Apple added OPUS and FLAC support to AudioToolbox a while ago (iOS 17), but for some reason AVPlayer does not support it.
While I appreciate it, it feels very half ass. It’s like they want to use it internally (iMessage Audio Messages are using OPUS), but they don't want to incentivize a larger adoption of it.
So if you want to use OPUS to play audio, you need to build the whole HTTP Streaming mechanic on your own.
#apple #iosdev #opus #audio #flac #xiph
@obrhoff wow had no idea they were using Opus themselves. I see it's been a while too. https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/13/ios-12-2-improved-audio-message-quality/
@wezm That is why it’s a disappointment. The Decoder/Encoder is part of iOS/macOS, but everything else is not.
So if you want to use it, you need to implement all the HTTP logic, decode the frames, and feed it into the Audio Player Engine, which is frankly most of the work.
While they could have made it accessible for all developers.
