what is ogg?

i've had soo many people tell me that ogg is better than mp3, how? i know ogg is opensource, but as long as the bit rate's the same does it really matter in terms of quality? or does the differnce matter in size ?

>>16
Not lossless means WAV or FLAC. The aoTuV requires you to have actual files to convert, you can't use CDs, as far as I know.

I'm not ripping twice, I only have so many days to live.

>>19
>>17
This doesn't resolve the fact that I would be converting my entire music collection to a beta encoder hosted on a geocities website without a GUI.

It comes down to convenience, that's THE BASIS OF AN MP3, that it's convenient! Convenient storage, access and management. I agree with >18, and I don't use DRM and my player supports OGG.