new codec: audio/opus

[qpx]

Audio codec OGG/Opus - "the Codec To End All Codecs"...

have you ever heard about this? sounds very promising...
any chance this will be available in gentoo/sabayon soon?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_%28audio_format%29
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-spittka-payload-rtp-opus/?include_text=1

any opinions?

edit: found on gentoo forums: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png

[micia]

Well, in this case it's not about standards but about royality free codecs, this kind of codecs is invaluable for some applications that can't afford to pay to be able to play a sound, such as games

It looks very promising and easy to develop with, I think it has good potential, even if, as OGG Vorbis, it probably won't have the diffusion of AAC.

[albfneto]

The OPUS Codec is available for gentoo, you may test it,installing with portage:

http://gpo.zugaina.org/media-libs/opus

[qpx]

I noticed it's possible to use firefox to play opus files :>
That's okay for now...