Source note · Codec selection and bandwidth planning
The Opus RTP timestamp always runs on a 48000 Hz clock, whatever the Opus mode or the audio's actual sampling rate.
Checked 2026-09-24
The RTP timestamp is incremented with a 48000 Hz clock rate for all modes of Opus and all sampling rates.
- Vendor
- IETF
- Product
- Opus RTP payload
- Subsystem
- payload format
- 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 4.1 (RTP Header Usage)
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-rtp-clock-48000. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-rtp-clock-48000
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-rtp-clock-48000,
title = {Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-rtp-clock-48000},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-rtp-clock-48000},
note = {Source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-rtp-clock-48000, checked 2026-09-24}
}