vorbis-tools ☆
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Description:
Ogg Vorbis CODEC tools
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Multimedia
Tags: audio vorbis ogg multimedia encoding decoding
Install: brew install vorbis-tools
About:
VorbisTools is a suite of command-line utilities for encoding, decoding, and manipulating Ogg Vorbis audio files. It provides essential tools like 'oggenc' for converting WAV files to Vorbis format and 'oggdec' for decoding back to WAV. This package is crucial for developers and audio engineers working with the open and patent-free Vorbis audio codec.
Key Features:
  • High-quality audio encoding with 'oggenc'
  • Fast and lossless decoding with 'oggdec'
  • Metadata manipulation tools like 'vorbiscomment'
  • Support for various input formats for encoding
Use Cases:
  • Batch converting WAV or FLAC audio files to the Ogg Vorbis format for web distribution.
  • Decoding Ogg Vorbis files for processing in other audio software.
  • Reading or modifying metadata tags in Ogg Vorbis audio files.
Alternatives:
  • ffmpeg – A much larger multimedia framework that can handle Vorbis among many other formats, but VorbisTools is a lightweight, dedicated suite.
  • LAME – An encoder specifically for the MP3 format, serving a different but analogous purpose for a different codec.
Version History
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Sep 11, 2025 7:40am 0 VERSION_BUMP 418e0c6e
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