Put the Ogg in iTunes
Turn iTunes into an Ogg Vorbis–playing application and enjoy the fruits of open source ripping and playing. The MP3 and AAC file formats are just two ways of compressing large CD music files. They also happen to have licensing fees attached to them. Say, for example, you wanted to write an MP3 player; you'd have to pay a license fee to develop the application! Ogg Vorbis, on the other hand, is an open source codec, much like Linux is an open source operating system. Just as back in the day when audiophiles debated the efficacy of different chassis systems for turntables, now audiophiles (and geeks) argue about which codec is better. Some argue, quite vociferously, that Ogg Vorbis files just sound better. Not only that, but some bands that post files to download on the Internet post only in the Ogg Vorbis format. If you want to find out for yourself but don’t want to give up on iTunes, this hack enables you to listen to Ogg Vorbis files in iTunes. First you need to download the Ogg Vorbis decoder plug-in for QuickTime (http://www.illadvised.com/~jordy/; free). It works with QuickTime 6.2 and with Mac OS X 10.2 and later. Once you have downloaded the plug-in, quit iTunes. Navigate to the disk image folder: QuickTime Vorbis Component. In there, you will find a file called OggVorbis.qtx. iTunes uses QuickTime behind the scenes to play your MP3s and AAC files. By adding the Ogg Vorbis plug-in to the QuickTime library, you enable iTunes to play Ogg Vorbis files. To do this, put the file OggVorbis.qtx in the QuickTime folder in the root Library directory. Now, when you launch iTunes, you will be able to play Ogg Vorbis files. However, the plug-in won't allow you to rip CDs to Ogg Vorbis files. An application for the Mac called Tenc (http://zentrallabor.neoscientists.org; free) lets you rip Vorbis files. The one caveat is that you won't be able to grab the CD song titles, artist name, etc. from the CDDB that iTunes uses. If you are using Windows, you can try NeoNapster (http://www.neonapster.com/na.html; free), which will look up CD song titles and other information to rip your Ogg Vorbis tracks. If you feel really adventurous, hop onto the fountain of everything open source, Linux. Using any number of utilities that you can find at http://www.vorbis.com/download_unix_1.0.1.psp, you can rip Ogg Vorbis files under Linux to your heart's content. It's a big world out there in digital music, and MP3 and AAC files are just two of many possible file formats. Using this hack, you can experiment with the sound quality of Ogg Vorbis files right within iTunes. Just don't try to transfer those files to your iPod, because it won't play them!  This material has been adapted from iPod & iTunes Hacks by Hadley Stern, published by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Copyright O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005. All rights reserved. iPod and iTunes Hacks is brimming with undocumented tips, tricks, and trade secrets for getting the very most from your iPod. This guide takes curious and clever iPod owners beyond the obvious with 100 ingenious hacks that will delight, entertain, and add astonishing power to the iPod and iTunes experience. iPod & iTunes Hacks is available for purchase from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca and the sellers listed below. |
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     tregetour Unregistered guest |
Now all i need is ogg on my iPod. |
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mct2ou Unregistered guest |
does not work with itunes 4.8 |
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Unregistered guest |
All my oggs are ripped with -q8 which produce ~256kbps VBR .ogg files. Trying to play them with iTunes and the decoder in this article causes iTunes to show the name of the song, and then promptly crash. Is there a limit to the bitrate? Can this play VBR .oggs? Any ideas, I'd LOVE to hear them. I can NOT believe that Apple does not play oggs by DEFAULT... Oh well... email me waa-ecoustics@revpol.com Thanks! Oh Yea! I am running iTunes 4.8 (31) on Mac OSX 10.3.9 Bill Arlofski |
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mangomink Unregistered guest |
bill, i have the same problem with any ogg, let's hope the author of the quicktime component updates sometime soon. |
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michiel Unregistered guest |
Doesn't work with iTunes 4.9 under Tiger 10.4.2 neither...  ( Too bad Apple is being so selective when it comes to supporting open source apps/formats & won't support this open source format when it doesn't serve their business model with iTunes music store. |
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kate Unregistered guest |
no workee in tiger |
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why won't it work Unregistered guest |
Same prob. wit qt7 |
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Anonymous |
