OGG file extension - Ogg Vorbis audio
What is ogg file? How to open ogg files?
File extension ogg is used for Ogg Vorbis compressed audio format. Ogg is fairly new audio compression format. It is roughly comparable to other formats used to store and play digital music, such as mp3 and other digital audio formats. OGG is different from these other formats because it is completely free, open audio file format.
Ogg is the name of Xiph.org's container format for audio, video, and metadata.
Vorbis is the name of a specific audio compression scheme that's designed to be contained in Ogg. Note that other formats are capable of being embedded in Ogg such as FLAC and Speex.
Illiminable's ogg directshow filters will let you play your Ogg Vorbis files in Windows Media Player, and other DirectShow based players. Players not based on DirectShow do not need these filters.
Updated: January 20, 2025
The default software associated to open ogg file:
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
Windows 11 default media player is called Media Player. Microsoft developed it for the latest Windows 11 operating system (OS). Media Player replaces the old Windows Media Player, Windows 10 Groove Music, and Microsoft Movies & TV. It was released to all Win11 users on February 15, 2022.
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix, and various other operating systems and platforms.
VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Windows Media Player is the default multimedia player/manager pre-installed in Microsoft Windows. WMP can manage music, videos, and pictures on a computer, play or view them, sync them with portable devices, or burn them on CD/DVD media. It also supports home media sharing with other computers. In Windows 11, you can still find it under the name Windows Media Player Legacy.
List of software applications associated to the .ogg file extension
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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open ogg file, edit ogg file, convert ogg file, view ogg file, play ogg file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Software that open ogg file - Ogg Vorbis audio
Programs supporting the exension ogg on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open ogg file action.