- Extension
- .opus
- .mp2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Xiph.Org
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- 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 format that uses MPEG-1 Layer II compression to reduce the file size; mainly replaced by the ubiquitous .MP3 format, but is still used for digital radio and digital television broadcasts.
- MIME Type
- audio/opus
- audio/mpeg
