The Xiph.org Foundation announced today the official release of Theora 1.0. Theora is an open video codec that can be broadly used and redistributed without having to pay patent royalties. The latest ...

RealNetworks today announced a collaboration with the Xiph.Org Foundation to integrate the Ogg Vorbis format and audio codec with the Helix DNA Client. The Helix DNA Client is source code from ...

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RealNetworks, the most recent corporate convert to open-source religion, has pledged to embrace streaming media's open-source stalwart in a move that could threaten the popular MP3 format.

Ogg Vorbis, an audio format created to provide a royalty-free alternative to MP3, could at last be making its way into portable digital audio players. The format reached a milestone 1.0 release ...

With the licensing costs of MPEG-4 still at issue for content delivery companies, VP3 makers On2 Technologies and Vorbis developers Xiph.org today announced a potentially appealing alternative. The ...

Ogg's time has come -- again. In an effort to rally support for the underdog media format, the Free Software Foundation has launched PlayOgg.org, a website promoting awareness of the Ogg format. It's ...

Video-compression provider On2 Technologies plans to announce Monday that it will blend its video codec with Ogg Vorbis, a royalty-free alternative to the MP3 format. Under an agreement between On2 ...