Convert OGG to MP3
Turn Ogg Vorbis or Opus audio from games, apps and voice notes into a 192 kbps MP3 that plays on almost any device.
Turn Ogg Vorbis or Opus audio from games, apps and voice notes into a 192 kbps MP3 that plays on almost any device.
An .ogg file is an Ogg container, usually holding Vorbis audio and sometimes Opus. It is an open, royalty-free format, which is why it turns up in video game files, open-source software, some Android apps, Wikimedia Commons and voice messages from certain chat apps. Browsers and desktop players mostly handle it fine. Car stereos, older media players and a lot of upload forms often do not, and support on Apple devices has historically been patchy.
The MP3 you download is encoded by LAME at a fixed 192 kbps CBR, with the source's sample rate and mono or stereo layout kept (sample rates above 48 kHz are brought down to 48 kHz). The converter reads the actual audio inside the file, so it works whether your OGG contains Vorbis or Opus.
Many games and game engines ship their soundtrack and effects as Ogg Vorbis. Converting a track to MP3 lets you use it on a phone, in a playlist app or in a video editor that won't import OGG. Only do this with audio you have the right to use.
Some messaging apps and Android recorders save voice notes as Opus audio inside an .ogg file. An MP3 copy is easier to attach to a support ticket, drop into a transcription service that doesn't list OGG, or play on a computer without extra codecs. If your file ends in .opus instead, use Opus to MP3.
Public-domain and Creative Commons sound archives frequently publish Ogg Vorbis. MP3 is the practical choice when you want to hand the clip to someone else or load it into a slideshow tool.
.ogg file. Game audio may be buried in an install folder; voice notes are usually in a download or media folder on your phone.Vorbis and Opus are both lossy codecs, and so is MP3. The file is decoded and compressed again, which adds a small generation loss. With a decent source, a 192 kbps MP3 generally sounds the same to casual listening, but it cannot recover anything the original OGG encoder removed.
Expect the MP3 to be the same size or larger than the OGG in most cases. Vorbis is efficient, so an OGG at quality 5 (about 160 kbps) becomes an MP3 at about 1.44 MB per minute, around 20% bigger. A speech recording at a low bitrate will grow several times over while sounding no better, because the output bitrate is fixed.
| OGG source | Per minute | MP3 per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Vorbis, about 160 kbps | about 1.2 MB | about 1.44 MB |
| Vorbis, about 112 kbps | about 0.84 MB | about 1.44 MB |
| Opus voice note, about 32 kbps | about 0.24 MB | about 1.44 MB |
.ogg (or another accepted extension) can be uploaded, and packed archives need extracting first.Your OGG file is erased from our servers once the MP3 is created, and the MP3 goes within about an hour. If you want to edit the sound instead, OGG to WAV produces an uncompressed file.
| OGG | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ogg Vorbis | MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer III |
| Compression | Lossy | Lossy |
| Developed by | Xiph.Org Foundation | Fraunhofer IIS / MPEG |
| Introduced | 2002 | 1993 |
| File extension | .ogg | .mp3 |
| Typically used for | Games, open-source software, web audio | Music libraries, podcasts, everyday listening |
| Plays on | Android, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, VLC, game engines; limited on Apple devices | Virtually every phone, computer, browser, car stereo and media player |
| Our output | Vorbis, VBR quality 5 (about 160 kbps) | LAME MP3, 192 kbps CBR, stereo |
OGG is an open format that many browsers and desktop players support, but car stereos, older media players, some Apple apps and many upload forms do not. Converting to MP3 gives you a file in the format with the broadest device support, so it will usually play wherever the OGG was rejected.
A little, because both formats are lossy. The OGG audio is decoded and then encoded again as a 192 kbps MP3, which adds a small generation loss. With a reasonable source this is usually not noticeable, but the conversion cannot bring back detail the original OGG encoding already removed.
Vorbis and Opus compress audio very efficiently, and the MP3 output is fixed at 192 kbps, about 1.44 MB per minute. An OGG at around 160 kbps takes about 1.2 MB per minute, and low-bitrate voice notes are far smaller, so the MP3 usually grows. The added size does not mean better sound.
Yes, as long as the file ends in .ogg and is not protected. Voice messages saved this way usually contain Opus audio, which the converter reads without any extra steps. The result is a 192 kbps MP3 that keeps the original mono or stereo layout. Files ending in .opus can be converted too.
No. There is no batch mode, so each file is uploaded and converted on its own, up to 50 MB apiece. Audio packed inside game archives must be extracted to regular .ogg files first. Only convert game music and sounds you have permission to use, and expect loops to play through once.
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