Dumb question so go ahead and dump on me. I use the Ogg drop encoder with good results. How do you use the Ogg command line encoder? I click on it in the directory or run it in "Run" but nothing happens. Much of the world seems to use it intuitively but I haven't been able to figure it out. Any step by step indtructions available?

It's because it's a commandline encoder that runs in MS-DOS.

For a quck overview as how to use it you could open a "MS-DOS Prompt"-window. In that window go to (using the good old DOS-commands) the directory that contains the Oggenc.exe file.

Try typing "oggenc.exe -h >> oggtext.txt" and press return. This will create a text file (in the same directory) named oggtext.txt which you can open and read regarding how to use oggenc.exe.

For frontends I believe you can use Monkey's Audio, CD-Ex Ripper, EAC ripper, Media Jukebox.

Personally I use it in with Perl-scripts.

Hello Yin Yang. Thank you for your reply. I did exactly as you said:
I typed D:vorbis dailyoggenc.exe -h >> oggtext.txt

An error message then popped up saying it couldn't find the file and then named everything I had typed. It seemed to be looking for a file named everything I had typed and not just oggenc.exe.

I am using Windows XP. Would that make a difference? XP emulates DOS in the "Run" option.

If you specify a filename or pathname with a space in it you need to enclose it in double inverted commas.

There are two ways to run your command. I don't have XP so I dont know it's default DOS diirectory. When you go to a DOS look at the left-hand side prompt. It should show you your current drive e.g. C:WINDOWS>

Method 1: Issue command with the full path specified i.e.

type "D:vorbis dailyoggenc.exe" -h >> ogghelp.txt

would place ogghelp.txt into your current directory, whereas as

type "D:vorbis dailyoggenc.exe" -h > "d:vorbis dailyogghelp.txt "

will place it in the same directory as oggenc regardless of where you have issued the command from. Howerver it's much easier to issue relative commands that assume the file you want to work with is in the current drive and directory. Method 2:

d:
cd "vorbis daily"
type oggenc -h > ogghelp.txt

You must either use oggenc from the directory in which it resides. Or give the complete path in the command line to get to oggenc. Otherwise you will get the command or file not found error. Your other option would be to add the directory where oggenc resides to the path varriable under the system settings dialog.

I want to thank all of you who offered help - and not one of you "took a shot" at me for being a dumbo!

This string of commands produced the help file for me:

d:
cd "vorbis daily"
oggenc -h > ogghelp.txt

Now, if I could just figure out how to implement the commands the help file is talking about all would be OK. I'm not literate in DOS ~ or much of anything else for that matter :-(

I have been using the Ogg drag and drop encoder because of its ease of use. Various posts have suggested there are some problems with the drag and drop and also that the command line encoder is more "up to date."

I restore very old phongraph records - back to the late 1800's - and send these music files as e-mail attachments to a select group. I need the highest quality vs lowest bit rate (overall file size) that I can get.

My thanks again and have a great Holiday Season, whatever your beliefs are.

Verne Buland (Mr.)

If you wait for a few more minutes, the latest 'oggdrop' RC3 will be available. It is now fixed and the same as the latest oggenc command line encoder.

john33

OK, the're availablke now at: http://www.inf.ufpr.br/~rja00/

You can also use the Oggifier frontend: http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/oggifier.htm