Source note · Codec selection and bandwidth planning
RFC 7587 recommends Opus bitrates, at 20 ms frames, of 8-12 kbit/s for narrowband speech, 16-20 kbit/s for wideband speech and 28-40 kbit/s for fullband speech.
Checked 2026-09-24
- Vendor
- IETF
- Product
- Opus RTP payload
- Subsystem
- bitrate guidance
- Deployment
- any
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- RFC 7587 (June 2015)
- Checked
- 2026-09-24
Sources
- RFC 7587: RTP Payload Format for the Opus Speech and Audio Codec — IETF / RFC Editor · tier 1 standards and regulators · Section 3.1.1 (Recommended Bitrate), bitrate table
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-recommended-speech-rates. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-recommended-speech-rates
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-recommended-speech-rates,
title = {Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-recommended-speech-rates},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-recommended-speech-rates},
note = {Source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-recommended-speech-rates, checked 2026-09-24}
}