New Skype to bring CD Quality Audio

**andrewzarian** · 09-16-2012, 05:57 AM

For those who use Skype this is a very big change to its service. The new Opus Codec will bring much higher quality audio and correct many of the packet and latency issues.

Some of the features Skype hopes to improve with the new codec are:

Opus will improve audio experiences across the spectrum from narrowband mono to fullband stereo for both voice and music.

Opus is higher-quality than a broad collection of existing codecs for both voice and music. If you don't believe us, take a look at the test results.

We believe that mobile data network operators will love it because it is more efficient, using up fewer megabytes. The innovation in Opus fuses SILK for voice with Xiph.Org's CELT codec for music There's even a hybrid mode using both codecs at the same time.

Opus is versatile, efficient and smart, working across an unprecedented range of bitrates, sampling rates and frame sizes. It is efficient for speech yet still great for music.

http://www.ibroadcastnetwork.org/new...via-opus-codec