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Format

Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed Multimedia File

Summary

Name
Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed Multimedia File
Identifiers
  • MIME: audio/ogg
  • PUID: fmt/203
Format type
Audio
Description
Ogg is a open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. Vorbis is a free and open-source software project headed by the Xiph.Org Foundation and produces an audio coding format and software reference encoder/decoder (codec) for lossy audio compression.
File extensions
ogg
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Can be contained by
Has priority over

Internal signatures

Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed Multimedia File

Note
Ogg Page header: Capture pattern (“oggS”); stream structure revision (00h); flag: 1st page of a logical bitstream (02h); 23 bytes; page segment Identification header (“vorbis”; version (00000000h)

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
4F6767530002{23}766F7262697300000000{19}4F676753
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V86

    Release date
    27 July 2016

    Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed Multimedia File: Enhanced description.

  • Updated in V83

    Release date
    17 December 2015

    Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed Multimedia File: Added description.

  • Added in V51

    Release date
    15 July 2011

    Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed Multimedia File: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.