Browsers need to support Ogg Vorbis

The web is ours to use as we see fit. There shouldn't be restrictions on who can generate content for the internet. That's what made it great in the first place. Games, podcasts, lectures, bands, music sites and many other apps need there to be a single audio format on the web in order to reach everyone.

Ogg Vorbis is high quality, royalty-free, unpatented and open for anyone to use - even commercially. However, Microsoft and Apple are trying to force your hand in to using the patented MPEG audio formats in the latest version of HTML by refusing to support Ogg Vorbis. This is for the benefit of their profits, at the expense of your freedom. It doesn't matter if MPEG audio is technically better or more widely supported. They can even support it in addition to Ogg Vorbis. We still want a free format. Let's make that obvious.

The current state of HTML5 audio

Below is an up to date compatability chart for audio support in HTML5:

The easiest solution to this compatibility issue is simply to support Ogg Vorbis!

Free to use

The code necessary to support Ogg Vorbis is free, open and ready and waiting for these browser makers to use. There's nothing stopping them. Plugins aren't good enough - everybody knows nobody installs plugins they haven't heard of. The browser must support Ogg Vorbis from the word go. This is the only way audio content on the web can be generated and distributed freely, without scrutiny by patent holders. Ogg Vorbis will make the internet better.

Open like the internet

Imagine if there were restrictions on HTML itself, or Javascript, or PNG images, or distributing your own content on the web, or even other future technologies that are yet to appear. Would as many people be able to make their voices heard? Would we have a web were only people who can afford licenses and royalties can do everything they want? Let's stop the web heading that way.

Spread the word

Free formats on the web have to replace the patented ones. It's the only way. Spread the word and help make it happen. Don't sit by and let yourself be buffeted around by corporations. Don't wait until the moment you find your voice limited. Tell them what you want, and don't let them ignore you.

More info:
www.vorbis.com