to play ogg on your fascist itunes with panther (I don't know about tiger) you must get : 1. quicktime 6.5.2 reinstaller (only works on 10.3.9) http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime652reinstallerforquicktime701.ht ml 2. ogg quicktime components http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=41359 Itunes used to burn ogg to cd too, but I haven't been able to get it to work with itunes 6.0 . Maybe you could find an older version of itunes to burn your cd's. (check your computer packaging program installers) ... music man burns to your cd's but costs $19.95 in the blood of the innocent to use and who likes to be irresponsible and obey insecure people at so-called jobs to buy things you don't really need. uhhh, Not me! The atrocity of "Working" as it is referred to today is the innefficient way of the past. It's outdated, boring, and It's the main cause of all sufferring and death on the planet. If you have any backbone, don't do it. http://whywork.org Go the free way and everything will continue to be free. Plus it makes sense to not support terrorism (most taxes) and live vicariously which some say is the only sin. It makes sense to be happy, free, and to share things, sado-masochism does not. There is enough on the planet for all of us to live like kings. The economy is a lie. Hoarding wouldn't exist when we knew there was more where that came from. Paying most of your money for survival is called racketeering and denies basic human dignity to all. Especially the few thug, terrorst vampires that claim to reap the benefits. Be responsible, be human instead of a robot, wake up, quit your job and get a life. Anybody in the know, knows that property is theft/theft is property. They also know that we don't and can't own a single thing. Property is a lie and it doesn't serve living beings. We can take care of stuff though through stewardship. You don't have to pay for rent or food or music or anything else for that matter so why do it? Work is for lazy people. http://whywork.org Instead of itunes you could get ::: whamb player - http://www.whamb.com/ cog player (plays flac too) - http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ / VLC media player (very nice, plays everything even movies) - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ For all you conscious musicians out there:: Ogg Drop will convert all your aiff files to ogg and rip all your cd's into the amazing open source ogg vorbis format. To edit oggs for mac/osx get : audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Here is an article on why artists should be using ogg vorbis format. If you don't want to support destruction of all life on planet earth anymore as you do now/ finally be responsible, I suggest you pay attention to the future. http://www.mondodesigno.com/music/ogg.html Have no worries. Ogg Vorbis will be implemented when the planet understands what works (VERY SOON). Mac is very nervous! Open source is the only way for the human race to survive on planet earth. Privatization just doesn't work and it is painfully obvious if you take a look around you. Macintosh is just in it's teething years in has alot of growing up to do if it wants to stay in business. Critical Mass Happens. If people had a clue, they would use only completely free open source software. Which is what ogg vorbis is. For a detailed analysis on open source software with graphs go here http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html Please support our future and use ogg vorbis. Then you could listen to musicians that write music for people instead of dollar bills. If only your programming would allow you to think for yourself. http://takepills.org |
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Anonymous |
ogg drop turns your aiff / aif files and burns your cd's into ogg vorbis which itunes does not do. Quicktime does though with the ogg quicktime components. get ogg drop here: http://www.nouturn.com/oggdrop/ The real question about ogg vorbis is "so do you want to live the free way that works for all or do you want to be a slave forever to the self proclaimed masters?" Ogg gives you the power back and it is better quality files in less space on your hard drive. http://www.vorbis.com/ to find more about ogg vorbis (portable players, history, etc.) go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis ogg vorbis works with ipods using linux software. see here! http://ipodlinux.org/Main_Page You can even install open source linux onto your apple! http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_for_Macintosh |
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New member Username: RedrumPost Number: 1 Registered: Nov-05 |
ogg vorbis works on quicktime 7 now with this http://zskl.zsk.p.lodz.pl/~skali/oggvorbis.html |
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New member Username: MojognomePost Number: 1 Registered: Nov-05 |
NeoAudio is a rip of the GNU (free to use) program CDex which has been available for over 5 years. Read up on Slashdot http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/05/1557215.shtml?tid=117 CDex can be downloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos A word of caution, the download link on the NeoAudio hompage deceptively uses the cnet logo. The link points to a file on a private server (http://www.servercentral.net/). Neoaudio is not available on cnet (download.com). |
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