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opusenc — Convert WAV or FLAC audio to Opus. More information: <https://opus-codec.org/docs/opus-tools/opusenc

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Problem

How to use the opusenc command: Convert WAV or FLAC audio to Opus. More information: <https://opus-codec.org/docs/opus-tools/opusenc.html>.

Solution

opusenc — Convert WAV or FLAC audio to Opus. More information: <https://opus-codec.org/docs/opus-tools/opusenc.html>.

Convert WAV to Opus using default options:

opusenc {{path/to/input.wav}} {{path/to/output.opus}}

Convert stereo audio at the highest quality level:

opusenc --bitrate {{512}} {{path/to/input.wav}} {{path/to/output.opus}}

Convert 5.1 surround sound audio at the highest quality level:

opusenc --bitrate {{1536}} {{path/to/input.flac}} {{path/to/output.opus}}

Convert speech audio at the lowest quality level:

opusenc {{path/to/input.wav}} --downmix-mono --bitrate {{6}} {{path/to/out.opus}}

Code Snippets

Convert WAV to Opus using default options

opusenc {{path/to/input.wav}} {{path/to/output.opus}}

Convert stereo audio at the highest quality level

opusenc --bitrate {{512}} {{path/to/input.wav}} {{path/to/output.opus}}

Convert 5.1 surround sound audio at the highest quality level

opusenc --bitrate {{1536}} {{path/to/input.flac}} {{path/to/output.opus}}

Convert speech audio at the lowest quality level

opusenc {{path/to/input.wav}} --downmix-mono --bitrate {{6}} {{path/to/out.opus}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/opusenc

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