[lug] Semi-OT: .ogg files and winamp

Hugh Brown hugh at vecna.com
Thu Dec 6 09:56:05 MST 2001


I got an encoder for winamp from the ogg/vorbis pages and it works
fine.  There were 2 or 3 others available from winamp and I didn't have
much success with those.

Sorry I don't remember how I found it though.

Hugh

On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 10:56, Harris, James wrote:
> Howdy all!
> 
> I recently downloaded the newest available libraries, tools etc. for Ogg
> Vorbis encoding and used GRIP to rip some CDs in .ogg format.  XMMS is
> playing them fine, but when I switch over to the dark side and try to play
> them in Winamp, it scrolls the name of the file as if it wants to play it
> and then does nothing.  I've downloaded what I believe to be the newest Ogg
> Vorbis plugin for Winamp and it still doesn't help.
> 
> Could it be that the encoder for Linux is ahead of the plugin for Winamp?
> Has anyone else run into this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> James Harris
> Systems Administrator
> Network Operating Systems Group
> EDS @ Maxtor Corporation
> 303.702.3853
> _______________________________________________
> Web Page:  http://lug.boulder.co.us
> Mailing List: http://lists.lug.boulder.co.us/mailman/listinfo/lug
-- 
------------------------------------
System Administrator/Unix Consultant
hugh at vecna.com
Vecna Technologies, Inc
6525 Belcrest Rd, Suite 612
Hyattsville MD, 20782
301.864.7253
http://www.vecna.com





More information about the LUG mailing list