opusenc is quite decent, and not patent encumbered unlike AAC encoders.

lozf · on Sept 5, 2016

Yes, Opus is fantastic -- been following it's development since the start due to Telecoms background.

For those of us that care and have software that plays it, it's great but AAC is still the next best thing for compatibility on a wide range of devices (whilst still beating MP3 for sound quality and file size) which makes ad-hoc sharing with non-techies possible.

Hopefully that will continue to improve as it grows in popularity.

shmerl · on Sept 5, 2016

For sharing, it's better to use FLAC originals anyway. For playback - Opus is supported by Rockobx, which is useful on Sansa players if you need something very portable (that's what I use sometimes), and is supported on Android too. On desktop systems it's not an issue. Any decent cross platform player can play Opus.