What is the difference between .opus and .au?
- Extension
- .opus
- .au
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Xiph.Org
- Audacity
- Description
- An OPUS file is an audio file created in the Opus format (also called "Ogg Opus"), a lossy audio format developed for Internet streaming. It uses both SILK (used by Skype) and CELT (from Xiph.Org) codecs and supports variable bit rates from 6 kb/s to 510 kb/s.
- Audio file created by Audacity, a free, cross platform audio editor; uses a proprietary format that can only be opened by Audacity; saved as one of multiple audio data files for an Audacity project (.AUD).
- MIME Type
- audio/opus
- audio/basic
- Sample
- sample.opus
- sample.au
- Wikipedia
- .opus on Wikipedia
- .au on Wikipedia