Move to .oga prematurely?

HI LIST,

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE NEW FILE EXTENSION FOR OGG
FLAC (.OGA) TO WORK 
WITH AMAROK. BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK TO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO
LIMITATIONS IN THE 
XINE AND GSTREAMER ENGINES.

MAYBE THE MOVE TO .OGA WAS PREMATURELY?

I HAVE DONE SOME TESTING WITH OTHER PLAYERS€”INCLUDING
BANSHEE, QUOD LIBET, 
AND OTHERS€”BUT HAVE NOT HAD ANY SUCCESS WITH PLAYING THE
.OGA FILES. ONLY 
PLAYER I HAVE GOT IT TO WORK WITH IS VLC.

A QUICK WORK AROUND IS TO MANUALLY SPECIFY A .OGG EXTENSION
AND 
AUDIO/X-OGGFLAC MIME TYPE.
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DANIEL ALEKSANDERSEN
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On 9/18/07, Daniel Aleksandersen
<aleksandersen+xiphlistsrunbox.com> wrote:
> Maybe the move to .oga was prematurely?

No, it wasn't premature.  We have been having this
discussion since
last year.  We are contacting the projects that deal, for
instance,
with Ogg FLAC, we're gong to submit the memo with the new
file
extensions/media types to the IETF soon, and some of us are
even
writing patches to the different projects out there.

> I have done some testing with other players—including
Banshee, Quod Libet,

If you actually want to help, you should either contact the
developer
team of those projects, either directly or by opening a
ticket on
their bug tracker, or the better solution yet: write a
patch.

The quicker the transition problems are solved the better it
will be
for everyone.

> A quick work around is to manually specify a .ogg
extension and
> audio/x-oggflac MIME type.

How is this a work around?  It seems to cause more problems
than what it solves.

-Ivo
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ON 2007-09-18, IVO WROTE:
> ON 9/18/07, DANIEL ALEKSANDERSEN
<ALEKSANDERSEN+XIPHLISTSRUNBOX.COM> 
WROTE:
> > MAYBE THE MOVE TO .OGA WAS PREMATURELY?
>
> NO, IT WASN'T PREMATURE.  WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS
DISCUSSION SINCE
> LAST YEAR.  WE ARE CONTACTING THE PROJECTS THAT DEAL,
FOR INSTANCE,
> WITH OGG FLAC, WE'RE GONG TO SUBMIT THE MEMO WITH THE
NEW FILE
> EXTENSIONS/MEDIA TYPES TO THE IETF SOON, AND SOME OF US
ARE EVEN
> WRITING PATCHES TO THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS OUT THERE.
>
> > I HAVE DONE SOME TESTING WITH OTHER
PLAYERS€”INCLUDING BANSHEE, QUOD
> > LIBET,
>
> IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO HELP, YOU SHOULD EITHER CONTACT
THE DEVELOPER
> TEAM OF THOSE PROJECTS, EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY OPENING A
TICKET ON
> THEIR BUG TRACKER, OR THE BETTER SOLUTION YET: WRITE A
PATCH.

I HAVE SUBMITTED BUG REPORTS.

> THE QUICKER THE TRANSITION PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED THE
BETTER IT WILL BE
> FOR EVERYONE.
>
> > A QUICK WORK AROUND IS TO MANUALLY SPECIFY A .OGG
EXTENSION AND
> > AUDIO/X-OGGFLAC MIME TYPE.
>
> HOW IS THIS A WORK AROUND?  IT SEEMS TO CAUSE MORE
PROBLEMS THAN WHAT IT
> SOLVES.

AT LEAST THE FILES ARE PLAYABLE.
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DANIEL ALEKSANDERSEN
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