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Feature description
Right now there is file Extensions (following codec, not indicating container):
(o) m4a
( ) mp3
( ) ogg (Opus)
Problem:
- container mp4 with extension m4a can contain 2 codecs: AAC (loose) or ALAC (looseless). ALAC is considered better. Which one is used?
- container ogg is very popular and can contain Vorbis, Dirac, Opus and other codecs. How can someone afterwards identify which one is used in this ogg? Specially for this .opus extension has been officially registered (probably in 2018), so the file with opus codec has .opus extension as this is modern and all major operating systems recognize it.
https://wiki.xiph.org/MIME_Types_and_File_Extensions#.opus_-_audio.2Fogg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format)#cite_note-MIME-and-FileExt-1
So the codec is Opus, and the container format is Ogg, but the "official" file extension is .opus. 3 different things.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP4_file_format
Offered change:
( ) m4a (mp4, acc or alac) 128
( ) mp3 128
(o) opus (ogg, opus) 128
Now default choice is m4a. If acc used instead of alac in it, opus could be made as default choice, as it generally performs better than order aac codec.
P.S. Also indicate bitrate (kbps) used for each.
Why do you want this feature?
Make it more clear and standard compliant.
Additional information
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Aga-C commentedon Feb 22, 2024
There are multiple requests. Please split it into separate issues.
David-Else commentedon Feb 26, 2024
In my opinion opus should be the default choice.
https://opus-codec.org/
https://opus-codec.org/release/stable/2023/04/20/libopus-1_4.html
https://developer.android.com/media/platform/supported-formats
Sorry I am not an Android dev, I just know about the amazing high quality of opus.
github-actions commentedon Mar 24, 2024
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HT-7 commentedon Nov 20, 2025
AAC. ALAC (lossless) takes much more space. But I'd support more encoder options. We could already use FLAC as lossless option.
If we implement a lossless option, is there any reason to use ALAC over FLAC?
naveensingh commentedon Nov 20, 2025
I don't see any. On Android, recording FLAC is not supported out of the box, but it should be simpler to add than ALAC.