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Latest Version of pkshan's Foobar HE Project

post #1 of 34
8/7/11 at 5:12pm
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pkshan doesn't seem to be posting on this forum anymore, but for those who are interested in his Foobar HE project, the latest 3.7 version is available on his blog:

 

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_72b3301c0100rvot.html

 

I've downloaded and installed it, seems to work fine.

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post #2 of 34
8/8/11 at 7:33pm
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For those who are interested, pkshan's put up the 3.8 version of his Foobar2000 HE project:

 

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_72b3301c0100rvot.html

 

I've downloaded and installed it, seems to work fine.

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post #3 of 34
8/10/11 at 2:25pm

Q: Why does not support flac / ape
A: trouble, but not as good as wav sound

 

oh, bummer devil_face.gif

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post #4 of 34
8/11/11 at 2:23am


 

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Originally Posted by leeperry View Post

Q: Why does not support flac / ape
A: trouble, but not as good as wav sound

 

oh, bummer devil_face.gif



It's like the guy is purposefully trying to damage his own credibility.

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post #5 of 34
8/29/11 at 3:36pm
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For those who are interested, pkshan has put up the 3.9 version of his Foobar HE project:

 

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_72b3301c0100rvot.html

 

I've downloaded and installed it, seems to run fine. And sounds very good.

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post #6 of 34
8/29/11 at 4:00pm

still no FLAC support I presume? and no way to use VST plugins either?

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post #7 of 34
8/29/11 at 4:05pm
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Nope and nope. One aspect of pkshan's modus operandi seems to be to strip out all sorts of things from the basic foobar.

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post #8 of 34
8/29/11 at 4:10pm

Well, I fully agree that all players don't sound identical...but he claims that FLAC doesn't sound as good as WAV...I'd say that it'd require a truckload of measurements to back up this kind of placebo ridden impression.

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post #9 of 34
8/29/11 at 4:47pm
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Well, given pkshan's limited English abilities (though his English is certainly better than my Chinese), it's a little hard to tell what his exact position is re FLAC vs. WAV. I *think* what he's saying is that with *his* foobar HE player, FLAC doesn't sound as good as WAV files. Maybe that's an eccentricity with his player that doesn't affect other players. Personally, I wish he'd put up a FLAC version of his so that people could compare it with the WAV version and decide for themselves. I rather suspect that for most people, the difference if any would be so slight as to be unnoticeable.

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post #10 of 34
8/29/11 at 8:07pm

Going to hawk it again google Stealth Audio player, its updated, supports playlist files.  Memory player.

 

You can listen to any file that you have a convert for(like SoX for MP3, flac.exe for FLAC.... latest version comes with a codec folder which supports most common file formats, FLAC, WAV< even APE without you having to work.

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post #11 of 34
9/2/11 at 7:26pm
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For those who are interested, pkshan's put up the 4.0 version of his Foobar2000 HE project:

 

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_72b3301c0100rvot.html

 

Still bare bones, no FLAC or VST support, user-hostile interface, etc., etc...

 

And yet, and yet, I think the guy might be on to something with his stripped-down methodology. Maybe it's a zen thing, but I find myself listening with great enjoyment, over long periods of time, to his crazy little player. YMMV, and with the high PITA factor involved, I can certainly understand why someone might not want to bother with it. But I like it enough to put up with the negatives.

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post #12 of 34
9/4/11 at 4:33am
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Originally Posted by leeperry View Post

Q: Why does not support flac / ape
A: trouble, but not as good as wav sound

 

oh, bummer devil_face.gif


lolololo...


well, really - that:

>Well, I fully agree that all players don't sound identical...but he claims that FLAC doesn't sound as good as WAV...I'd say that it'd require a truckload of measurements to back up this kind of placebo ridden impression.
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post #13 of 34
9/4/11 at 8:03am

Last version plays FLAC, WAV and MP3 too, using flac now, definitely a different sound, not sure if better, need to listen more.

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post #14 of 34
9/4/11 at 12:12pm
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Originally Posted by DarKu View Post

Last version plays FLAC, WAV and MP3 too, using flac now, definitely a different sound, not sure if better, need to listen more.



Which SSE version are you using? Because FLAC is definitely not supported in the SSE3 version that I'm using.

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post #15 of 34
9/5/11 at 11:46am
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For those who are interested, pkshan's put up the 5.0 version of his Foobar2000 HE project:

 

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_72b3301c0100rvot.html

 

I'm puzzled by reports from others that they've been able to get FLAC files running on this player: 1) I haven't been able to do it yet, and 2) pkshan doesn't indicate that his player supports FLAC. This from the "readme" text file that comes with the player:
 
Supported formats:
foobar2000 HE wav     = wav
foobar2000 HE cue wav = cue/wav
foobar2000 HE cd      = cdda
foobar2000 HE mp3     = mp3
 
Not seeing FLAC in that list. Is there a workaround that I don't know about?
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