WMV and Opus explained
WMV is Microsoft's Windows Media video container, tied to Windows Media Player and rarely supported elsewhere.
Opus is the current state of the art for lossy audio, and the codec behind most voice calls you make over the internet. It performs well across an unusually wide range, from 6 kbps speech to transparent music.
- Where WMV files come from
- Old Windows recordings, corporate training videos and PowerPoint exports.
- Where Opus is used
- Voice and video calls, modern podcast pipelines and WebRTC.