Adding Ogg Vorbis Support to the embedded Flash player

[xoder]

Title
Adding Ogg Vorbis Support to the embedded Flash player

Short, concise description of the idea
Simply add one (or two) more codec(s) for the embedded player for those of us who prefer to use Ogg Vorbis (or GSM-encoded WAV).

Full description of the ideaBy now, I think everyone's seen the new Flash-based voice post player. For those without Flash

Comments

[decadence1]

But of course!

[rly]

There's probably a way, but I'm pretty sure Flash doesn't natively support Ogg Vorbis. Mainly because pretty much nothing does.

[xoder]

O RLY?

sorry for the snark

[imc]

YA RLY, because if you have to go to that page it means your system doesn't support it natively.

On the other hand, most Linux distros these days do come ogg-enabled by default.

[midnightmadness]

And, to bring it full circle to the original point of the suggestion, Flash isn't native either (to any OS AFAIK) and you have to go elsewhere to install it too. Install either one, or both "non native" apps - don't see much of a difference here (just pointing that out for the vast majority that don't have native Ogg Vorbis support, or even a codec installed, for those people it's essentially the same). *shrug*

Though, given the choice, I'd much rather enable Ogg Vorbis than Flash (I have Flash disabled by default in Firefox because 95% of Flash apps are simply annoying).

[xoder]

I am fully aware of the irony to this. Really, I want to use what I want to use while making it easier for my friends to hear my voice posts. Yes, I want it both ways, so?

[me_and]

Agree on all points. I think the "problem" with Flash, though, is that AFAIK there are no open-source alternatives.

[thefalken]

Actually, the Flash format is open, and there's an 'easily good enough' (i.e. it works with YouTube, for instance) Free impl. of it called gNash.

[xoder]

Thanks!

[xoder]

Thanks for letting me know.