Get Set Up To Listen: Windows
Playback:
We have a new Windows DirectShow based decoder thanks to our friends at Illiminable. These will let you play your Ogg Vorbis files in Windows Media Player, and other DirectShow based players. Players not based on DirectShow do not need these filters.
Players:
DirectShow based players only need the Illiminable filters from above.
- Media Player Classic: An OpenSource DirectShow player with a minimalist interface.
- The Core Media Player: A DirectShow player.
- Zoom Player: A DirectShow player.
- RadLight: A DirectShow player.
- Windows Media Player: The DirectShow player from Microsoft.
- Winamp: One of the original MP3 players now plays Ogg Vorbis files.
- foobar2000 (very spartan interface, streams from Icecast, has best-of-breed comment editing and mass tagging capabilities)
- RealPlayer plugins allow playback inside Realplayer and Helix Player.
- Zinf: An OpenSource player based on FreeAmp.
Encoding:
Lots of fun utilities.
- OggDropXPd: A graphical encoder for Vorbis.
- BeSweet: A transcoding utility that supports a multitude of formats.
- OggEnc: a command line encoder
- RealProducer plugins allow streaming of Ogg-related formats from RealNetworks' server software.
Other:
Here is a list of other filters and programs that people may try, but aren't in the main list for whatever reason.
- CoreVorbis: A DirectShow filter for decoding from various sources including OGM and Matroska files.
- Tobias' DS Filters: The original DirectShow filter, but it is no longer being maintained. [archive.org link] [some source code]
- RadLight's OggMedia DSF: A filter set made by the makers of the RadLight media player for compatibility reasons.
- Hydrogen Audio's Vorbis Software Pages: A community maintained list of software links for Vorbis.