3GP and OGG explained
3GP is a cut-down MP4 variant designed for the bandwidth and storage limits of early mobile phones. Resolution and bitrate are typically very low.
OGG here means Ogg Vorbis, a royalty-free lossy codec that predates Opus. It is competitive with AAC and remains common in games.
- Where 3GP files come from
- Videos recorded on feature phones and early smartphones.
- Where OGG is used
- Game audio, Spotify's older streams and open-source projects.