> Additionally, we have begun experiments on two upcoming major features:
- neural packet loss concealment: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.05785.pdf
- deep redundancy:
https://www.amazon.science/blog/neural-encoding-enables-more...
These are using generative AI to plug gaps when a real-time audio packet goes missing in a couple of neat ways.
To sum up, Opus didn't win, as in it did not replace all other lossy codecs. But it's not losing either: after all, it's the standard codec supported by all web browsers per WebRTC standard.
An Codec from R&D, adoption to mainstream easily take 10 years. ( Unless you are certain organisation which somehow believe you could do that every 2 -3 years ). During that time Internet Bandwidth has increased anywhere from 10-100x, as long as we continue to invest into 5G and Ethernet. We will soon all be streaming lossless or 320kbps Musepack v8 music.
