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Opus (audio format)

Opus is a free and open source lossy audio coding format developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation and standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force, designed for efficient low-latency encoding of both speech and general audio. Due to its lower latency relative to other standard codecs, Opus finds specific use cases in real-time interactive…

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Contained by
Ogg, Matroska, WebM, MPEG-TS, ISOBMFF, CAF, Eclipsa Audio
Developed by
IETF codec working group
Extended from
SILK, CELT
Free format?
See § Patent claims
Initial release
September 11, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-09-11)
Internet media type
audio/ogg audio/opus (RTP)

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Opus (audio format)

Nodes227
Edges226
Triples23
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008811
Components1

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Opus (audio format)

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Contained by · 1
Opus (audio format) → Ogg, Matroska, WebM, MPEG-TS, ISOBMFF, CAF, Eclipsa Audio
Developed by · 1
Opus (audio format) → IETF codec working group
Extended from · 1
Opus (audio format) → SILK, CELT
Filename extension · 1
Opus (audio format) → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .opus
Free format? · 1
Opus (audio format) → See § Patent claims
Initial release · 1
Opus (audio format) → September 11, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-09-11)
Internet media type · 1
Opus (audio format) → audio/ogg audio/opus (RTP)
Open format? · 1
Opus (audio format) → Yes
Standard · 1
Opus (audio format) → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…
Type of format · 1
Opus (audio format) → Lossy audio

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opus audio support format celt silk quality codec libopus ms reference encoder bitrate using delay xiph software webm rfc bandwidth

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Opus (audio format)Contained byOgg, Matroska, WebM, MPEG-TS, ISOBMFF, CAF, Eclipsa Audio1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Developed byIETF codec working group1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Extended fromSILK, CELT1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Filename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .opus1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Free format?See § Patent claims1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Initial releaseSeptember 11, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-09-11)1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Internet media typeaudio/ogg audio/opus (RTP)1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Open format?Yes1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Standard.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Type of formatLossy audio1.00infobox
Opus (audio format)Websiteopus-codec.org1.00infobox
Discordinstance ofcodec in applications0.80text

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