# Ogg audio (MinGw)

**URL:** <https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/ogg-audio-mingw/397>\
**Category:** dev\
**Created:** [November 1, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/ogg-audio-mingw/397 "2014-11-01T08:56:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dmeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c5a1d2/32.png) [@dmeat](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/dmeat)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/ogg-audio-mingw/397/1 "2014-11-01T08:56:18Z")

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Title says it all : I would like to use .ogg format for my music to save some space, but how do I switch this on when I compile ?

Thanks !

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**Author:** ![zturtleman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/zturtleman/32/718_2.png) [@zturtleman](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/zturtleman)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/ogg-audio-mingw/397/2 "2014-11-03T10:19:46Z")

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`make USE_CODEC_VORBIS=1` or create a file named Makefile.local and put `USE_CODEC_VORBIS=1` in it. Or you could use Ogg Opus (which is enabled by default) which should be better quality at same size vs Ogg Vorbis.

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**Author:** ![ZerTerO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/zertero/32/125_2.png) [@ZerTerO](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/ZerTerO)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/ogg-audio-mingw/397/3 "2016-01-14T20:08:59Z")

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Hy there. I want to use Opus, or Ogg without new compiling. Is that possible?

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**Author:** ![zturtleman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/zturtleman/32/718_2.png) [@zturtleman](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/zturtleman)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/ogg-audio-mingw/397/4 "2016-01-18T01:08:14Z")

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[ioq3 test builds](http://ioquake3.org/get-it/test-builds/) have opus support enabled.

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**Author:** ![ZerTerO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/zertero/32/125_2.png) [@ZerTerO](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/ZerTerO)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/ogg-audio-mingw/397/5 "2016-01-20T19:37:41Z")

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Why you dont enable OGG by default? Creating Opus files is terrible in Windows machines… And Opus… I never heard about it before. 😄

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**Author:** ![zturtleman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/zturtleman/32/718_2.png) [@zturtleman](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/zturtleman)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/ogg-audio-mingw/397/6 "2016-01-21T03:26:35Z")

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I don’t know why Ogg Vorbis is not enabled.