Source note · Codec selection and bandwidth planning
In SDP, Opus is signalled with the encoding name 'opus/48000/2' (48000 clock rate, 2 channels), even for mono streams.
Checked 2026-09-24
- Vendor
- IETF
- Product
- Opus RTP payload
- Subsystem
- SDP
- 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 7 (SDP Considerations)
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-sdp-encoding-name. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-sdp-encoding-name
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-sdp-encoding-name,
title = {Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-sdp-encoding-name},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-sdp-encoding-name},
note = {Source note bandwidth-codec-planning-opus-sdp-encoding-name, checked 2026-09-24}
}