opus-tools 0.2

In this release the Opus decoder opusdec has been converted to use the opusfile library, and the Opus encoder opusenc has been converted to use the libopusenc library. These libraries make it easy to robustly read and write Ogg Opus audio files, and enable some new features. Both libraries are available on the Downloads page.

opusdec enhancements include:

  • Read directly from http or https sources
  • New option --force-stereo will force stereo output
  • Improved support for chained input files with differing sample rate or channel count
  • A summary is displayed for METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE tags rather than displaying the base64-encoded data

opusenc enhancements include:

  • Delayed decision support allows the encoder to look ahead up to two seconds in order to improve encoding decisions
  • The options --music and --speech can be used to tune low bitrate audio for music or speech, overriding automatic detection
  • The option --no-phase-inv disables the use of phase inversion for intensity stereo, which can be useful for streams that are likely to be downmixed to mono after decoding
  • New --tracknumber shortcut for setting tracknumber metadata

Additionally:

  • The opusinfo utility can display the demixing matrix from Ogg Opus files using ambisonics channel mapping family 3
  • The experimental opusrtp tool supports new options to specify RTP payload type, Ogg Opus output file, original sample rate, and number of channels, and supports improved transmit timing, arbitrary network devices, and IPv6
  • The Visual Studio 2015 project builds opusenc support for FLAC input
  • The old Visual Studio 2010 project has been removed
  • Numerous bug fixes are also included

Source code: opus-tools-0.2.tar.gz, Win32 binaries: opus-tools-0.2-win32.zip, Win64 binaries: opus-tools-0.2-win64.zip