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It is annoying that a lot of Wikipedia pages still have sound samples in some crazy Ogg format that normal people’s browsers cannot play.
by earthboundkid 3y ago
It is annoying that a lot of Wikipedia pages still have sound samples in some crazy Ogg format that normal people’s browsers cannot play.
- kibibu 3y agoWikipedia has, rightfully imo, chosen to use an open format. My browser plays it just fine.
- earthboundkid 3y agoRTFA. MP3 has been a free format for over 6 years.
- Kwpolska 3y agoDoes every desktop Linux distro include MP3 support in the base system? How many of the audio files on Wikipedia are older than 6 years old?
- earthboundkid 3y agoLinux users are self-selecting. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia for everyone, not tech enthusiasts who decide to pick software that doesn't support an extremely common, non-propriety (!!!!!!) file format.
- 0xDEADFED5 3y agoOgg Vorbis kicks ass. the 320k ogg that spotify uses are top notch
- waysa 3y agoAccording to caniuse.com [1] all major browsers support ogg vorbis except for one: Safari. [1] https://caniuse.com/ogg-vorbis https://caniuse.com/ogg-vorbis
- lifthrasiir 3y agoAnd even that is limited to iOS, macOS Safari does support Vorbis (with some limitations). It is so widely supported that you would consider a JS decoder for the iOS polyfill.
- mattigames 3y agoYeah, that's what Wikipedia do using this https://github.com/brion/ogv.js/ https://github.com/brion/ogv.js/
- earthboundkid 3y agoBut why not choose a format that every device supports that is also non-proprietary?
- pseudalopex 3y agoMP3 was proprietary when they started. The Vorbis polyfill works. Probably many files do not have a higher quality copy to encode.
- kibibu 3y agoWikimedia commons recommends Ogg Opus over Vorbis these days