Hi Paul
After using mp3 for ages, I have decided to use a more state-of-the-art audio format for future
audio files in my collection. My choice has come to Opus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_%28audio_format%29
AFAIK, tagging is similar to ogg/vorbis.
Would you consider adding support for Opus ?
Thank you
I would like to add it and the underlying http://www.jthink.net/jaudiotagger tag library used by Jaikoz is open src and already has an issue open for this. But its not really high priority as nobody seems to use it, why don’t you just use Flac instead ?
Thanks for the reply.
When I comes to HQ audio sources FLAC surely is the way to go. I am also using FLAC at this point.
But sources which came by a lossy audio codec (e.g. cuts of digital radio) a re-encoding in FLAC would mean a waste of storage.
Maybe the demand for Opus support will increase in future since it also available in other applications e.g. MusicBrainz Picard.
Hijacking this thread as I was writing one asking for the same.
Opus is WAY better than mp3 in any regards (besides support). A 192 opus file will be more transparent than a 320kbps, and the size difference is pretty big.
Any chance we are getting this baked into SongKong?
No change really, I would like to add it, but there are higher priority items I would prefer to work on. But the underlying tagging library is opensrc and used by many other projects so perhaps someone else can add it.
Yes Opus is better than mp3 but it still lossy, I think most users aware of these issues have moved to lossless format like Flac.
Hi there, I was also wondering to get Opus support, but as Opus has some weaknesses regarding covers, I’ve chosen to remux Opus into MKA which fully supports Opus + adds Metadata and Picture featrues. So, I’d think mka support might be even more interesting as opus…
Best,
Martin
Possibly, but seems quite a niche format.
you may be right. will use ogg in the future. It also allows Opus inside.
With Hard drives storage coming in at a higher premium and it not looking like that’s going to change anytime soon I was thinking of converting my flac files to opus for the storage savings and it being a better format than mp3 and would love to see SongKong support it
I have raised an issue for this so dont forget about it https://jthink.atlassian.net/browse/SONGKONG-2909