Definition of the Opus Audio Codec
RFC 6716
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(September 2012; Errata)
Updated by RFC 8251
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| Authors | Jean-Marc Valin , Koen Vos , Tim Terriberry | ||
| Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
| Replaces | draft-ietf-codec-harmony | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized with errata bibtex | ||
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| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Jonathan Rosenberg | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2012-05-21) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 6716 (Proposed Standard) | |
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| Responsible AD | Robert Sparks | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) JM. Valin
Request for Comments: 6716 Mozilla Corporation
Category: Standards Track K. Vos
ISSN: 2070-1721 Skype Technologies S.A.
T. Terriberry
Mozilla Corporation
September 2012
Definition of the Opus Audio Codec
Abstract
This document defines the Opus interactive speech and audio codec.
Opus is designed to handle a wide range of interactive audio
applications, including Voice over IP, videoconferencing, in-game
chat, and even live, distributed music performances. It scales from
low bitrate narrowband speech at 6 kbit/s to very high quality stereo
music at 510 kbit/s. Opus uses both Linear Prediction (LP) and the
Modified Discrete Cosine Transform (MDCT) to achieve good compression
of both speech and music.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6716.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................5
1.1. Notation and Conventions ...................................6
2. Opus Codec Overview .............................................8
2.1. Control Parameters ........................................10
2.1.1. Bitrate ............................................10
2.1.2. Number of Channels (Mono/Stereo) ...................11
2.1.3. Audio Bandwidth ....................................11
2.1.4. Frame Duration .....................................11
2.1.5. Complexity .........................................11
2.1.6. Packet Loss Resilience .............................12
2.1.7. Forward Error Correction (FEC) .....................12
2.1.8. Constant/Variable Bitrate ..........................12
2.1.9. Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) ...................13
3. Internal Framing ...............................................13
3.1. The TOC Byte ..............................................13
3.2. Frame Packing .............................................16
3.2.1. Frame Length Coding ................................16
3.2.2. Code 0: One Frame in the Packet ....................16
3.2.3. Code 1: Two Frames in the Packet, Each with
Equal Compressed Size ..............................17
3.2.4. Code 2: Two Frames in the Packet, with
Different Compressed Sizes .........................17
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3.2.5. Code 3: A Signaled Number of Frames in the Packet ..18
3.3. Examples ..................................................21
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