ogg://

ogg:// — Audio streams

Description

Files opened for reading via the ogg:// wrapper are treated as compressed audio encoded using the OGG/Vorbis codec. Similarly, files opened for writing or appending via the ogg:// wrapper are writen as compressed audio data. stream_get_meta_data(), when used on an OGG/Vorbis file opened for reading will return various details about the stream including the vendor tag, any included comments, the number of channels, the sampling rate, and the encoding rate range described by: bitrate_lower, bitrate_upper, bitrate_nominal, and bitrate_window.

ogg:// PHP 4.3.0 and up (PECL)

Note: This wrapper is not enabled by default
In order to use the ogg:// wrapper you must install the » OGG/Vorbis extension available from » PECL.

Usage

ogg://soundfile.ogg
ogg:///path/to/soundfile.ogg
ogg://http://www.example.com/path/to/soundstream.ogg

Options

**Wrapper Summary**
Attribute	Supported
Restricted by allow_url_fopen	No
Allows Reading	Yes
Allows Writing	Yes
Allows Appending	Yes
Allows Simultaneous Reading and Writing	No
Supports stat()	No
Supports unlink()	No
Supports rename()	No
Supports mkdir()	No
Supports rmdir()	No

**Context options**
Name	Usage	Default	Mode
pcm_mode	PCM encoding to apply while reading, one of: `OGGVORBIS_PCM_U8`, `OGGVORBIS_PCM_S8`, `OGGVORBIS_PCM_U16_BE`, `OGGVORBIS_PCM_S16_BE`, `OGGVORBIS_PCM_U16_LE`, and `OGGVORBIS_PCM_S16_LE`. (8 vs 16 bit, signed or unsigned, big or little endian)	OGGVORBIS_PCM_S16_LE	Read
rate	Sampling rate of input data, expressed in Hz	44100	Write/Append
bitrate	When given as an integer, the fixed bitrate at which to encode. (16000 to 131072) When given as a float, the variable bitrate quality to use. (-1.0 to 1.0)	128000	Write/Append
channels	The number of audio channels to encode, typically 1 (Mono), or 2 (Stereo). May range as high as 16.	2	Write/Append
comments	An array of string values to encode into the track header.		Write/Append

Examples

User Contributed Notes

martin dot leese at stanfordalumni dot org

8 years ago


Note that although "ogg:" is the wrapper name, the stream is restricted to Ogg files containing a single stream encoded using the Vorbis audio codec.  An Ogg container can, in fact, contain multiple streams: audio, video, anything.  (Also, the audio streams in an Ogg contaner can use codecs such as FLAC and OggPCM.)  The wrapper name is therefore misleading.