Ogg Squish
Encyclopedia
OggSquish was one of the first names used for the Ogg
project developed from 1994 by the Xiphophorus company (now Xiph.Org Foundation
). Ogg Squish was also an attempt from the Xiphophorus company to create a royalty-free lossless
audio compression codec
.
The Ogg project began with a simple audio compression package as part of a larger project in 1993. Original name of the software was Squish, but due to an existing trade mark
it was later renamed to OggSquish. This name was later used for the whole Ogg project. In 1997, the Xiphophorus OggSquish was described as "an attempt both to create a flexible compressed audio format for modern audio applications as well as to provide the first audio format that is common on any and every modern computer platform". After Fraunhofer Society
Integrated Circuits Institute in 1998 intended to sue MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
development projects because of license issues, the Xiphophorus company's focus was moved to a royalty-free lossy
audio compression codec, named OggSquish Vorbis
, or only "Ogg Vorbis" or "Vorbis". The OggSquish was in 2000 referred to as "a group of several related multimedia and signal processing projects". In 2000, two projects were in active development for planned release: Ogg Vorbis format and libvorbis - the reference implementation of Vorbis. Research also included work on future video and lossless audio coding.
In 2001, OggSquish was renamed to "Ogg" and it was described as the umbrella for a group of several related multimedia and signal processing projects.
Ogg has come to stand for the container file format
, as part of the larger Xiph.org multimedia project. Squish became just the name of one of the Ogg codecs. In 2000 and 2001 there were some informations from Xiphophorus company's developers about plans for a continuation of Ogg Squish as a lossless audio compression.
On January 29, 2003, the Xiph.Org Foundation officially announced the incorporation of FLAC
as a lossless audio compression codec under Xiph.org banner. Ogg Squish is no longer maintained.
Ogg
Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The creators of the Ogg format state that it is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high quality digital multimedia.The Ogg container format can multiplex...
project developed from 1994 by the Xiphophorus company (now Xiph.Org Foundation
Xiph.Org Foundation
Xiph.Org Foundation is a non-profit organizationthat 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 freely licensed audio format and codec designed to compete with the patented MP3 and AAC...
). Ogg Squish was also an attempt from the Xiphophorus company to create a royalty-free lossless
Lossless data compression
Lossless data compression is a class of data compression algorithms that allows the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data. The term lossless is in contrast to lossy data compression, which only allows an approximation of the original data to be reconstructed, in exchange...
audio compression codec
Codec
A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec is a portmanteau of "compressor-decompressor" or, more commonly, "coder-decoder"...
.
The Ogg project began with a simple audio compression package as part of a larger project in 1993. Original name of the software was Squish, but due to an existing trade mark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
it was later renamed to OggSquish. This name was later used for the whole Ogg project. In 1997, the Xiphophorus OggSquish was described as "an attempt both to create a flexible compressed audio format for modern audio applications as well as to provide the first audio format that is common on any and every modern computer platform". After Fraunhofer Society
Fraunhofer Society
The Fraunhofer Society is a German research organization with 60 institutes spread throughout Germany, each focusing on different fields of applied science . It employs around 18,000, mainly scientists and engineers, with an annual research budget of about €1.65 billion...
Integrated Circuits Institute in 1998 intended to sue MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
development projects because of license issues, the Xiphophorus company's focus was moved to a royalty-free lossy
Lossy data compression
In information technology, "lossy" compression is a data encoding method that compresses data by discarding some of it. The procedure aims to minimize the amount of data that need to be held, handled, and/or transmitted by a computer...
audio compression codec, named OggSquish Vorbis
Vorbis
Vorbis is a free software / open source project headed by the Xiph.Org Foundation . The project produces an audio format specification and software implementation for lossy audio compression...
, or only "Ogg Vorbis" or "Vorbis". The OggSquish was in 2000 referred to as "a group of several related multimedia and signal processing projects". In 2000, two projects were in active development for planned release: Ogg Vorbis format and libvorbis - the reference implementation of Vorbis. Research also included work on future video and lossless audio coding.
In 2001, OggSquish was renamed to "Ogg" and it was described as the umbrella for a group of several related multimedia and signal processing projects.
Ogg has come to stand for the container file format
File format
A file format is a particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.Since a disk drive, or indeed any computer storage, can store only bits, the computer must have some way of converting information to 0s and 1s and vice-versa. There are different kinds of formats for...
, as part of the larger Xiph.org multimedia project. Squish became just the name of one of the Ogg codecs. In 2000 and 2001 there were some informations from Xiphophorus company's developers about plans for a continuation of Ogg Squish as a lossless audio compression.
On January 29, 2003, the Xiph.Org Foundation officially announced the incorporation of FLAC
FLAC
FLAC is a codec which allows digital audio to be losslessly compressed such that file size is reduced without any information being lost...
as a lossless audio compression codec under Xiph.org banner. Ogg Squish is no longer maintained.