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Foobar2000:Components 0.9/FFmpeg Decoder Wrapper (foo input ffmpeg)

2022-03-11T17:31:10Z

5.8.39.141: Corrected ffmpeg binaries links again

{{fb2k}}
=Description=

The FFmpeg Decoder Wrapper allows you to play any FFmpeg-supported audio format through foobar2000. You need standalone FFmpeg binaries (ffmpeg.exe, ffprobe.exe) on your system in order to use it.

=Getting FFmpeg binaries=

Compatible FFmpeg binaries for Windows can be obtained from:

https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases (64-bit builds)

https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds (64-bit builds)

https://github.com/sudo-nautilus/FFmpeg-Builds-Win32/releases (32-bit builds)

No specific requirement about 64bit/32bit/static/shared builds, either should work as long as it runs on your computer.

After downloading and extracting FFmpeg package, use the bottom editbox of the preferences page to specify the folder containing your FFmpeg binaries - ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe are required. If your FFmpeg binaries are present in %PATH%, there's no need to do so.

=Configuration=
Before using, you must configure the component for use with specific file formats, as well as point the component at the location of FFmpeg binaries on your system.

The format list comes pre-populated with most common format configurations; however all of them are unchecked by default.

===Format name===
The name you wish to refer to the format by - shown in open file dialog etc.

===File type mask===
A wildcard-pattern that defines what files should be fed to this decoder.

Example: *.TAK for TAK files.

Multiple patterns may be specified per one decoder, delimited by semicolon.

This is intentionally kept separate from "format name" to allow alternate extensions and prefix extensions.

You can also specify protocols, e.g. rtmp://* - or combine file types and protocols, e.g. http://*.m3u8

===Additional arguments===
Additional command-line arguments for ffmpeg. The extra arguments are injected before -i %s. To inject arguments after -i %s, include -i %s in arguments, -i %s will not be inserted again.[https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,114855.msg946957.html#msg946957]

===Show codec names from FFmpeg===
By default, the format name specified above is shown in "codec" info.

Check this to take "codec" info from FFmpeg. Note that since FFmpeg reports short codec names in lowercase, the codec name will be uppercased to match foobar2000 conventions.
===Support chapters===
Controls whether chapters reported by FFprobe should be presented as separate playlist entries.

This is checked by default. Uncheck to suppress chapter support.

===Write tag types===
Tag types to write to when the user attempts to edit tags on the file.

'''USE WITH CAUTION''' - this feature may damage your files if used incorrectly; enable only after checking file format specifications for the file format you're dealing with!

You do not need to enable this to read tags from your files, the component will attempt to read popular tag types (ID3v1/v2, APEv2) from your files regardless of this setting.

=Links=
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_input_ffmpeg Official Website]
* [http://ffmpeg.org FFmpeg Website]

Foobar2000:Components 0.9/FFmpeg Decoder Wrapper (foo input ffmpeg)

2022-03-11T17:29:29Z

5.8.39.141: Edited links for ffmpeg binaries, as Zeranoe site is dead

{{fb2k}}
=Description=

The FFmpeg Decoder Wrapper allows you to play any FFmpeg-supported audio format through foobar2000. You need standalone FFmpeg binaries (ffmpeg.exe, ffprobe.exe) on your system in order to use it.

=Getting FFmpeg binaries=

Compatible FFmpeg binaries for Windows can be obtained from:

https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases (64-bit builds)
https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds (64-bit builds)
https://github.com/sudo-nautilus/FFmpeg-Builds-Win32/releases (32-bit builds)

No specific requirement about 64bit/32bit/static/shared builds, either should work as long as it runs on your computer.

After downloading and extracting FFmpeg package, use the bottom editbox of the preferences page to specify the folder containing your FFmpeg binaries - ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe are required. If your FFmpeg binaries are present in %PATH%, there's no need to do so.

=Configuration=
Before using, you must configure the component for use with specific file formats, as well as point the component at the location of FFmpeg binaries on your system.

The format list comes pre-populated with most common format configurations; however all of them are unchecked by default.

===Format name===
The name you wish to refer to the format by - shown in open file dialog etc.

===File type mask===
A wildcard-pattern that defines what files should be fed to this decoder.

Example: *.TAK for TAK files.

Multiple patterns may be specified per one decoder, delimited by semicolon.

This is intentionally kept separate from "format name" to allow alternate extensions and prefix extensions.

You can also specify protocols, e.g. rtmp://* - or combine file types and protocols, e.g. http://*.m3u8

===Additional arguments===
Additional command-line arguments for ffmpeg. The extra arguments are injected before -i %s. To inject arguments after -i %s, include -i %s in arguments, -i %s will not be inserted again.[https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,114855.msg946957.html#msg946957]

===Show codec names from FFmpeg===
By default, the format name specified above is shown in "codec" info.

