Ability to play the open source WebRTC preferred audio codec - Opus in MSE and <video> tags on the for the webM and matroska containers. Please note that we have had Opus support in chromium since M25. This change enables Opus playback on MSE and <video> tags.
Specification
Final published standard: Recommendation, Living Standard, Candidate Recommendation, or similar final form
Status in Chromium
Enabled by default
(tracking bug)
Consensus & Standardization
After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.
- Shipped/Shipping
- No signal
- Positive
Owners
Last updated on 2021-05-05
Comments
Opus is a standards supportive, open source codec. It is the MTI codec for WebRTC and has been in chromium since M25. This change enables us to use Opus in MSE and <video> tags for WebM and Matroska containers. The standards body for Matroska has also approved and the spec is attached.