LanguageOPUS
Opus audio data
File type: Audio and sound file
Files with opus extension can be usually find as audio files in Opus audio file format from various Internet by VoIP services, streaming services, web frameworks etc.
What is opus file?
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
File extension opus is most likely best known for its use for OPUS audio format.
Opus is lossy audio compression file format encoded by IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) audio codec and stored in OGG container. It is used by real-time interactive applications on the Internet (VoIP, Streaming, web frameworks).
MIME types:
audio/opus
audio/ogg
How to open opus file?
Your best option to playback *.opus files would be to use the free VLC player that has great format support.
How to convert opus file?
OPUS audio can be converted to a wide range of other audio formats.
Suggested software to open opus file:
Associated software actions with the opus file
Apps designed for playing opus files:
Media Player (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
AIMP (Microsoft Windows)
Foobar2000 (Microsoft Windows)
Winamp (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that convert opus files:
TAudioConverter Audio Converter (Microsoft Windows)