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What's an OGV File?

OGG is a free multimedia container file format maintained by the Xiph.org Foundation. The OGG format is not limited by software patents and is designed to efficiently encode, stream and process high quality media. Generally speaking, OGV is short for OGG Video, which contains OGG Theora coding video. OGG usually refers to Ogg Vorbis audio only. In fact, OGG is a free container format that can not only contain Vorbis compressed audio, but also compressed video using Theora, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Divx/Xvid, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, VC-1/WMV, , etc. To distinguish from file formats containing only audio, the file format OGV was used, which includes both audio and video. However, the coding method of the OGV file format is the same as OGG, and can be demuxed and played in the same way. In all, OGG is free container format with free video and audio coding methods provided.

open and edit OGV files

Whether it's enable to open OGV/OGG video or not depends on the compatible codec is installed or not. For OGV Theora video, the Chrome web browser may play it without any problem. If you need a general OGV player, VLC Media Player is recommended. It works on either Windows, Mac, Android and even iOS. Many multimedia applications could also play and edit OGV files, including Movavi Video Editor, KMPlayer, PotPlayer, iMovie, Wondershare Filmora, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, etc. To convert OGV video, try Movavi Video Converter.

How to Open OGV Files with Movavi Video Editor

Open OGV files in Windows

In the main screen, go to the Media tab on the left sidebar and click the Add Media Files button.
Go through the top menu bar File > Add Media Files, or simply press Ctrl+O.
Resize Mov Video Editor's window and then drop OGV files to the timeline.

Open OGV files on Mac

Go to the Media tab on the left sidebar and click the Add Media Files button.
Go through File > Add Media Files in the top menu bar, or press Command+O.
Drag and drop OGV files from Finder to the timeline.

Open OGV Video on All Modern Computers

Windows 10	Windows 8	Windows 7	Windows Vista	Windows XP
macOS Big Sur	macOS High Sierra	macOS Sierra	macOS el Capitan	Mac OS X 10.7 or higher

FAQs on OGV Playback in Windows, Mac and Mobile Devices

Question: How can I play OGV files on iPhone?

Answer: iPhone provides limited support for non-H.264 video. To play OGV video in iOS, VLC for iOS and MPlayer are recommended. If it doesn't work, try converting OGV to MP4 with a decent video converter for better compatibility with iPhone and iPad.

Question: How do you make HTML5 video?

Answer: Although most modern web browsers support <video> tag instead of a plug-in like Flash, different web browsers have its favorite video formats as below. You need to output the recommended format using your video editor.

1. H.264 in MP4 for Internet Explorer, Safari, iOS, and Android.
2. WebM or Theora for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Android.
3. Flash backup needed for people using older web browsers.

Movavi Video Editor Opens OGV Files and Many More Video File Formats

Not only can OGV Video Editor opens OGV files but also most other video formats. Movavi Video Editor is an all-in-one video editing application for Mac and Windows.

OGV Video Editor Introduction