[precisionmike]

So I am assuming that I will have to use an external program to convert from FLAC to ALAC for the FLAC files I have so far.  Any recommendations?

 

[nmatheis]

That was uncalled for! I tend to think he was simply saying that Foobar was easier than some think it is!
Which is accurate!

Please turn on your sarcasm detector, good sir :wink_face:

 

[Kerouac]

 

That was uncalled for! I tend to think he was simply saying that Foobar was easier than some think it is!
Which is accurate!

Please turn on your sarcasm detector, good sir

Well, for this bloke it only took a week and as far as I've understood “he's from Barcelona and it was easier to train a monkey''

How's that for sarcasm?

 

[Brooko]

That was uncalled for! I tend to think he was simply saying that Foobar was easier than some think it is!
Which is accurate!

Actually he stated that in an hour you could fully understand everything that Foobar does (which is BS IMO). I've been using it for 4-5 years now. It is extremely powerful, and I'm still learning what it's capable of. Just take a look at some of the programming that goes into the themes etc. I think Skerry might have just been slightly exaggerating claiming that he can understand everything in an hour

Of course it could just be me being thick as two planks

 

[514077]

Actually he stated that in an hour you could fully understand everything that Foobar does (which is BS IMO). I've been using it for 4-5 years now. It is extremely powerful, and I'm still learning what it's capable of. Just take a look at some of the programming that goes into the themes etc. I think Skerry might have just been slightly exaggerating claiming that he can understand everything in an hour

Of course it could just be me being thick as two planks

I've used FB2K since the early 2000s.  Z X C and V were easy control keys for play, pause etc.  The arrow keys were convenient timejump controls.  We lost them in later versions for tagging or something, but I don't use any other player.  My only dificulty with it is that I can't yet get the bloody DSD files to work.  Makes me feel planklike.

 

[514077]

  So I am assuming that I will have to use an external program to convert from FLAC to ALAC for the FLAC files I have so far.  Any recommendations?

I bought DBPowerAmp which converts to and from several formats.  There's even a plug-in for converting DSDs to ALAC or whichever format supported.

 

[precisionmike]

  So I am assuming that I will have to use an external program to convert from FLAC to ALAC for the FLAC files I have so far.  Any recommendations?

I found dbpoweramp to convert my FLAC to ALAC.  If there is an easier way, please advise.  I am a computer idiot. 
 
Just tested, and it works like a charm.

 

[nmatheis]

Actually he stated that in an hour you could fully understand everything that Foobar does (which is BS IMO). I've been using it for 4-5 years now. It is extremely powerful, and I'm still learning what it's capable of. Just take a look at some of the programming that goes into the themes etc. I think Skerry might have just been slightly exaggerating claiming that he can understand everything in an hour

Of course it could just be me being thick as two planks

Ok, maybe I wasn't being completely sarcastic. To be completely honest, I don't find some people's way of "helping" very helpful.

 

[CH23]

Ok, maybe I wasn't being completely sarcastic. To be completely honest, I don't find some people's way of "helping" very helpful.

It's funny because you were even less helpful with the original comment

 

[olddude]

He's (nmatheis) been WAY helpful to me.
 
I thought we discussed adding a sarcasm emoticon here.  Guess the mod hasn't gotten around to it yet.  
 
How's this one?
 

 

[uzi2]

Actually he stated that in an hour you could fully understand everything that Foobar does (which is BS IMO). I've been using it for 4-5 years now. It is extremely powerful, and I'm still learning what it's capable of. Just take a look at some of the programming that goes into the themes etc. I think Skerry might have just been slightly exaggerating claiming that he can understand everything in an hour

Of course it could just be me being thick as two planks

I've used FB2K since the early 2000s.  Z X C and V were easy control keys for play, pause etc.  The arrow keys were convenient timejump controls.  We lost them in later versions for tagging or something, but I don't use any other player.  My only dificulty with it is that I can't yet get the bloody DSD files to work.  Makes me feel planklike.

Foobar 2000 is an extremely powerful program, so it is not surprising it has a steep learning curve, but one that is really worthwhile getting to grips with.
If you need help with DSDs, be it playing through X5 or Hugo as as USB DAC or copying to X5 embedded as FLAC for playing as native DSD through the Hugo feel free to pm me as all but the first will be off topic here.

 

[Kerouac]

Originally Posted by olddude /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
I thought we discussed adding a sarcasm emoticon here.
 

 

 

[CH23]

He's (nmatheis) been WAY helpful to me.

I thought we discussed adding a sarcasm emoticon here.  Guess the mod hasn't gotten around to it yet.  

How's this one?

I believe officially it's " ؟ "

It's funny because you were even less helpful with the original comment ؟

 

[mandrake50]

 
I've used FB2K since the early 2000s.  Z X C and V were easy control keys for play, pause etc.  The arrow keys were convenient timejump controls.  We lost them in later versions for tagging or something, but I don't use any other player.  My only dificulty with it is that I can't yet get the bloody DSD files to work.  Makes me feel planklike.

http://www.psaudio.com/ps_how/how-to-play-dsd-files-on-foobar/
With additional links.
Another One
 
One More
 
I have it working, so it can be done.

 

[nmatheis]

Aiieee!!!

You want helpful? Well, I don't use Foobar2k since I switched to a Mac. Back in the day when I owned a Windows PC (shudder, shudder - no sarcasm there :wink_face I tried it and found it to be a complex piece of software. Now that's not saying it's complex for everyone, but I help a lot of family members with with tech support so I figure if it's complex for me it's probably complex for your average Joe. So for someone to speak up and say something that can be construed as "well, it's easy enough for me" without taking the time to actually be helpful makes me think that person is a blowhard. If that makes me a jerk, so be it. I'm a big boy and can take the heat. I think there are plenty of genuinely helpful people on this thread - and then there are some who just blow smoke.