faq stuff

Some suggested replacements/changes to sections of
http://joinordie.org/vorbis.com/faq.html

As requested by Oldman on #vorbis. (hi! :)


#lossy

(might be worth mentioning that flac is not only lossy, but can be
included in ogg files now - support for flac as a lossless audio codec
within ogg is improving all the time)


#comments

Q Does Ogg Vorbis have the capability to show song titles and artist
 information when the file is played or streamed? I don't see any in the
 test files.

Yes, Vorbis includes a flexible and extensible comment field for song
and artist info, as well as other track data. The reference encoder
allows you to enter comment info at encode-time. Other 3rd-party
encoding tools also let you enter or edit track data.
The format allows for an almost unlimited number of comments, of almost
any size, providing plenty of room to include any information
nescessary. See <A
HREF="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/doc/v-comment.html">here for
the Xiph documentation</A>, and also read the controversial <A
HREF="http://reactor-core.org/ogg-tag-standard.html">suggested
fields</A>. The comment field is not intended to be a complete metadata
solution however.


#video

Q Where's video?

Tarkin is an experimental cutting-edge video codec, not expected to see
results for years. <A HREF="http://www.theora.org/">Theora</A> is a
complete video solution, combining the VP3 video codec from On2 with
Vorbis audio, and is expected to be released in 2003. Both Theora and
Tarkin will exist within the ogg specifications.



#unique

(This answer mentions the comment header again - this is unessesary)


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