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https://www.howtogeek.com/codec-setting-makes-phone-bluetooth-audio-so-much-better/
How to switch from AAC to LDAC/LHDC for better Bluetooth audio on your phone/tablet.
Of course if your device supports the codec, but your speaker/headphones don't you won't notice much difference.
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@lamb @wyatt Fortunately, Opus is available out of the box pretty much everywhere nowadays except in Safari prior to macOS 15.4. This was helped by Opus being a collaboration between vendors (Microsoft and Xiph), not just something coming out of Xiph's or Google's cathedral. I do see on https://caniuse.com/opus that Safari supported Opus in Apple's CAF container before Xiph's Ogg container; might Apple have identified some obscure patent encumbering Ogg?
And you're right that Opus soundly beats MP3 in the "bitrate needed to stop being terrible" measure.
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I'm surprised the audio codec Opus hasn't taken off more. It's a successor to Vorbis that is, as I understand it, comparable to an MP3 at 320 kbps at just 160 kbps and can go up to 510 kbps. It's been around since 2012, that's plenty of time for adoption.
#audio #audioengineering #oggvorbis #audiocodecs