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Opus, the open codec for podcasts and Internet audio
- grh 14y agoWhat makes Opus particularly attractive for podcasting is the fact that it unites the benefits of music- and speech-specific audio codecs - listen to the examples ;)
- floholl 14y agoWhat I really like about Opus is that it provides excellent sound quality even at very low bitrates - and at very low latencies as well. Those two things really distinguish it from other lossy codecs, such as MP3 or AAC.
- hanshalo 14y agowell, i would be interested in aac examples, they only compare it to mp3 ...
- dmishe 14y agoI wonder if it's even possible to switch iTunes to this, from the legal perspective? Will major labels allow new format?
- grh 14y agoIf iTunes switches, then everyone will use it ... They use a different technique than in other lossy codecs (mp3, acc, etc.) without a psychoacoustic model. And the algorithms are actually quite old and not patented anymore (as in aac, mp3) - so in theory it should work ;) However, I think libopus should also compile on the iPhone, so it should be possible to play .opus files on i-devices.
- dmishe 14y agoNo, I'm not at all concerned about tech details. It's just that a big part of itunes evolution was related to different label legal things
- floholl 14y agoThe codec itself is an entirely open standard, so no legal problems there. Whether there will be political pressure by major labels or Apple themselves remains to be seen. The benefits of Opus are huge, but then again, we got VHS, too.
- sephren 14y agoMight be interesting if it's used on the mobile version of skype.