I'm getting set to burn an audio CD and I wish to use Ogg Vorbis to encode. Will most CD players be able to play Ogg files?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I had never heard of Ogg Vorbis before, so I had to go look it up. It doesn't even say on their FAQ page whether or not it will play universally
FG
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
An Audio CD is always in the same format, which is called Red Book for the entire CD, and does not involve a choice as to audio encoding. This is the original CD, pretty much.
An "mp3 CD" as they have come to be commonly called, only with Vorbis encoded tracks, would not be playable in any music players that I know of.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
FG: no format except basic Audio CD plays universally on CD-based music players, though support for MP3 CD, for instance, is common enough in non-portable players, and available in some portable players, such that many people just use that (since it holds so many more songs than an Audio CD).
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
So, if I encode with Ogg Vorbis and then try burn to CD it won't work or will the burning utility convert it to the Red Book format?
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
I need to encode as mp3 then?
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
If you're burning a normal, audio CD, it will get converted as appropriate, yes. That's handled transparently by CD burning software. You'll only be able to fit ten or twenty tracks, like audio cds normally have, of course.