.mp3 vs ogg
First I would like to say that I am sorry for asking such a basic question that has probably been asked a billion times before I attempted to search this forum for an answer but my query returned WAY too many posts that were unrelated and the information from Google seems very dated. So if you know of a link or a thread that answers my question please feel free to give me the link and flame me.
Two part question- sorry
1) I have a fairly large collection (to me its large around 15gb) of .mp3, .wma, and even some .ogg music and audio books. Some are very old, from the late ninety's. I am considering re-encoding (if that is the proper term for this application) them to all be .ogg as I have read (somewhere) that in addition to being free it has superior audio quality and smaller size. Is this true? if so is it a large enough gain in space to bother?
If it is enough to be worth it then see question #2
2) I will be purchasing a ipod like device soon so I can plug it into my car stereo and listen to music/audio books on the road (i drive alot). I have been looking for one that supports playing .ogg but so far I only see that players with rocksbox firmware plays .ogg. Anyone know of any others that will play .ogg and of course linux/ubuntu compatible?
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