Vorbis
| Filename extension |
.ogg |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
application/ogg, audio/ogg, audio/vorbis, audio/vorbis-config |
| Developed by | Xiph.Org Foundation |
| Initial release | May 8, 2000 |
| Latest release | Vorbis I July 4, 2020 |
| Type of format | Lossy audio |
| Contained by | Ogg, Matroska, WebM |
| Standard | Specification |
| Open format? | Yes |
| Free format? | Yes |
| Website | xiph |
| libvorbis | |
|---|---|
Screenshot of ogginfo showing information of an .ogg file | |
| Developer(s) | Xiph.Org Foundation |
| Initial release | July 19, 2002 |
| Stable release | 1.3.7
/ July 4, 2020 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Type | Audio codec, reference implementation |
| License | 3-clause BSD license |
| Website | Xiph.org downloads |
Vorbis is a free and open-source software project headed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The project produces an audio coding format and software reference encoder/decoder (codec) for lossy audio compression, libvorbis. Vorbis is most commonly used in conjunction with the Ogg container format and it is therefore often referred to as Ogg Vorbis.
Version 1.0 of Vorbis was released in May 2000. Since 2013, the Xiph.Org Foundation has stated that the use of Vorbis should be deprecated in favor of the Opus codec, an improved and more efficient format that has also been developed by Xiph.Org.