[LAW]

Hello.

What is the quickest and the safest method of creating OGG files? Online MP3 -> OGG converters are out of question. I need some nice, light program, which also works on XP

[Danukem]

I use goldwave. The free trial allows you to use it a long time and it converts into a bazillian different formats included ogg in any bitrate you want, plus it does lots of other things.

[LAW]

Danukem, on 12 September 2020 - 12:24 AM, said:

I use goldwave. The free trial allows you to use it a long time and it converts into a bazillian different formats included ogg in any bitrate you want, plus it does lots of other things.

I guess you were writing about a newer version of Goldwave? I have an older Goldwave from the Duke Nukem 3D era and I have the license for it. I guess the old license won't work here, but after all it is not needed.

[Doom64hunter]

Audacity is Free and Open Source, and there are older versions that work for XP. That's my program of choice for audio editing and exporting, it does support a large array of formats as well, including VOC.

[Jimmy]

LAW, on 12 September 2020 - 02:58 AM, said:

I guess you were writing about a newer version of Goldwave? I have an older Goldwave from the Duke Nukem 3D era and I have the license for it. I guess the old license won't work here, but after all it is not needed.

I would think you should be able to update it to a newer version for free with your old license according to their website. It looks like version 5.70 is the last version that supports XP.

Audacity is pretty good too, but I do prefer Goldwave.

[Hendricks266]

I would recommend one of these encoders, which are kept up to date with the latest versions of the ogg and vorbis libraries: https://rarewares.or...-oggdropxpd.php

[MusicallyInspired]

I've been using OGGDropXPD for years and years. Absolute best way. Also, LameDropXPD for MP3s and FLAC Frontend for FLACs.

[wnderer]

I believe ffmpeg will do it. ffmpeg can be a little difficult to figure out but it will do most video or audio conversions.

https://ffmpeg.org/

You can also try VLC media.

https://www.videolan.../vlc/index.html

Both should work on Windows XP.

[Balls of Steel Forever]

I use foobar2000 with specific codecs for converting everything works perfectly fine.
Foobar can also be used to record audio.
Also my favorite music player.
https://www.foobar2000.org/old
windows xp version

[Hendricks266]

Balls of Steel Forever, on 15 September 2020 - 04:22 PM, said:

I use foobar2000 with specific codecs for converting everything works perfectly fine.
Foobar can also be used to record audio.
Also my favorite music player.
https://www.foobar2000.org/old
windows xp version

You will need the Free Encoder Pack if you go that route.

[LAW]

Thanks to everybody who gave me advices in this topic.

I have used Goldwave for XP 32-bit. The old password did not work, but the job has been done with the trial version.