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AC-3 is a part of many current standards (i.e. is a hard requirement) and has wide hardware support. Opus lacks both hardware and software support on many plat
by Veratyr 10y ago
AC-3 is a part of many current standards (i.e. is a hard requirement) and has wide hardware support.
Opus lacks both hardware and software support on many platforms (notably iOS) and ultimately, doesn't perform that much better than existing, supported codecs like AAC, which already have to be licensed for other reasons.
I love Opus and it's used by some big players like YouTube but ultimately I don't see it taking the place of MP3/AAC for music or AC-3/DTS for premium video anytime soon.
- shmerl 10y agoAAC is patent encumbered, so it's not a suitable option for replacing standards. That's what I'm talking about. Standards aren't supposed to be forever stuck with old tech. I see no reason why Opus couldn't be part of more standards (it's already part of WebRTC), besides of course Apple which can't stand free codecs.