What is OGM and How to Open an OGM File?

In the digital era, numerous of digital files are shared and transmitted over the Internet or by your friends and families. In common situations, the digital files you received are common formats which are all familiarized by you, such as WMV, MP4, FLV, MOV and so on. But sometimes, you may be very strange with some particular file formats, such as OGM. Did you receive any OGM files from others by email? Do you know what OGM file is? Most importantly, do you know how to play OGM files? Well, you might be confused by the above questions for a long time. Now, it is your time to solve these problems. In order to solve these problems, I will take you to the detailed introduction of OGM file extension in the first place, and then I will list several methods to solve the problem on how to play OGM files. Let's go ahead.

Part 1: What is an OGM file?

What is an OGM file? Actually, OGM usually stands for Ogg Media format and file type which is developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation offering unrestricted software patents. Also, OGM is focused on extending codec support of playback of video content that incorporates DirectShow filters. As a container format, OGM contains several differently encoded audio and video tracks in it. And OGM isn't only used to store video, audio streams, but also supports multimedia subtitle tracks of different formats, chapters and Vorbis audio. Nowadays, people are using OGM files which have used Ogg Vorbis compression technology to stream high quality of video over the web. Therefore, in order to open an OGM file, the media player should support OGM format.

Part 2: Play OGM file with professional player software

Leawo Blu-ray Player

Facing a file with OGM file extension, what you need to do is to prepare a powerful OGM player in the first place. Here I will strongly push Leawo Blu-ray Player as your first choice due to its professional features in playing hundreds of audios and videos in various formats, such as OGM, Blu-ray, DVD, CD, HD (4K), ISO file with AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, FLV, MKV/MK and so on.

The superior audio and video processing technology will offer you the best audio enjoyment and quality-lossless image. Besides, Leawo Blu-ray Player's practical bonus features including useful power manager, custom skin / language / background, snap screenshots, especially virtual remote controller make it a better choice for all playback choice. Furthermore, within Leawo Blu-ray Player, you could obtain the personalized settings according to your preference and all the settings could be done automatically. For detailed instructions, you can refer to the following.

Step 1. Download Leawo Blu-ray Player from the website and install it on your computer.

Step 2. Load the OGM file into the player. It is easy to insert the OGM file. You only need to click "Open File" on the home interface to load the OGM file on your computer. Or just drag the OGM file to the main panel directly. After loading the OGM file, you can watch it on Leawo Blu-ray Player immediately.

Step 3. Set the audio and video parameters respectively. First of all, you need to move your mouse to the left upper corner of the screen. Then click the second icon and the third icon in the title area to set video parameters and audio parameters respectively. The editing features of Leawo Blu-ray Player could allow you to obtain a customized video and will give you more special watching experience.

File Viewer Plus

MPlayer

Part 3: Play OGM file with K-lite Codec Pack

What is a codec pack?

If you are not intented to use any of the recommended player software above and still want to play an OGM file, you can consider downloading a codec pack. We have another tutorial about what a codec pack is that you can refer to for details, but in brief, a codec is a computer program that can encode or decode video. Different codecs work for different types of video. Some codecs ship with your computer (for example, your computer can play DivX-encoded files—which you'll often see with an AVI extension—out of the box), while others may not (for example, your operating system will often have problems playing H.264 video, often with the MKV file extension, without some extra effort on your part. Or in this case, an OGM file). If you download a video your computer can't play, such as an OGM file, it will often ask you to download and install the correct codec, so your default media player can play it.

K-Lite Codec Pack

 

 

Conclusion

By referring to the above solutions, now you must be familiar with OGM file extension and will not be bothered on the question on how to play OGM files. Just make full use of Leawo Blu-ray Player, and you can play OGM files with ease and accuracy.