Sunday 16 September 2012

Opus audio codec standardised, beats all-comers

Opus Codec

The internet engineering task force has standardised the Opus audio codec, which beats out other audio compression techniques in almost every application.


The codec, which has been given the codename RFC 6716, is a one-size-fits-all solution to the problem of encoding audio. Traditionally, codecs are designed for specific tasks -- MP3 or Vorbis for music, and something like Speex for low-latency voice recordings.


By: Duncan Geere,


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/15/opus-codec

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