Ogg Writ

Ogg Writ is a computer - animated codec for text in conjunction with film and sound, which is used with the Ogg video Verkapselungformat.

He was initially designed to provide subtitles for Ogg Theora videos. Ogg Writ is but also for the display of song lyrics with Ogg Vorbis useful translations or instant messages with Ogg Speex, or any other application in which it is useful to combine text with audio or video.

Unlike most subtitle formats that are from Audio-/Video-Inhalt in different files, Ogg Writ is mixed with Audio-/Video-Strömen so that it can be supplied as one file.

Its design makes it possible to extend the format with new properties. It currently supports multiple languages ​​and specific placement of the text in one or more windows.

Since early 2008, is the codec that was only in an experimental stage and was not of any practical use, no longer developed. Codecs with a similar application that can be used with Ogg, Kate and CMML are.