Opus Format Support Coming?

Leighgion · Post by **Leighgion** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:32 pm

WhatsApp now uses the opus format for audio messages and I've unexpectedly found myself in the position of having to edit some longer pieces sent over WhatsApp for radio.

I'm currently making do converting the opus files with VLC, but would be fantastic if Amadeus got native support. Love the program and been using it for years.

Post by **Martin Hairer** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:31 am

Hi,

I'm currently making do converting the opus files with VLC, but would be fantastic if Amadeus got native support.

I am planning to include this in version 2.4. Would you be interested in testing a preview version as soon as it works? Regards,

Martin

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Garth Humphreys · Post by **Garth Humphreys** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:22 pm

Really glad to hear your planning to include support for this format Martin.

Garth

On 10 Oct. 2016, at 5:31 pm, Martin Hairer <Martin@HairerSoft.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm currently making do converting the opus files with VLC, but would be fantastic if Amadeus got native support.
I am planning to include this in version 2.4. Would you be interested in testing a preview version as soon as it works? Regards,

Martin

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HairerSoft
http://www.hairersoft.com/

Ray Foret jr · Post by **Ray Foret jr** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 4:34 pm

A new format? What makes this one so much better?

Just curious.

Does Apple support this one yet?

Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in

Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!!!!!

On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:22 AM, Garth Humphreys <ghum01@gmail.com> wrote:

Really glad to hear your planning to include support for this format Martin.

Garth

On 10 Oct. 2016, at 5:31 pm, Martin Hairer <Martin@HairerSoft.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm currently making do converting the opus files with VLC, but would be fantastic if Amadeus got native support.
I am planning to include this in version 2.4. Would you be interested in testing a preview version as soon as it works? Regards,

Martin

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HairerSoft
http://www.hairersoft.com/

Post by **Martin Hairer** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:16 pm

A new format? What makes this one so much better?

See the Wikipedia article. Apparently it beats Mp3, Vorbis and AAC
in blind listening tests. Also, it seems much more flexible in the sense
that it is very efficient all the way from very low to very high bitrates.

Does Apple support this one yet?

No, but Firefox and Chrome support it in HTML5 documents.
Regards,

Martin

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Leighgion · Post by **Leighgion** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:43 pm

Martin Hairer wrote:Hi,

I'm currently making do converting the opus files with VLC, but would be fantastic if Amadeus got native support.
I am planning to include this in version 2.4. Would you be interested in testing a preview version as soon as it works? Regards,

Martin

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HairerSoft
http://www.hairersoft.com/

Hi Martin,

I would absolutely be interested in testing. It seems I'm dealing with an opus file every week now. Appreciate the offer.

Leigh

Post by **Martin Hairer** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 6:03 pm

Hi, the version at

http://www.hairersoft.com/Downloads/AmadeusProOpus.zip

should support Opus. The only known bug at the moment is that artwork
metadata is not supported for Opus files. Regards,

Martin

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http://www.hairersoft.com/

Leighgion · Post by **Leighgion** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 8:33 pm

Martin Hairer wrote:Hi, the version at

http://www.hairersoft.com/Downloads/AmadeusProOpus.zip

should support Opus. The only known bug at the moment is that artwork
metadata is not supported for Opus files. Regards,

Martin

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HairerSoft
http://www.hairersoft.com/

Great! Various other things distracted me from checking back in here, but this week I have a whole batch to deal with. Will test and report.

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