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The Xiph.Org Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Multimedia formats and tools. Their primary focus is on the Ogg family of formats, the most successful of which has been Vorbis , an open and Patent -free audio format and codec designed to compete with the patented MP3 and AAC . Current development work is focusing on Theora , an open and patent-free video format and codec designed to compete with the patented MPEG-4 , RealVideo , and Windows Media Video . In addition to its in-house development work, the Foundation has also brought several already-existing but complementary Free Software projects under its aegis, most of which have a separate, active group of developers. Among these are Speex , an audio codec designed for speech, and FLAC , a lossless audio codec. The Xiph.Org Foundation was founded by Chris Montgomery , creator of the Ogg container format. The name "Xiph" is a shortening of the original company name, Xiphophorus, named after the Common Swordtail , ''Xiphophorus hellerii''.http://xiph.org/xiphname XIPH.ORG FOUNDATION PROJECTS
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