OGG to MP3 Converter
Turn .ogg sound files from games, voice chats, open-source apps and web downloads into MP3s that play on iPhones, car stereos and every media player.
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Constant bitrate (CBR) gives a predictable size and works on every player. Variable bitrate (VBR) spends bits where the music needs them and is usually smaller at the same quality.
Keep the source rate unless a device asks for one. 44.1 kHz is CD standard, 48 kHz is video standard, 8 kHz is used by phone systems and AMR.
Mono halves the size of lossless files and is fine for voice recordings.
16-bit is CD quality. 24-bit keeps headroom for editing and mastering; converting a 16-bit source up does not add detail.
Optional. Seconds (e.g. 75) or minutes:seconds (1:15). Leave empty to start at the beginning.
Optional. Same format as the start time. Leave empty to keep everything up to the end.
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- OGG
- Also called .ogg · .oga · Ogg Vorbis
- A free, open container from the Xiph.Org Foundation, most often holding audio compressed with the Vorbis codec. It is common in games, open-source software and web audio, but less widely supported on phones and car stereos than MP3.
Where OGG files turn up
Ogg has been a favorite of developers who want audio without license fees. Game engines and many PC games store music and sound effects as Ogg Vorbis, Linux desktop apps use it for system sounds, Wikimedia Commons accepts audio uploads in it, and some messaging and voice-chat tools save recordings in an Ogg container. If you have downloaded sound from any of these, you have probably met a .ogg file.
The format is well documented. The container is defined in RFC 3533 from 2003, and its media types in RFC 5334. Support in browsers is now broad as well: Safari added Ogg Vorbis playback in version 18.4. The gaps are elsewhere, in phone music apps, car head units, older players and software that only lists a few formats.
OGG
OGG audio
The Ogg container from Xiph.Org, most often carrying lossy Vorbis audio. It is open and royalty-free, which made it popular in games and open-source software. Browsers and Android play it, while some Apple apps and car stereos do not.
- Lossy
- Open standard
MP3
MP3 audio
MPEG-1 Audio Layer III, developed largely at Fraunhofer IIS and standardized in 1993. Its lossy compression made digital music portable, and it remains the most widely supported audio format. Every phone, car stereo, browser and media player can play it.
- Lossy
- Open standard
Why convertThis direction gives up an open format that sounds good at low bitrates for the format nearly every device has played for decades. Use it when an OGG from a game or app has to work on an iPhone, a car stereo or an MP3-only upload form; for the opposite need, MP3 to OGG covers it.
What happens during the conversion
The Ogg file is decoded to plain audio samples, then encoded again as MP3. Bitrate, channels and tags apply at the encode step, which is why the MP3 cannot sound better than the OGG it came from.
Vorbis and MP3 are both lossy, and they discard different parts of the sound. Converting from one to the other therefore removes a little more than either did alone. In practice the effect is small when the MP3 bitrate is at least as high as the OGG's, which is why the preset starts at 192 kbps, above what many games and apps use.
If you are unsure what the original bitrate was, err on the high side. A 256 kbps MP3 from a 160 kbps OGG is larger than it strictly needs to be, but it never sounds worse than the source allows. A 96 kbps MP3 from the same file, on the other hand, adds audible swirl to cymbals and reverb tails, and that damage cannot be undone later.
Files you can add and get back
The converter reads .ogg and .oga files, Opus files, and dozens of other audio formats in the same batch, so a folder with mixed sources can go through at once. The list below shows every extension the upload accepts and every format you can choose as output. For this page MP3 is preselected.
Opus deserves a mention. It is the newer codec from the same family and is used for voice in many calling and chat apps. Opus files often carry the .opus extension but are Ogg underneath, and they convert to MP3 in the same way. Speech recorded with Opus is usually low in bitrate, so 128 kbps MP3 in mono is more than enough.
- Input
- MP3
- WAV
- M4A
- AAC
- FLAC
- OGG
- OGA
- OPUS
- AIFF
- AIF
- AIFC
- WMA
- AMR
- M4R
- M4B
- ALAC
- CAF
- WEBA
- WEBM
- MKA
- AC3
- DTS
- APE
- WV
- AU
- RA
- MID
- MIDI
- 3GA
- Output
- MP3
- WAV
- M4A
- AAC
- FLAC
- OGG
- OPUS
- AIFF
- ALAC
- WMA
- AMR
- M4R
- MID
Choosing the MP3 settings
Bitrate: use 192 kbps for music and game soundtracks, 256 or 320 kbps if the OGG was a high-quality music file, and 128 kbps for voice recordings. Channels: switch to Mono for voice chat recordings and single-voice dialogue, which halves the size without changing how speech sounds.
Tags: Ogg files store comments such as title, artist and album, and these are copied into the MP3's tags when Keep tags and cover art is on. Trim: set Start at and End at to cut a loop or a single effect out of a longer file. For game loops, check that the cut points fall on silence so the MP3 does not click when it repeats.
Up to 20 files of up to 95 MB each fit in one batch. Uploads are deleted after processing, results after 30 minutes. For other targets such as AAC or WAV, use the main Audio Converter, and to take the sound out of a video instead, see Video to Audio.
Convert OGG files to MP3
Add the OGG files
Drop .ogg or .oga files on the box above, or press Choose Files. Up to 20 files fit in one batch.
Leave MP3 at 192 kbps
The preset suits most sources. Lower it to 128 kbps for speech, or raise it if the OGG was encoded at a high quality.
Convert and download
Press Convert to MP3 and save the results. Tags such as title and artist are copied where present.
OGG to MP3 questions
Why won't my iPhone play an OGG file?
Apple's built-in playback lists codecs such as AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless and FLAC, but not Ogg Vorbis, so many iPhone apps refuse .ogg files. Converted to MP3, the same sound plays in Music, Files and every other app.
Is an OGG file lower quality than an MP3?
Not by nature. Ogg Vorbis usually sounds as good as or better than MP3 at the same bitrate. The reason to convert is compatibility, not quality, so choose an MP3 bitrate at least as high as the original.
My file is .ogg but contains Opus or FLAC. Does that work?
Yes. Ogg is a container and can carry Vorbis, Opus or FLAC audio. The converter reads whichever codec is inside and writes standard MP3.
How do I find the bitrate of my OGG file?
Most media players show it under file properties or info. If you cannot check, 192 kbps is a safe choice for music and 128 kbps for speech.
Can I convert sound effects from a game for a video project?
Technically yes, as long as you have the right to use the sounds. Many editors read MP3, but for editing a lossless WAV may be better; choose WAV under Convert to in that case.
Will converting OGG to MP3 and back damage the sound?
Each lossy conversion costs some quality. Keep the original OGG and convert from it whenever you need another format, rather than passing the file back and forth.
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