4 ms·

For new products there isn't really any room for debate anymore, Opus is the clear winner.

• blowski 9y ago
  Because...?
  • bsder 9y ago
    Better quality at same bitrate and way lower latency.
  • magila 9y ago
    It's the best codec in every dimension. It's royalty free, has low encoding delay, and has clearly superior compression efficiency.
    • eropple 9y ago
      > It's the best codec in every dimension Battery life efficiency? MP3 is usually in hardware, these days. And battery life matters a lot. (Not a gotcha--I have no idea.)
• CharlesW 9y ago
  > For new products there isn't really any room for debate anymore, Opus is the clear winner. If you mean "for low-latency live streaming/conferencing", I think you're probably right. If you mean "by popularity", with a few exceptions all non-MP3 encoded audio you hear is (and has been for some time) AAC. If you mean "by quality", Opus is comparable to AAC/HE-AAC audio quality, but Opus' Achilles' heel is hardware support.
  • erik 9y ago
    Re: popularity; If you play PC or console games, you probably listen to a lot of Vorbis encoded audio.
    • CharlesW 9y ago
      Oh! Thank you. Q: Why not Opus instead of Vorbis for that use?
      • executesorder66 9y ago
        Because Opus was only released in 2012, so fewer people know about it.