I don't see why not. Here is the download page
http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/download.html

You might get away with rebuilding the src RPMs

derek


On Monday 14 Oct 2002 6:57 pm, George Baker wrote:
> I presume this is true for Mandrake later than MDK 7.0 but as I am still
> living in the dark age is it possible to download the ogg encoder/decoder
> and implement them in Xmms and Grip?
>
> George Baker
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea."
> Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Ogg encoder/decoder
>
> > Xmms will play ogg 'out of the box' No need to install or edit anything.
> >
> > As for grip just edit the 'Config>MP3>Encoder' Tab
> >
> > Set the encoder to 'oggenc'
> > and the 'MP3 executable' to /usr/bin/oggenc
> > and the 'MP3 command line' to
> >  -o %m -a "%a" -l "%d" -c "genre=%G" -q "%b" -d "%
> >
> > and the mp3 file format to
> > ~/mp3/%A/%d/%a-%n.ogg
> >
> > Then in the 'MP3>Options' Tab
> > set Encoding bitrate to 1
> > This is 'quality' not actual bit rate.
> > 1 for ~ 56kbps
> > 2 for ~ 96kbps
> > 3 for ~128 kbps
> >
> > Surprisingly enough Quality of 1 sounds pretty good :-)
> >
> > You could also use bit rate to define the encoding rate if you wish. In
>
> that
>
> > case the 'MP3 Command line' parameter would be different.
> > See 'man oggenc' for a full breakdown.
> >
> > Alternatively another way to rip Oggs is with konqueror.
> > Just open konqueror file manager. Click on the botton icon in the divider
> > between left and right panes. This is for 'special' services.
> > Pick 'Audio CD Browser' If you have an audio CD in the drive you can
>
> browse it
>
> > in wav, or ogg format, and drag and drop files from ogg format onto a
> > konqueror window. They will get ripped in the process. It is slower than
> > grip, but rather cool :-)
> >
> > You can configure the ogg encoding parameters with KDE
> > ControlCentre>Sound>AudioIOSlave
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > derek
> >
> > On Friday 11 Oct 2002 11:13 am, George Baker wrote:
> > > Having read good reports about ogg audio files I was wondering if it
> > > was difficult to install the encoder and decoder for use with Grip and
> > > Xmms respectably. If not, where would I download the, hopefully, RPM's
> > > from? I am using MDK 7.0 with Grip v2.9 and Xmms v0.9.5.1
> > >
> > > George Baker
> > >
> > > "I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea."
> > > Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001)
>
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