Version 1.6 of libopus as the library for the open-source Opus audio codec is now available. Opus 1.6 brings new machine learning “ML” based features in building atop the machine learning features initially added to Opus 1.5.

Opus 1.6 changes include:

  • A new wideband-to-fullband bandwidth extension (BWE) module
  • Support for 96 kHz audio with Opus HD
  • Significant improvement to Deep Redundancy (DRED)
  • A new 24-bit encoder/decoder API
  • Fixed-point improvements