Opus encodes frames of 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40 or 60 ms and can combine frames into packets of up to 120 ms.

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
IETF
Product
Opus
Subsystem
codec
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 6716 (September 2012)
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-frame-sizes. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-frame-sizes

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-frame-sizes,
  title  = {Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-frame-sizes},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-frame-sizes},
  note   = {Source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-frame-sizes, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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