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1. I have been longing for Mac version of Foobar for almost 10 years now (I still maintain my audio PC on Windows from 2003 mostly for Foobar2000). Three questions: 1) I am curious on how to use the Foobar add-on components: should they be in the same directory (applications) or be in a separate subdirectory?
2. Foobar2000 is a versatile, minimalist music player that offers an easy -and completely free- way to play music on your Mac. This app is compatible with a wide range of formats and can easily play almost any audio file, including MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND and many more.
3. Download foobar2000 for Mac This application is provided as-is. It is by no means complete, though most of the features implemented are known to work reasonably well.
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Read the step-by-step guide on how to play DSD files (.dsf, .dff, sacd iso) via foobar2000 player software with plugins by audio software developer Yuri Korzunov.

How do I play DSD files [DSF, DFF, SACD ISO] on Foobar2000 - Quickstart

How to play DSF and SACD ISO

To play SACD ISO or DSF (DSD files) in foobar2000 audio player software: /wolf-of-wall-street-movie-free-download-for-mobile.html.

1. Install foobar2000.
2. Download foobar SACD plugin foo_input_sacd - xxxx.zip by link
   Warning: SSF/DSF Decoder plugin doesn't relate to DSD playback.
3. Unpack foo_input_sacd - xxxx.zip to a folder.
4. Launch the playback software and open Preferences (<Ctrl+P> key combination) > Components.
5. Click Install button. In opened Install component window select foo_input_sacd.fb2k-component file (dsf component) from the folder.
6. Click OK button into Preferences window. Restart foobar2000.
7. Open .iso (be sure, that it is SACD ISO) or .dsf file into the player.
8. Push Playback button.

How to play DFF files

To playback DFF files in foobar 2000 program:

1. Download foobar plugin DSDIFF files (.DFF) by link
2. Launch the playback software and open Preferences (<Ctrl+P> key combination) > Components.
3. Click Install button. In opened Install component window select downloaded foo_input_dsdiff.fb2k-component file (DFF decoding component).
4. Click OK button into Preferences window. Restart foobar 2000.
5. Open .dff file into the player.
6. Push Playback button.

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General sound quality matters of an audio playback

In this part, we discuss general audio playback issues without referring to certain software.

Playing DSF, DFF SACD ISO (DSD files) on PCM DAC may be performed 2 ways:

1. directly on an audio player (real-time conversion DSD to PCM), or
2. PCM files, that pre-converted from DSD files offline.

If DSD files are played back at DSD DAC, offline or real-time resampling (at some playback software) may be applied.

When we use way #1, we no need to do something with files.

Way #2 may be preferable, if an offline conversion sound quality is better than a real-time one.
A backup of original audio files are recommended for offline conversion. Because:

• further player and/or offline conversion software may use more advanced DSD to PCM conversion by sound quality or
• a new equipment will be bought (read below).

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Sample rate and bit depth of played back file may be a matter for a player software (except bit-perfect mode) and equipment (including DAC). Read details >

Sound quality may be compared via measurements or via hearing.

See the comparison of these ways (infographics) >

Some SACD ISO files contain 2.0 and 5.1 channel variants of an album. If your audio system is stereo, you have options:

1. extract stereo variant of the album;
2. downmix multichannel variant to stereo.

The first option is preferable because we can suppose, that 'human-mixed' stereo variant is better than an 'auto-mixed' one.

But there is no guarantee, that it is so for any case.

Also, the quality of an automatical downmix depends on implementation.

Downmix may be done inline, during playback.

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Playback issues

Message: 'Unable to open item for playback (Unsupported file format)'

Need to install foo_input_sacd plugin and restart the software.

Supported DSD sample rates

In the version 1.3.16 with the DSD input plugin v. 1.0.10 DSD512 is supported to playback at PCM DAC.

Foobar DSD playback via DSD DAC:

To play DSD on foobar 2000:

1. Download ASIOProxyInstall.
2. Unpack and launch ASIOProxyInstall-xxx.exe
3. Download foobar's ASIO plugin here
4. Launch the foobar playback software and open Preferences (<Ctrl+P> key combination) > Components.
5. Click Install button. In opened Install component window select foo_out_asio.fb2k-component file.
6. Click OK button into Preferences window. Restart foobar2000.
7. Open Preferences (<Ctrl+P> key combination) > Output > ASIO.
8. Into ASIO drivers list double click on foo_dsd_asio driver to configure according to your DSD DAC device.
9. Go to Preferences > Output. Into Device drop-down list select DSD : ASIO : foo_dsd_asio.
10. Push OK button into Preferences window.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is DSF file?

DSF file one of DSD file types. Read details..

What is DFF audio file?

DFF file one of DSD file types. Read details..

What is SACD ISO?

SACD ISO is one of DSD file types. It is image of SACD optical disk.

Read how to rip SACD to SACD ISO..

Does VLC play DSF files?

As the author know, VLC don't play DSF. Read aboutdetails and current state..

How do I play DSF files with foobar2000?

Read quick start guide..

How do you play DFF?

Read:

How do you play a SACD ISO file?

Read:

How do you play SACD on Foobar?

SACD may not be played on ordinary optical disk drive. As the author know, some SONY VAIO computers can to do it with special program. Only SACD ISO image file may be played on Foobar2000.

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How do you play DSD music?

