How to play .OGG Vorbis files in iTunes (Windows and OS X)

by Ross McKillop on January 19, 2007

Mac Windows

Play .ogg files in iTunes by downloading and installing the free Xiph QuickTime Components.

Requirements:

  • Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel):
    1. version 10.3.9 or 10.4 and later;
    2. QuickTime for Mac OS X - version 7 or later;
  • Windows:
    1. QuickTime for Windows - version 7 or later.

    To play .flac files in iTunes, see this tutorial.

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    • { 4 comments… read them below or add one }

    1 matt 06.28.08 at 8:47 pm

    hmm.. the .flac thing is awesome but this feels like it’s just advertising those things up there.. not really explaining what is required to do to put them into mp3 in my iTunes.

    2 adads 07.13.08 at 11:54 pm

    http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/09/20/how-to-play-flac-files-in-itunes/

    404 not found.

    3 Ross 07.14.08 at 12:41 am

    Thanks adads - the link is fixed now. Cheers!

    Ross

    4 MJ 08.03.08 at 1:13 am

    As of August 3 2008, the http://www.xiph.org thing doesn’t seem to support OS 10.5.

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