TheXiph.Org Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by private interests. Our purpose is to support and develop free, open protocols and software to serve the public, developer and business markets.
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In our effort to bring open-source ideals to the world of multimedia, theXiph.Org Foundation and its open-source community develops a multitude of amazing products.
Resources by Project
Container Formats
- Ogg: Media container. This is our native format and the recommended container for all Xiph codecs.
- Speex RTP: RTP payload format for voice
- Vorbis RTP: RTP payload format for audio
- Theora RTP: RTP payload format for video
Miscellaneous
- XSPF: XSPF is the XML format for sharing playlists.
- XiphQT: An implementation of our codecs for Apple's Quicktime and Core Audio.
- oggdsf: An implementation of our codecs for MS Windows.
- cortado: A java applet for Web browsers to display our codecs.
Helper Libraries
- libao: A cross platform audio library.
- liboggz: A simple programming interface for reading and writing Ogg files and streams.
- libfishsound: A simple programming interface for decoding and encoding audio data using Xiph.Org codecs.
Software for Distributing Media
Codecs
