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... that'll probably be as popular as ogg-vorbis. Compression algorithms simply don't benefit that much from outside scrutiny (like encryption does), so without major corporate backing, (open) standards are very unlikely to succeed.



Well, ogg-opus is available in almost all youtube videos and for podcasts I usually download them in that format and listen to them in my phone.

I understand what you say and it's a shame. Opus/vorbis are just so much better than any alternative...


For corporate backing, see the list of companies at http://aomedia.org/about-us/ . It's immensely impressive, to say the least.




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