Opus Alternatives

Opus is described as 'totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus is unmatched for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet, but also intended for storage and streaming applications' and is a Audio Codec in the audio & music category. There are seven alternatives to Opus for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD. The best Opus alternative is FLAC, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Opus are Vorbis, Matroska, WavPack and Apple Lossless.

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Opus

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Audio Codec

Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus is unmatched for interactive speech and music...

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FLAC
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
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9 FLAC alternatives
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed...
- - FLAC is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Opus.
- - FLAC is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Opus.
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1. Lossless AudioFLAC has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
Lossless Compression
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Vorbis
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
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8 Vorbis alternatives
Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel.
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Matroska
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
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12 Matroska alternatives
The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file.
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WavPack
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
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7 WavPack alternatives
WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer...
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Apple Lossless
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
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7 Apple Lossless alternatives
Apple Lossless (also known as ALAC) is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music.
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Nero AAC Codec
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Audio Codec
Windows
Linux
7 Nero AAC Codec alternatives
Nero AAC reference quality MPEG-4 and 3GPP audio codec
- Compression ratios ranging from Ultra High (58 CDs fit on one!) to High-End Audio (2.5:1), for absolutely perfect audiophile encodings
- Crystal-clear, award-winning sound quality at every compression ratio and bit.
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Nero AAC Codec Features
1. Command line interfaceNero AAC Codec either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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Speex
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Free • Open Source
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3 Speex alternatives
Speex is a patent-free audio compression format designed for speech and also a free software speech codec that may be used on VoIP applications and podcasts.
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