Hello, Audacity Team.
I eagerly await the arrival of our beloved Audacity, which will be able to read and save in Opus HD 24-bit/96kHz. This is a dream for me.
Currently, there is no program that does this, neither Opus Tools nor FFmpeg.
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MediaHuman Audio Converter can do conversion to OPUS formats, with these settings:
So until Audacity can export to OPUS directly, you could export from Audacity into a non-lossy format such as .aiff or .wav and then convert. No idea whther 96 kHz is possible as “user defined”.
Edit: no,obviously 48 kHz is the limit…
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I’m sorry, but you’re misinformed. The screenshot you posted is from the current Opus version 1.5.
Version 1.6 (which Audacity doesn’t use yet) supports 24-bit/96 kHz audio.
Please visit Opus 1.6 Released
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Out of interest, what do you need it for?
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Steve,
Well, wasn’t what I wrote clear enough? “I eagerly await the arrival of our beloved Audacity, which will be able to read and save in Opus HD 24-bit/96kHz. This is a dream for me.”
I want Opus 1.6 in Audacity specifically to export to 24-bit, 96 kHz Opus. Simple as that!
I meant, why do you need the “Scalable Quality Extension” for the Opus Codec?
Steve,
The goal is to maintain the highest possible quality when converting a 24-bit/96kHz source into a lossy codec. Since Opus 1.6.1 allows me to do this, why not use it?
Currently, I can export 24-bit/96kHz with the lossy codec “Windows Media Audio Pro 10” in Vegas Pro. But WMA is a proprietary format, and it’s very difficult to run it on other operating systems and devices.
That’s why I want Audacity to use “all the power” that the new Opus HD 1.6.1 allows.
When “highest possible quality” matters, you can avoid losses entirely by using a suitable lossless format.
Yes, Steve. I know. But the highest quality “Maximum” in the original Opus 1.5 reduces the audio to 16 bits/48 kHz, and the file becomes larger than the one exported in FLAC 24-bit/96kHz.
So, Opus at the “Maximum” level doesn’t solve my problem at all!
The only thing left for me is: Either I use FLAC 24/96 or I wait for Audacity to use Opus HD 24/96.