Compresses WAV into an Ogg file using Opus. Worth choosing over MP3 when the target is a game engine, a web page or a Linux application — Opus is both smaller and better at the same bitrate.
Opus rather than Vorbis
The only reason to prefer Vorbis today is a piece of software that predates Opus and never added support — some older game engines are in that position. If you need Vorbis specifically, a desktop encoder is the route.
Where Opus is the right choice
Bitrates that actually make sense for Opus
Other names for this
Also searched as “wav to opus”, “convert wav to ogg”.
Questions
- Vorbis or Opus?
- Opus, which this produces. It beats Vorbis at every bitrate. Only very old game engines still need Vorbis specifically.
- Is it better than MP3?
- Yes, at equal bitrate, by a comfortable margin. It is also far less widely supported by hardware.
- Is my file uploaded?
- No. The demuxing, decoding and encoding all happen in this tab using the browser’s own media stack plus a WebAssembly encoder. A recording can be an interview, a lecture, a private call — none of it is transmitted. Turn your Wi-Fi off after the page loads and it still works.
- How large a file can I convert?
- There is no imposed limit, only your device’s memory — around 2 GB in a desktop browser and 400 MB on a phone, since the file is held in memory while it converts. A two-hour video converts in well under a minute on a laptop.