to figures of RealNetworks.
Ogg Vorbis is a project that an alternative will offer for the razendpopular mp3-formaat. The beds cherries claim that Ogg Vorbis-truces 10 per cent smaller are then a mp3-bestand and really 50 per cent better sounds quality offer.
Someone else advantage above MP3 is that the size not gepatenteerd is. By MP3 is that the Fraunhofer Institute, that money earns with among many the spending of licenties on the encodeermechanisme of MP3.
Mp3pro and AAC
Ogg Vorbis is not otherwise the only size preys that on the throne succession of MP3. As Thomson and Fraunhofer mp3pro brought on the market, an improved version of MP3. Further Fraunhofer has trump someone else with AAC (Advanced Audio Codec). This is part of MPEG2 and also of MPEG4. AAC (in the popular speech mostly MP4) that has been developed by Dolby and is supported through among many Nokia, ATE&T and Sony has for the industry as large advantage that it foresees in extensive protection of copyrights.
It is want to be not yet known when the Ogg Vorbis-plugins for the RealOne Player and the Helix ready. The two parties work at that together.