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- Cossins, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Why the heck would anyone want to convert Ogg to MP3? :-S
Not only is Ogg Vorbis a much superior general audio format, it's also especially well suited for classical music (since it preserves the minute details of the sound much more efficiently than MPEG Layer 3 encoding).
Instead of converting the format, you should rather install the Ogg Vorbis codec in your favorite player. It's available on all platforms (except the iPod).
- Simon - incubuz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Why the hell would you convert from one lossy format to another lossy format?
(unless you have an iPod) - jasoncthane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Why the heck would you want to convert .ogg to .mp3? Ogg Vorbis is far superior to mp3 in size to quality ratio, and it's open source and patent free. For a listening test, check out:
http://www.xiph.org/vorbis/listen.html - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6why convert ogg to mp3. ogg is a Superior sound format the mp3 is.
- Stradenko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The published works are in public domain. They can be redistributed freely.
Not true, check the files for licenses (e..g: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Schubert-D.935-2.ogg is under the creative commons attribution sharealike license) - Cossins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@snoopgst: The published works are in public domain. They can be redistributed freely.
- Simon - mikemuch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Downloaded Holst's The Planets. The sound quality is phenominal!
- TheWalkingDude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3It looks like you can find more by searching for an individual composer and checking the media section. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchaikovsky#Media
Learn more about .ogg format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg
Here’s a Shareware program that easily converts .ogg to .mp3: http://www.softdivshareware.com/audioconverter.html
If anyone knows of a better program please let me know.
Props to thesecretpath for inspiring me to search for more free classical music:
http://digg.com/music/Download_9_Mozart_symphonies_for_free - milkfat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OGG is an open source format = no strings attached.
MP3 required royalties:
http://www.mp3licensing.com/
I'd say they went with OGG to avoid any complications... good choice. - Arramol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why are people trolling? If you don't like classical music, fine. But why shouldn't there be an announcement for the people that do?
Dugg. - kamizu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1First of all, for all you "ogg rules, mp3 sucks" trolls, we all know this, OK?
Secondly, I think we'd all appreciate it if you took a little breather before hitting that 'submit comment' button. If you did, you might have also realised that not all portable media players support ogg just yet. Considering how the iPods dominate this market and how it doesn't support ogg either, being able to convert ogg to mp3 might just be a bit useful for some of us.
Seriously, reread your comment before posting it, and edit if need be. It helps the community if you at least make an effort not to make an ass out of yourself. - milkfilk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah. OGG is free. Winamp does .ogg. xmms does ogg. iTunes does .ogg. Why convert?
The K545_* files are worthless. I don't want to hear a computer play a sequenced .midi file. Some of the other piano performances are kind of spotty. I'm not much of a classical player anymore, and I know you get what you pay for. I'm just surprised that no better versions can't be had for free. Think of all the piano recitals out there ... think of all the college performances. Think of the professional pianists that are playing.
Beethoven - pathetique.ogg - needs tuning and practicing. Cracked notes (playing two keys on accident) and sloppy right hand work, tempo issues at 4:25. I'll stop now. - dannylewis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Stupid iPod/iTunes needs to support OGG. ¬_¬ ...but they want you to use the AAC. :(
- zigziggityzoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm so glad this turned into a codec war.
- dos4gw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Even if a piece of classical music is in the public domain, a given symphony's rendition of it might be copyrighted. Presumably all the music on wikipedia is completely free.
- MrTea, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They even have the Soviet National Anthem.
- TheWalkingDude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've had a lot of people ask me what ogg is; I put the note about converting to mp3 in my submission, because I thought it would increase the number of people who would give it a go. If you like ogg - you're in luck, it's in ogg. If you like mp3 - I'm glad I could be of some help. It's that simple.
I'm still waiting for the trolls who say, "OMG this is so old." ^_^ - giantblah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I like www.dbpowerAMP.com for converting files.
- dickyducky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0WTF, it crashes QT/iTunes (with ogg plugin installed)
- wiredgonzo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Great news! I hope they branch out to Jazz as soon as practical
- Inbal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's cool, but that's what the Classical Archives are for.
- Teratogen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I downloaded and installed the latest ogg vorbis codec for the latest version of Winamp (5.13), and of course, when I try to play a .ogg file nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?
- mahler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"The reason they didn't release it in MP3 was probably because there is some form of rights management on the OGG, although i'm not certain about that."
The reason is probably because OGG-enconding is free (as in beer), unlike MP3-encoding. - milkfilk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh. iTunes doesn't do .ogg without that ogg hack. My bad. Quicktime components project for iTunes.
- Killaken187, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0YEAH... now i can listen to the 1st movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony without having to buy the whole album off of iTunes. For those Equilibrium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/) fans out there, you will recognize the song
- altermann, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Bayan
- judsond, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0milkfat and mahler are correct. Wikipedia has decided to use ogg because it can be freely used with other open source free-licensed software whereas mp3 cannot. And there is no DRM of course. I don't even think any DRM has been developed for ogg, regardless wikipedia would never use it if there were, everything is licenced under the GFDL or compatible licenses. For the ogg decision please see http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2004-July/011514.html
- GMEnthusiast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The reason to convert from ogg to mp3 is because the ipod doesn't support ogg, and I'm sure judging by market share, a lot of people here probably have an ipod.
- chongy5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The reason they didn't release it in MP3 was probably because there is some form of rights management on the OGG, although i'm not certain about that.
- marsrover21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very cool find
- GuinnessGoblin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well thats because most all of classical music has no copyright protection
- Obsydian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Seriously we don't need a format flaming war. This is a tech news site, not an audiophile forum. It's great free music that anyone can enjoy, and we all know why it was released in ogg. Not because of how "superior" they think it is, it's because it's royalty free. mp3 is a patented format, and a license is needed if it's going to be made commercially available.
Totally worthy submission. digg+ - Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't have any problems with them picking Ogg really, as long as they didn't actually re-encode the stuff from mp3 or something. That would just be brain dead and just give a free format at the cost of clearly worse sound quality.
- PlaidPhantom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Digg, but most certainly not for the discussion :)
- geoffp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Kamizu:
Well, no, not everybody knows this. Hence the conversation. And it *is* good to know that lots of things can play .ogg files right now, if not much hardware.
But know this: converting one lossy format to another is Evil. :) And that's good to know, too.
That said, if you have something you want to play these on that won't play .ogg, go ahead and convert them! It's not that big a deal. - BrianPuccio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Look, Wikipedia has free music in a free format. And here is how to convert the files to a non-free format!"
Wonderful. - maloney_633, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think this is an excellent find.
- kAtalyst, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@fraize dude you are so leet
"Ogg iZ t3h 4w3s0m3! y k4n't j00 r3c0gn1z3?!"
stfu - matt4077, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@katalyst: you should get a checkup on your sarcasm detector.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Download them all! =P
- AlQaedaReject, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sweet, it's free "nice" music that doesn't sound electronic. Sometimes a bit troublesome to get by as most internetartists tend to lean that way. Noting bad about electro or whatever you call it but it's nice with classical sometime.
- vobbsik, on 11/13/2007, -0/+0i guess I was wrong8
- shiromenggolo, on 04/01/2008, -0/+0nice
- contag, on 03/04/2009, -0/+0yeah that's cool
http://www.filmalem.com - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0woot
- alexp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Audacity works well to convert to MP3. You have to download the lame encoder separate but they provide a link. Just make sure to change the bit rate under the preferences to something higher then the default 128.
- outofstep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0actually, there are many genres of music for free on Wikipedia.
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