diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b27203367b..3d37edc67d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6714,15 +6714,15 @@ checksum = "1e81da0851ada1f3e9d4312c704aa4f8806f0f9d69faaf8df2f3464b4a9437c2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17033fe05e4f7f10a6ad602c272bafd2520b2e5cdd9feb61494d9cdce08e002f"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "symphonia-bundle-flac",
  "symphonia-bundle-mp3",
  "symphonia-codec-aac",
  "symphonia-codec-alac",
+ "symphonia-codec-opus",
  "symphonia-codec-pcm",
  "symphonia-codec-vorbis",
  "symphonia-core",
@@ -6735,9 +6735,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-bundle-flac"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "044f655337892b217d6df1d8336ee119414c3886c89c72e0156989cd2ad7934a"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "symphonia-core",
@@ -6747,9 +6746,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-bundle-mp3"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db5d3d53535ae2b7d0e39e82f683cac5398a6c8baca25ff1183e107d13959d3e"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -6760,9 +6758,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-codec-aac"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e9431b89428c31b01428563df18e52b1aff7c49e71fb80b2fa8e85632094776"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
@@ -6771,9 +6768,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-codec-alac"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "452438d6f32bf07f2f55f35371c3c8e9cce4a028a08b47fb301001f85a950f02"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "symphonia-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "symphonia-codec-opus"
+version = "0.0.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "symphonia-core",
@@ -6781,9 +6786,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-codec-pcm"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17cca412c954abda6ab62b5e51223568eb604ed8266ec777d99e1d63c608443c"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "symphonia-core",
@@ -6791,9 +6795,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-codec-vorbis"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "323b94435a1a807e1001e29490aeaef2660fb72b145d47497e8429a6cb1d67c3"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "symphonia-core",
@@ -6802,9 +6805,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-core"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "199a6417cd4115bac79289b64b859358ea050b7add0ceb364dc991f628c5b347"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec 0.7.2",
  "bitflags",
@@ -6815,9 +6817,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-format-isomp4"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1dce84cea63247dfcc43e12edf2d19406fbb62ebc24bac1b8e6c49f1ba67b890"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
  "log",
@@ -6828,9 +6829,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-format-mkv"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f405400330b2cc0c70e19515198628ae9a6a99a59c77800541127d4cff113b96"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
@@ -6841,9 +6841,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-format-ogg"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8d2f741469a0f103607ed1f2605f7f00b13ba044ea9ddc616764558c6d3d9b7d"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "symphonia-core",
@@ -6853,9 +6852,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-format-wav"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f9d771aa6889f05b771e629110f6a60b5e1c0ad580fc41da574bc490fbe2822"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "symphonia-core",
@@ -6864,9 +6862,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-metadata"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ed71acf6b5e6e8bee1509597b86365a06b78c1d73218df47357620a6fe5997b"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -6876,9 +6873,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-utils-xiph"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73cbb0766ce77a8aef535f9438db645e7b6f1b2c4cf3be9bf246b4e11a7d5531"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git?rev=e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90#e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90"
 dependencies = [
  "symphonia-core",
  "symphonia-metadata",
diff --git a/crates/lib/files/media/Cargo.toml b/crates/lib/files/media/Cargo.toml
index f6992d239b..bfca0c2b6c 100644
--- a/crates/lib/files/media/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lib/files/media/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ errors = { path = "../../errors" }
 log = "0.4.14"
 
 # Powerful audio decoder and demuxer
-symphonia = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["aac", "alac", "flac", "isomp4", "mkv", "mp3", "ogg", "vorbis", "wav"] }
+#symphonia = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["aac", "alac", "flac", "isomp4", "mkv", "mp3", "ogg", "vorbis", "wav"] }
+# Opus support still hasn't landed in Symphonia, so we have to use an older version (~0.5) off-master.
+# Opus is the browser's default (only) recording codec: https://blog.addpipe.com/audio-constraints-getusermedia/
+symphonia = { git = "https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git", rev = "e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90", features = ["aac", "alac", "flac", "isomp4", "mkv", "mp3", "ogg", "opus", "vorbis", "wav"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # None yet
diff --git a/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/Cargo.toml b/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/Cargo.toml
index 1972157a49..5bfbec6a02 100644
--- a/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ log = "0.4.14"
 once_cell = "1.9.0"
 rand = "0.8.3"
 regex = "1.5.4"
-symphonia = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["aac", "alac", "flac", "isomp4", "mkv", "mp3", "ogg", "vorbis", "wav"] }
+#symphonia = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["aac", "alac", "flac", "isomp4", "mkv", "mp3", "ogg", "opus", "vorbis", "wav"] }
+# Opus support still hasn't landed in Symphonia, so we have to use an older version (~0.5) off-master.
+# Opus is the browser's default (only) recording codec: https://blog.addpipe.com/audio-constraints-getusermedia/
+symphonia = { git = "https://github.com/pdeljanov/Symphonia.git", rev = "e1a70095c4409478c1ded499fb8dd4afa540fb90", features = ["aac", "alac", "flac", "isomp4", "mkv", "mp3", "ogg", "opus", "vorbis", "wav"] }
 time = "0.2.26"
 uuid = { version = "0.8.2", features = ["v4"] }