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Additional information

July 08, 2020 updated since November 01, 2018

Overview

Foobar2000 is a freeware audio player for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP. It supports a large number of audio file formats including MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND and more with additional components. With it, you can custimize user-interface, organise metadata, files, and folders. In addition, foobar2000 supports for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the converter component.

If you just switched to Mac from Windows system, you may also want to run Foobar2000 on your Mac to take care of music playing on Mac, but only disappointed to find that there is actually no Foobar2000 for Mac. In fact, you are only one of those who search for Foobar2000 for Mac or at least a Foobar similar for Mac, or Foobar replacement for Mac or Foobar alterntaive for Mac. TechiSky will introduce several Foobar for Mac alternatives and their shortcomings in the following.

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Free Foobar for Mac Sierra/El Capitan/Yosemite/Mavericks Alternatives

• Cog: Cog is a free OS X music player with lots of audio formats supported such as Ogg, Musepack, Monkeys Audio, Shorten, Musepack. Cog cannot convert CD or audio formats. Though the latest version developed in February, 2009, many OS X Lion users reported it works well in OS X Mountain lion. Some people may find Cog crash on Mountain lion.
• Play: Play from Sbooth is an application for playing and managing audio files. It supports playback of FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Musepack, WavPack, Monkey’s Audio, AAC, Apple Lossless, MP3 and various other audio file formats. Sbooth may crash on some Macs running OS X Mountain lion. Play is unable to convert CD or audios. Play processes all audio using 32-bit floating point precision, providing the highest possible playback quality for files sampled at all bit depths.
• Songbird: Songbird is an open sorce audio player for Mac. With it, you can play and manage your music and videos, build playlists, browse, and sort. Then sync your music to your portable music player or phone. Songbird does not support converting audio and CD. It was also reported that it crashes in Mountain Lion. Some people found that Songbird is too slow and too buggy.
• Vox: Vox 0.3 Beta is a FLAC player for Mac OS X which can only play FLAC files.

Commercial Foobar for Mac El Capitan/Yosemite/Mavericks Alternatives

• Decibel: Decibel from Sbooth (costs $33) is an audio player tailored to the particular needs of audiophiles. Decibel supports all popular lossless and lossy audio formats including FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Musepack, WavPack, Monkey’s Audio, Speex, True Audio, Apple Lossless, AAC, MP3, WAVE and AIFF. Decibel processes all audio using 64-bit floating-point precision, providing the highest possible playback quality for files sampled at all bit depths. Play is unable to convert CD or audios.
• Amarra: Amarra by Sonic Studio integrates with iTunes, or can be used stand-alone importing tracks into a playlist with one click from the Finder or iTunes. It supports for sample rates up to 384 kHz. Amarra costs $189 or more and the licence either requires an iLok USB key or the software is locked to a single computer which can’t be transferred.
• BitPerfect: BitPerfect is an Mac OS X app available on Mac App Store at the price of $9.99. BitPerfect is a simple, easy to use, audiophile grade music player that works with iTunes to deliver the highest possible sound quality.
• Amarra: Amarra by Audiophile Engineering has a main window that looks like a piece of high-end hi-fi gear, but far more classy than that of audirvana, it has the ability to play music directly from iTunes playlists without needing to have iTunes running. Also included are a selection of on-the-fly resampling methods, including iZotope and remote control software for the iPhone and iPod Touch available in the App Store. Amarra costs $19.99.
• Pure Music: Pure Music ($7.99 to buy) by Channel D integrates with iTunes, running in a window alongside and can re-sample music on the fly. Pure Music requires iTunes to be running to select tracks, but offers a considerable slew of other options.
• Swinsian: Swinsian ($19.99 to buy) is designed to entirely replace iTunes, including iDevice sync support. It has, among other features Last.fm integration, watch folders, device sync transcoding rules, a duplicate finder and Airplay support.

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TechiSky’s Favor: iTunes is the best free Foobar for Mac (macOS Mojave, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks included)

TechiSky has tried many music players for Mac till he wrote this article and found there is always something missing in the players. Some free audio players crash on Mountain Lion and do not support OS X 10.9 Mavericks or OS X Yosemite 10.10, El Capitan 10.11, macOS 10.12 Sierra or Mojave. The price of commercial audio players for OS X is so high but do not work as expected. So after trying so many OS X audio players, TechiSky found iTunes is still TechiSky’s favor. iTunes may be crap on Windows but is really great on Mac. It’s true iTunes can only play Apple friendly audio formats like MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless ALAC, AIFF, but we can free convert FLAC, APE, CAF, etc to iTunes supported audio. Considering other audio players may mass your music, costs higher than their price lists, unbearable crashes, etc., it’s deserve to convert to use iTunes to manage your music library, especially you have a large music library.

Software to use for convert audio to iTunes supported formats on Mac OS X (Mojave/Sierra/El Capitan/Yosemite/Mavericks/Mountain Lion included)

To convert CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND, APE, CAF, etc to iTunes supported MP3, AAC, M4A, AIFF and Apple Lossless ALAC, you can hire the free OS X audio converter MAX or X Lossless Decoder. You can also use professional audio converter like Xilisoft Audio Converter Pro to convert your audio files to iTunes supported formats. Visit TechiSky’s article dBpoweramp for Mac to learn more about best free and professional audio converter for Mac (Mojave/Sierra/El Capitan/Yosemite/Mavericks/Mountain Lion included).