Opus can encode frames of 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40 or 60 ms and scales from about 6 kbit/s narrowband speech up to 510 kbit/s.

Checked 2026-09-25

Opus can encode frames of 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40, or 60 ms.
Vendor
IETF
Product
Opus codec
Subsystem
framing
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 6716
Checked
2026-09-25

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Choppy and robotic audio on calls: source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-opus-frame-sizes. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/choppy-audio-troubleshooting-opus-frame-sizes

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-choppy-audio-troubleshooting-opus-frame-sizes,
  title  = {Choppy and robotic audio on calls: source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-opus-frame-sizes},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/choppy-audio-troubleshooting-opus-frame-sizes},
  note   = {Source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-opus-frame-sizes, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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