audio format converter

[Chris Jones]

> Even to
> my 'lossy' hearing, .ogg sounds better than .mp3(or.wma for that
> matter).

Its not as simple as just 'ogg is better than mp3'. Both formats have  
a wide variety of options available to them that control the quality  
of the sound (and the file size) so you have to be very careful to  
compare like for like (Personally I think AAC, MP3's successor, is the  
better format anyway). Also compatibility is important. Others have  
said it is possible to get windows to play OGG, but it will not work  
out the box. Most of my non-computer savy friends would never  
comtemplate installing new codecs, or even know what that means, so if  
I was to send them an ogg file they would just send it back saying 'it  
doesn't work'.

Chris