Xiph.Org Foundation
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Xiph.Org Foundation is a non-profit organization[1] that produces free multimedia formats and software tools. It focuses on the Ogg family of formats, the most successful of which has been Vorbis, an open and patent-free audio format and codec designed to compete with the patented MP3 and AAC. Current development work is focusing on Theora, an open and patent-free video format and codec designed to compete with the patented MPEG-4, RealVideo, and Windows Media Video.
In addition to its in-house development work, the Foundation has also brought several already-existing but complementary free software projects under its aegis, most of which have a separate, active group of developers. These include Speex, an audio codec designed for speech, and FLAC, a lossless audio codec.
Chris Montgomery, creator of the Ogg container format, founded the Xiph.Org Foundation. The name "Xiph" abbreviates the original organizational name, "Xiphophorus", named after the common swordtail fish, Xiphophorus hellerii.[2]
In 2008 the Free Software Foundation listed the Xiph.Org projects as High Priority Free Software Projects.[3]
[edit] Xiph.Org Foundation projects
- Ogg
- libao, an audio-output library that operates on different platforms[5]
- Xiph QuickTime Components
- Annodex
- cdparanoia
- XSPF
- Icecast
- Ices
[edit] References
- ^ "Fundraising". Xiph.org. http://xiph.org/donate. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
- ^ "naming". Xiph.org. http://xiph.org/xiphname. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
- ^ "High Priority Free Software Projects". Free Software Foundation. http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
- ^ http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/Ogg_Skeleton
- ^ "libao: a cross platform audio library". Xiph.Org. http://www.xiph.org/ao/. Retrieved on 2009-06-29. "Libao is a cross-platform audio library that allows programs to output audio using a simple API on a wide variety of platforms."
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