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Opus audio
A royalty-free codec standardised by the IETF in 2012 (RFC 6716), usually stored in an Ogg container. It handles both speech and music well at very low bit rates.
Voice calls, voice notes and streaming, where low delay and small size matter.
Opens in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, VLC, Audacity
About OPUS files.aac
AAC audioAdvanced Audio Coding
A lossy codec standardised by MPEG in 1997 as the successor to MP3, usually sounding better at the same bit rate. A bare .aac file holds the raw stream without an MP4 wrapper.
Streaming audio, digital radio and soundtracks taken from video files.
Opens in Music, QuickTime, VLC, Windows Media Player, most phones
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