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> Ogg and Opus have virtually no usage at all. I mostly use OPUS nowadays. Just download a podcast/audiobook/whatever, convert it to 32 kbps (which even is re

> Ogg and Opus have virtually no usage at all. I mostly use OPUS nowadays. Just download a podcast/audiobook/whatever, convert it to 32 kbps (which even is redundant! even lower is totally Okay, 24 kbps still can sound subjectively lossless for human speech, 16 kbps will probably be still good yet audibly different) OPUS with the voip profile and fit tons of content to listen to offline on whatever a humble storage your portable device has left. OPUS really saves the day as today smartphones storage usually is filled with high-quality pictures and videos you have taken and apps getting gigger and bigger every year. I wish Apple would introduce first-class OPUS support in the M4B container in iTunes but as long as it doesn't (and I doubt it ever will) 3-rd party audiobook players do a great job.

teruakohatu 3y ago
What audiobook player do you recommend?
- alargemoose 3y ago
  Not OP, but I have all mine stored on my plex server, and use Prologue to access them on iOS devices and like it a lot. https://apps.apple.com/app/id1459223267 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1459223267
- qwerty456127 3y ago
  On iPhone we use "MP3 Audiobook Player Pro"[1]. Despite saying "MP3" in its title it supports many formats including OPUS. They broke OPUS speed-up and hadn't fixed it for some time but have fixed it recently so it's great again. On Android "Smart AudioBook Player"[2] does a perfect job. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mp3-audiobook-player-pro/id889580711 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mp3-audiobook-player-pro/id889... [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.s...
adql 3y ago
> OPUS with the voip profile and fit tons of content to listen to offline on whatever a humble storage your portable device has left. I'm glad you're saving that old 64MB player from landfill but the size of podcasts isn't a problem from even budget phone perspective.
- miloignis 3y ago
  Not really true, I've got 51.7GB/128GB of just podcasts on my phone.
- qwerty456127 3y ago
  Sadly my old "64 MB" (not really, it's 128 MB IIRC) player doesn't support OPUS. It's there where I have to fallback to AAC or MP3. But it luckily supports FLAC and Vorbis (which weren't listed in the specs) so I have some FLACs and OGGs on it as well. It also lacks speed adjustment so I had to pree-upspeed books with Audacity during the days when first Android devices were a luxury thing. If only it had support for OPUS, pitch-preserving speed adjustment and position persistance it could indeed make a great audiobook/podcast listening device.

teruakohatu 3y ago

What audiobook player do you recommend?

alargemoose 3y ago
Not OP, but I have all mine stored on my plex server, and use Prologue to access them on iOS devices and like it a lot. https://apps.apple.com/app/id1459223267 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1459223267
qwerty456127 3y ago
On iPhone we use "MP3 Audiobook Player Pro"[1]. Despite saying "MP3" in its title it supports many formats including OPUS. They broke OPUS speed-up and hadn't fixed it for some time but have fixed it recently so it's great again. On Android "Smart AudioBook Player"[2] does a perfect job. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mp3-audiobook-player-pro/id889580711 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mp3-audiobook-player-pro/id889... [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.s...

adql 3y ago

> OPUS with the voip profile and fit tons of content to listen to offline on whatever a humble storage your portable device has left. I'm glad you're saving that old 64MB player from landfill but the size of podcasts isn't a problem from even budget phone perspective.

miloignis 3y ago
Not really true, I've got 51.7GB/128GB of just podcasts on my phone.
qwerty456127 3y ago
Sadly my old "64 MB" (not really, it's 128 MB IIRC) player doesn't support OPUS. It's there where I have to fallback to AAC or MP3. But it luckily supports FLAC and Vorbis (which weren't listed in the specs) so I have some FLACs and OGGs on it as well. It also lacks speed adjustment so I had to pree-upspeed books with Audacity during the days when first Android devices were a luxury thing. If only it had support for OPUS, pitch-preserving speed adjustment and position persistance it could indeed make a great audiobook/podcast listening device.