Editing Vorbis (section)

{{Short description|Royalty-free lossy audio encoding format}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} 
{{Use American English|date=October 2023}}
{{Confused|Vobis}}
{{Infobox file format
|logo         = Vorbis_many_fish_logo_2005.svg
| logo_size   = 150px
|caption      = Vorbis logo
|extension    = .ogg<ref name="MIME-and-FileExt">{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.xiph.org/MIME_Types_and_File_Extensions|title=MIME Types and File Extensions - XiphWiki|website=wiki.xiph.org}}</ref>
|mime         = application/ogg, audio/ogg, audio/vorbis, audio/vorbis-config
|type code    =
|uniform type =
|magic        =
|owner        = [[Xiph.Org Foundation]]
|released     = {{start date|2000|05|08}}<ref name="vorbis-freeze-monty"/><ref name="xiph-vorbis-freeze"/>
|latest release version = Vorbis I
|latest release date    = {{start date|2020|07|04}}<ref name="vorbis-spec">{{cite web | author=Xiph.Org Foundation | title = Vorbis I specification | url = http://www.xiph.org/vorbis/doc/Vorbis_I_spec.html | date=2012-01-20 | access-date=2012-01-31 | publisher=Xiph.Org Foundation}}</ref>
|type         = [[Lossy compression|Lossy]] [[Audio file format|audio]]
|containerfor =
|containedby  = [[Ogg]], [[Matroska]], [[WebM]]
|extendedfrom =
|extendedto   =
|open         = Yes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/playogg/en/|title=PlayOgg! - FSF - Free Software Foundation |access-date=2013-10-01|date=2010-03-17}}</ref>
|free         = Yes<ref>{{cite tech report |publisher=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |series=Sustainability of Digital Formats |type=Full draft |title=Ogg Vorbis Audio Format |date=19 February 2008 |url=https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000117.shtml |access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>
|standard     = [http://xiph.org/vorbis/doc/Vorbis_I_spec.html Specification]
|url          = {{Official URL}}
}}
{{Infobox software
| name = libvorbis
| logo = 
| screenshot = Ogginfo screenshot.png
| caption = Screenshot of <code>ogginfo</code> showing information of an .ogg file
| collapsible = 
| author = 
| developer = [[Xiph.Org Foundation]]
| released = {{start date|2002|07|19}}
| latest_release_version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q96233686|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest_release_date = {{Release date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|mdy|preferred|single|Q96233686|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| latest_preview_version = 
| latest_preview_date = 
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| size = 
| language = 
| genre = [[Audio codec]], [[reference implementation (computing)|reference implementation]]
| license = [[3-clause BSD license]]<ref name="Vorbis.com FAQ"/><ref>{{cite web  | publisher = Xiph.Org Foundation | title = Sample Xiph.Org Variant of the BSD License  | url = http://www.xiph.org/licenses/bsd/ | access-date = 2009-08-29}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.xiph.org/downloads|Xiph.org downloads}}
| qid = Q96233686
}}

'''Vorbis''' is a [[free and open-source software]] project headed by the [[Xiph.Org Foundation]]. The project produces an [[audio coding format]] and software reference encoder/decoder ([[codec]]) for [[lossy compression|lossy]] [[audio compression (data)|audio compression]], '''libvorbis'''.<ref name="release-1.3.4">{{cite web|author=Xiph.Org |url=http://www.xiph.org/press/2014/libvorbis-1.3.4/ |title=libVorbis 1.3.4 released|date=2014-01-22|access-date=2014-02-09}}</ref> Vorbis is most commonly used in conjunction with the [[Ogg]] [[Digital container format|container format]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/MIME_Types_and_File_Extensions | work =Xiph.org wiki | title = MIME Types and File Extensions |access-date=2007-10-13}}</ref> and it is therefore often referred to as '''Ogg Vorbis'''.

Version 1.0 of Vorbis was released in May 2000.<ref name="vorbis-freeze-monty">{{cite web |last=Montgomery |first=Christopher |date=2000-05-08 |title=Merge done |url=http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/vorbis-dev/2000-May/000201.html |access-date=2009-09-03 |work=vorbis-dev}}</ref> Since 2013, the Xiph.Org Foundation has stated that the use of Vorbis should be deprecated in favor of the [[Opus (audio format)|Opus]] codec, an improved and more efficient format that has also been developed by Xiph.Org.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2013-02-03 |title=OpusFAQ - XiphWiki |url=https://wiki.xiph.org/index.php?title=OpusFAQ&oldid=13856#How_does_Opus_compare_to_other_codecs.3F |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204191733/https://wiki.xiph.org/index.php?title=OpusFAQ&oldid=13856 |archive-date=2020-12-04 |access-date=2020-12-04 |website=wiki.xiph.org}}</ref>