# Implement Theora/OGG support. tag **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [June 4, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530 "2009-06-04T15:01:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/1 "2009-06-04T15:01:23Z")
Hey I was wondering if this could be an idea for Wowza to look into. Firefox 3.5 and Opera 10 has support for this new “pluginfree” way of showing video on a web page. More info [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Using\_audio\_and\_video\_in\_Firefox](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Using_audio_and_video_in_Firefox) The codec’s being used is Theora and Vorbis. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/2 "2009-09-29T17:19:26Z")
We have no short term plans to support these formats. We will consider. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Hetherington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/db5fbb/32.png) [@Will\_Hetherington](https://community.wowza.com/u/Will_Hetherington)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/3 "2009-06-04T08:24:04Z")
I currently use Icecast for all my [Xiph.org](http://Xiph.org) type needs… although I would LOVE to see support for these codecs introduced in to Wowza. ---
**Author:** ![Kebab\_Ber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba9def/32.png) [@Kebab\_Ber](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kebab_Ber)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/4 "2009-06-17T17:42:54Z")
Firefox 3.5 now out of BETA and ready for RC1 😃 I know Wowza is a Flash media server but why not 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dobrushin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Alex\_Dobrushin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_Dobrushin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/5 "2011-05-03T21:27:40Z")
We are still considering it. We have a preview of WebM support which includes VP8/Ogg support wrapped in a WebM container: [https://www.wowza.com/labs.html](https://www.wowza.com/labs.html) Alex ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/6 "2009-06-17T09:24:34Z")
It is certainly something we will consider as we refine the roadmap for future versions of the server. We are paying close attention to the HTML5 video/audio capabilities as they unfold in the different browser applications and operating systems. This first round we chose to focus on **HTTP Live Streaming** from Apple and **Smooth Streaming** from Microsoft. We feel like this is a good place to start. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/7 "2009-06-19T04:41:42Z")
We are planning on support live and video on demand streaming to Silverlight. We will log session activity much like we do with Flash. We plan on providing a means to deploy a fully scaled environment for delivering vod and live streaming across a large, multi-server environment. I hope this helps. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@Jason\_Newman](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Newman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/8 "2009-09-30T00:44:04Z")
I’d love to see Theora/OGG support with Wowza! ---
**Author:** ![Kebab\_Ber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba9def/32.png) [@Kebab\_Ber](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kebab_Ber)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/9 "2009-06-19T11:21:39Z")
Smooth streaming looks very interesting . I have studied the IIS extensions , looks like the live plugin is still in Beta. To bad the Expression Encoder costs money ☹ For information to others: [http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/89/serving-media-content/](http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/89/serving-media-content/) Could you say something about what type of functionality you gonna implement (Smooth streaming) ? ---
**Author:** ![cs\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@cs\_lee](https://community.wowza.com/u/cs_lee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/implement-theora-ogg-support-tag/530/10 "2011-05-04T10:42:25Z")
Till now i still do not see wowza supports Theora/OGG. Nowadays HTML5 is widely used as many ppl are using Google Chrome