I don't know either, maybe we should ask him again if it's possible now.
LeonZA wrote:
I did ask whether they could add Opus as an option on this forum a few years back, but BillG mentioned that their infrastructure couldn't support it at that time. I wonder if it is possible now? Checking some of the stream's metadata it seems that they are using Liqudsoap and Icecast which should be able to support Opus, but I don't know the whole picture to say that it will be possible or not.
Romain98 wrote:
Yeah, but you know what I mean lol. It's still one of the latest audio formats available and in development. A 128 kbps Opus stream is about the same quality as a Vorbis one at 192 kbps, since it's about 50% more efficient. So, it could save some bandwith while retaining quite a fair quality. To learn more about it, check this link to the developper website: https://www.opus-codec.org/
LeonZA wrote:
Not really that new. Opus is already 8/9 years old I do agree with you. It will be a very nice addition since it performs better than Apple's AAC encoder at bitrates >= 64Kbps. Apple's AAC encoder is considered the best AAC encoder out there.
Out of interest sake does anyone know which AAC encoder is used by Radio Paradise? Is it FDK-AAC? xHE-AAC seems to be the next best thing, but support for the format seems to very sparse at the moment.
I did ask whether they could add Opus as an option on this forum a few years back, but BillG mentioned that their infrastructure couldn't support it at that time. I wonder if it is possible now? Checking some of the stream's metadata it seems that they are using Liqudsoap and Icecast which should be able to support Opus, but I don't know the whole picture to say that it will be possible or not.
Romain98 wrote:
Yeah, but you know what I mean lol. It's still one of the latest audio formats available and in development. A 128 kbps Opus stream is about the same quality as a Vorbis one at 192 kbps, since it's about 50% more efficient. So, it could save some bandwith while retaining quite a fair quality. To learn more about it, check this link to the developper website: https://www.opus-codec.org/
LeonZA wrote:
Not really that new. Opus is already 8/9 years old I do agree with you. It will be a very nice addition since it performs better than Apple's AAC encoder at bitrates >= 64Kbps. Apple's AAC encoder is considered the best AAC encoder out there.
Out of interest sake does anyone know which AAC encoder is used by Radio Paradise? Is it FDK-AAC? xHE-AAC seems to be the next best thing, but support for the format seems to very sparse at the moment.
Yeah, but you know what I mean lol. It's still one of the latest audio formats available and in development. A 128 kbps Opus stream is about the same quality as a Vorbis one at 192 kbps, since it's about 50% more efficient. So, it could save some bandwith while retaining quite a fair quality. To learn more about it, check this link to the developper website: https://www.opus-codec.org/
LeonZA wrote:
Not really that new. Opus is already 8/9 years old I do agree with you. It will be a very nice addition since it performs better than Apple's AAC encoder at bitrates >= 64Kbps. Apple's AAC encoder is considered the best AAC encoder out there.
Out of interest sake does anyone know which AAC encoder is used by Radio Paradise? Is it FDK-AAC? xHE-AAC seems to be the next best thing, but support for the format seems to very sparse at the moment.
for the 24, 32 and 64 kbit streams: mpeg4_he_aac_v2
LeonZA wrote:
Not really that new. Opus is already 8/9 years old I do agree with you. It will be a very nice addition since it performs better than Apple's AAC encoder at bitrates >= 64Kbps. Apple's AAC encoder is considered the best AAC encoder out there.
Out of interest sake does anyone know which AAC encoder is used by Radio Paradise? Is it FDK-AAC? xHE-AAC seems to be the next best thing, but support for the format seems to very sparse at the moment.
Not really that new. Opus is already 8/9 years old I do agree with you. It will be a very nice addition since it performs better than Apple's AAC encoder at bitrates >= 64Kbps. Apple's AAC encoder is considered the best AAC encoder out there.
Out of interest sake does anyone know which AAC encoder is used by Radio Paradise? Is it FDK-AAC? xHE-AAC seems to be the next best thing, but support for the format seems to very sparse at the moment.
Hello, just wanted to ask you if you could possibly add Opus streams to all the mixes. Opus is a rather new codec, but open-source, compatible with most modern devices, players and offering way greater quality than AAC and maybe Ogg at the same bitrate. Thanks.
