![]() ![]() Flexible Transfer in Two-Ways: Along with synchronizing to your iPhone or iPad, you can also export music and videos to your iTunes library from any iPhone or iPad. ![]() It runs great on this nearly 7 year old Macbook - but, that's in Windows. I boot out of Sierra on this Macbook and into Windows 10. Only way I've done it is to run it under Windows. Well there are three ways to use Foobar200 on Mac hardware. If you try it out, good luck… and if it works well - please report back!! Sorry I can't provide a step-by-step from experience of my own. Search for What Runs in CrossOver | CodeWeavers »įoobar2000 1.2.9 | What Runs | CodeWeavers » & as of September they make a claim of quality performance for Foobar: But Wngnt90, above, notes use of Foobar on a Mac and might be able to provide better guidance.īe advised… CrossOver is a commercial application of Wine that is supposed to be easier to use, and they offer a free trial:ĬrossOver runs the Windows software you need on Mac and Linux. Never having tried Wine on a Mac, I can't really offer any personal insight into getting Foobar to run. Here, they list Foobar as one of their programs that runs well under Wine: WineHQ - Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS » It allows - to varying degrees of reported success - Mac or Linux users to run Windows programs. It requires installing Wine, which I've never used in Mac but I have tried it in Linux. The method I mentioned in my post, which I assume is what you're interested in, does NOT require a copy of Windows. It's kinda like running two operating systems at same time… Virtual Machines in my usage have really slowed down my computer. Just like the method I use, this means you need a Windows operating system installed, but unlike method I use you install Windows as a "guest" operating system within the MacOS & can launch Foobar while still using your MacOS. It runs great on this nearly 7 year old Macbook - but, that's in Windows.Īnother way would be, while still while running MacOS, to run Foobar inside Windows inside a virtual machine using a program like VirtualBox or Parallels. I've read my favorite player, which I use in Bootcamp - Foobar2000 - runs great under WiNE or CrossOver, but I have not tried.Ĭlick to expand.Well there are three ways to use Foobar200 on Mac hardware. That is a good percentage of the sale price of the program. If Audirvana ever plays OGG again ( I am guessing it used to - there's a buried credit in About Audirvana Plus > Acknowledgements for "OGG (1.3.2) - : Downloads »") I'll try it again, Right now they have a three month free Tidal offer when buying their app. This is just a Macbook going over very-not hi-fi equipment anyway. It was simple and results were indistinguishable to me from playback of the DSD files. I used 32:1 Decimation (to 88.2 khz …this Mac maxes at 96), and for kicks and overkill a second attempt using 16:1 Decimation, each time left the Quantization at 32 bit Floating Point & went right to OGG at quality 10. I rip CDs using XLD with AccurateRip and I also used XLD to convert my so-far-one-and-only DSD album for convenience to OGG for playback through Cog or Swinsian (without the glitch) or though VLC or any other number of players. Nothing fancy, cheap indeed- they just bolster the Marantz which is nice but big on the midrange. ( there's another fork floating around web that has slightly more customizable UI but is buggy) For both, I use Airfoil which allows sending audio to my Airplay device ( and I guess Airplay converts anything higher down to 16 / 44.1) which is a Marantz Consolette while simultaneously playing through the 2.1 speakers I have coming out the headphone jack. Often I use Swinsian (which offers playback for my one (!!!!!) DSD album, but it's glitchy so I don't use it for that) and most often I use this fork of Cog:īecause it's so simple. Audirvana+ seems to sound a bit better than iTunes or others I've tried, but surprisingly it won't play OGG files so I stopped at the free trial. ![]()
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