Xiph.Org Foundation

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Xiph.Org Foundation
Location
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsFree multimedia formats, libraries, and streaming software
Key people
Christopher Montgomery, Jack Moffitt, Ralph Giles (Theora), Jean-Marc Valin (Speex, CELT, Opus),[1] Josh Coalson (FLAC), Michael Smith, Timothy B. Terriberry[2][3][4][5]
Websitexiph.org

Xiph.Org Foundation is a

AAC. As of 2013, development work was focused on Daala, an open and patent-free video format and codec designed to compete with VP9 and the patented High Efficiency Video Coding
.

In addition to its in-house development work, the foundation has also brought several already-existing but complementary

FLAC
, a lossless audio codec.

The Xiph.Org Foundation has criticized Microsoft and the RIAA for their lack of openness.[6] They state that if companies like Microsoft had owned patents on the Internet, then other companies would have tried to compete, and "The Net, as designed by warring corporate entities, would be a battleground of incompatible and expensive 'standards' had it actually survived at all." They also criticize the RIAA for their support of projects such as the Secure Digital Music Initiative.

In 2008, the

High Priority Free Software Projects.[7]

History

Chris Montgomery, creator of the Ogg container format, founded the Xiphophorus company and later the Xiph.Org Foundation.[8] The first work that became the Ogg media projects started in 1994.[9] The name "Xiph" abbreviates the original organizational name, "Xiphophorus", named after the common swordtail fish, Xiphophorus hellerii.[10] It was officially incorporated on 15 May 1996 as Xiphophorus, Inc.[11] The name "Xiphophorus company" was used until 2002,[12][13][14] when it was renamed to Xiph.Org Foundation.[15]

In 1999, the Xiphophorus company defined itself on its website as "a distributed group of Free and Open Source programmers working to protect the foundations of Internet multimedia from domination by self-serving corporate interests."[16]

In 2002, the Xiph.Org Foundation defined itself on its website as "a non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by private interests."[15]

In March 2003, the Xiph.Org Foundation was recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization,[17] which means that U.S. citizens can deduct donations made to Xiph.Org from their taxes.

Xiph.Org Foundation projects

  • container format, a reference implementation
    , and the native file and stream format for the Xiph.org multimedia codecs
    • audio compression
      format and codec
    • Theora – a lossy video coding format and codec
    • FLAC – a lossless audio compression format and software
    • speech encoding
      format and software (deprecated)
    • CELT – an ultra-low delay lossy audio compression format that has been merged into Opus, and is now obsolete
    • Opus – a low delay lossy audio compression format originally intended for VoIP
    • Tremor – an integer-only implementation of the Vorbis audio decoder for embedded devices (software)
    • PCM audio
      data inside the Ogg container format
    • Skeleton – a structuring information for multi-track Ogg files (a logical bitstream within an Ogg stream)[18]
    • RTP payloads – containers for Vorbis, Theora, Speex and Opus.
    • CMML – an XML-based markup language for time-continuous data (a timed text codec; deprecated)
    • Ogg Squish – a lossless audio compression format and software (discontinued)
    • Tarkin – an experimental lossy video coding format; no stable release (discontinued)[19]
    • Daala – a video coding format and codec[20]
    • Kate – an overlay codec that can carry animated text and images.
  • libao – an audio-output library that operates on different platforms[21]
  • Annodex – an encapsulation format, which interleaves time-continuous data with CMML markup in a streamable manner
  • Icecast – an open source multi-platform streaming server (software)
  • Ices – a source client for broadcasting in Ogg Vorbis or MP3 format to an icecast2 server (software)
  • IceShare – an unfinished peercasting system for Ogg multimedia (no longer maintained)
  • CD Audio
    extraction tool that aims to be bit-perfect (currently unmaintained)
  • XSPF
     – an XML Shareable Playlist Format

OpenCodecs

OpenCodecs is a software package for Windows adding DirectShow filters for the

HTML5 video in Internet Explorer
. It consists of:

  • dshow, Xiph's DirectShow filters for their suite of Ogg formats, including Theora and Vorbis
  • webmdshow, the DirectShow filter for WebM maintained by the WebM project
  • An ActiveX plugin adding HTML5 video capability to Internet Explorer older than version 9

QuickTime Components

Xiph QuickTime Components are implementations of the

QuickTime Player
.

Since QuickTime Components do not function in macOS Sierra and above, the project was discontinued in 2016.[22]

References

  1. ^ Xiph.Org people.xiph.org - personal webspace of the xiphs - Jean-Marc Valin, Retrieved 2009-09-11
  2. ^ Timothy B. Terriberry (2009). "people.xiph.org - Timothy B. Terriberry, Ph.D." Xiph.Org. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  3. ^ "Summer of Code Mentoring". Xiph.Org. 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  4. ^ "Minutes of the Xiph.org Monthly Meeting for May 2003". May 10, 2003. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  5. ^ "Minutes of the Xiph.org Monthly Meeting for September 2003". Xiph.Org. September 16, 2003. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  6. ^ "About". xiph.org. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
  7. ^ "High Priority Free Software Projects". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
  8. ^ "Xiph.org: Contact information". Xiph.org. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
  9. ^ "A Challenger to MP3?". Tristan Louis. January 16, 2001. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2008.
  10. ^ "naming". Xiph.org. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
  11. ^ "XIPHOPHORUS, INC. :: Massachusetts (US)". OpenCorporates. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  12. ^ Brian Zisk (April 19, 2000). "vorbis - Dvorak Interviews Monty". Retrieved September 4, 2008.
  13. ^ Advogado (April 4, 2000). "Interview: Christopher Montgomery of Xiphophorus". Advogado. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  14. ^ Xiphophorus company (December 12, 2001). "Xiphophorus home". Archived from the original on December 12, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  15. ^ a b Xiph.org Foundation (November 27, 2002). "Xiph.org home". Archived from the original on November 27, 2002. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  16. ^ Xiphophorus company (November 28, 1999). "Xiphophorus home". Archived from the original on November 28, 1999. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  17. ^ Xiph.Org (2003-03-24) Speex reaches 1.0; Xiph.Org now a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization, Retrieved 2009-09-01
  18. ^ "Ogg Skeleton 4 - XiphWiki". wiki.xiph.org. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  19. ^ Michael Smith (2005-08-29) Tarkin, vorbis-dev mailinglist, Retrieved 2009-09-06
  20. ^ "Xiph.org :: daala video". xiph.org. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  21. ^ "libao: a cross platform audio library". Xiph.Org. Retrieved June 29, 2009. Libao is a cross-platform audio library that allows programs to output audio using a simple API on a wide variety of platforms.
  22. ^ "XiphQT discontinued". Xiph.org. June 13, 2016.

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