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What does Ogg Opus (RFC 7845) preserve about sample rate, start offset, loudness and channel order compared with WAV or FLAC?

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In Ogg Opus (RFC 7845) the stored input sample rate is informational only (decode at 48 kHz), playback position subtracts pre-skip, the header carries an output gain, mapping family 1 uses Vorbis channel order that differs from WAVE and FLAC (permute channels), and loudness normalisation uses R128_TRACK_GAIN/R128_ALBUM_GAIN tags rather than REPLAYGAIN tags.

In Ogg Opus (RFC 7845) the stored input sample rate is informational only (decode at 48 kHz), playback position subtracts pre-skip, the header carries an output gain, mapping family 1 uses Vorbis channel order that differs from WAVE and FLAC (permute channels), and loudness normalisation uses R128_TRACK_GAIN/R128_ALBUM_GAIN tags rather than REPLAYGAIN tags. Curator qualifications: Zero-fetch review 2026-10-22 against held readbacks; no audio measured. Limitations: Zero-fetch review 2026-10-22 against held readbacks; no audio measured. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7845.txt",
      "note": "RFC 7845 sections 4.2, 5.1, 5.1.1.2-3, 5.2, 5.2.1"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] In Ogg Opus (RFC 7845) the stored input sample rate is informational only (decode at 48 kHz), playback position subtracts pre-skip, the header carries an output gain, mapping family 1 uses Vorbis channel order that differs from WAVE and FLAC (permute channels), and loudness normalisation uses R128_TRACK_GAIN/R128_ALBUM_GAIN tags rather than REPLAYGAIN tags. · locator: RFC 7845 sections 4.2, 5.1, 5.1.1.2-3, 5.2, 5.2.1 source

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