Opus 1.6 Released

(opus-codec.org)

47 points | by ledoge 8 hours ago

4 comments

  • Pfeil 1 hour ago
    I use it for my music files and audio books as it is smaller than mp3. In average it was around 1/3 less space used, I think. I do not hear a difference, but just to make sure I usually convert from the highest available format available, often FLAC, to opus using ffmpegs default settings. No regrets so far. Doing this for a few years now.
  • thisislife2 1 hour ago
    Never understood why it didn't get more popular.
  • zkmon 3 hours ago
    Good sounding product names are in short supply.

    [EDIT] For downvoters - I didn't mean they took the Anthropic's product name. Time direction doesn't allow that.

  • block_dagger 4 hours ago
    That name…it’s taken.
    • lifthrasiir 4 hours ago
      Opus the audio codec massively predates Opus the LLM (2012 vs. 2024).
    • killingtime74 3 hours ago
      No one owns the English language. If it breaches some trademark that's something else and very specific.