Check this to take "codec" info from FFmpeg. Note that since FFmpeg reports short codec names in lowercase, the codec name will be uppercased to match foobar2000 conventions.
===Support chapters===
Controls whether chapters reported by FFprobe should be presented as separate playlist entries.

This is checked by default. Uncheck to suppress chapter support.

===Write tag types===
Tag types to write to when the user attempts to edit tags on the file.

'''USE WITH CAUTION''' - this feature may damage your files if used incorrectly; enable only after checking file format specifications for the file format you're dealing with!

You do not need to enable this to read tags from your files, the component will attempt to read popular tag types (ID3v1/v2, APEv2) from your files regardless of this setting.

=Links=
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_input_ffmpeg Official Website]
* [http://ffmpeg.org FFmpeg Website]

FLAC decoder testbench

2021-08-29T12:40:33Z

5.8.39.141: again corrected typos for iAudio 7

To further the use and development of [[Free Lossless Audio Codec|FLAC]], a testbench containing files with different parameters was constructed. The testbench consists of 46 files, each one having a different combination of characteristics (like samplerate, bitdepth and number of channels) and FLAC features (like blocksize, maximum partition order, maximum predictor order, maximum predictor precision etc.) However, all combinations fall within the so called subset: a limited set of FLAC parameters that fit in the frame header and are supposed to be 'streamable'. Please be aware that certain tested features (such as blocksize 16 or a samplerate of 38457Hz) are pretty much useless in day-to-day usage, and that failure to properly decode such a file is mostly of interest to developers than to users.

For more information on which file tests what characteristics and features, please refer to the readme.txt file that is included in the testbench. All files are licensed under a Creative Commons license, but please refer to the readme.txt file to see which file is licensed under which Creative Commons license and for 'attribution' as to who is the original author.

The testbench can be [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uCuKU9t5sacYN-FK5lIlujrB6U1JUzjY downloaded here]

{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="2"
!
! colspan="5" | CDDA (44.1kHz/16-bit and less)
! colspan="5" | High-res (96kHz/24-bit and more)
! colspan="2" | Multichannel
!
|-
!'''Decoder'''
! Blocksize
! Features
! Samplerates
! Bitdepths
! Variable blocksize
! General
! Blocksize
! Features
! Samplerates
! Bitdepths
! Channel lay-outs
! Features
! Remarks
|-
! Files in test set
| 1-10
| 11-18
| 19-21
| 22-23
| 24-27
| 28
| 29-30
| 31-32, 34
| 33-36
| 37
| 38-43
| 44-46
|-
! JVC KD-R871BT
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| -
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| -
| style="background: orange;" colspan="2" | NOK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Heavy stutter with blocksize 16. Stretches non-standard samplerates. Samplerates above 96kHz, variable blocksize files and multichannel files 'not supported'. Freezes on blocksize 16384
|-
! Onkyo TX-NR686
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: orange;" colspan="2" | NOK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Heavy stutter with blocksize 16. Does not play non-standard samplerates. Does not play current format variable blocksize files but does play 'pre-2007 format' variable blocksize files. Does not play 4.0, 5.1 and 7.1 files but does play 5.0 and 6.1 as stereo and 3.0 as 3.1.
|-
! Panasonic TX-60CX750E
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Based on libFLAC 1.2.1. Stretches non-standard samplerates. Does not output more than 2 channels over HDMI
|-
! Pioneer BDP-150
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" colspan="2" | Freezes
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Stretches non-standard samplerates to 44.1kHz. Freezes on any non-standard blocksize, on variable blocksize streams and files more than 6 channels. Incorrect decoding (short noisy bursts) of RICE2 partitions with escape codes. Incorrect decoding (garbled audio) of LPC with qlp precision of 2. Stutters on 192kHz with 32th order predictors
|-
! Rockbox
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;"| Limited
| style="background: yellow;"| Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" colspan="2" | Freezes
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | 6.1 and higher multichannel files freeze the player.
|-
! Cowon iAudio 7
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Freezes on blocksizes 254, 725; skips file with blocksize 1937. 38457Hz and 41kHz are speeded up; 22050 plays OK. All files with bitdepth other than 16 are skipped. Files with variable block size are skipped. 3.0 plays as silence, others 16/44 MCH files make freeze.

FLAC decoder testbench

2021-08-29T12:34:50Z

5.8.39.141: Again edited iAudio 7

FLAC decoder testbench

2021-08-29T12:33:08Z

5.8.39.141: Edited info on iAudio7

To further the use and development of [[Free Lossless Audio Codec|FLAC]], a testbench containing files with different parameters was constructed. The testbench consists of 46 files, each one having a different combination of characteristics (like samplerate, bitdepth and number of channels) and FLAC features (like blocksize, maximum partition order, maximum predictor order, maximum predictor precision etc.) However, all combinations fall within the so called subset: a limited set of FLAC parameters that fit in the frame header and are supposed to be 'streamable'. Please be aware that certain tested features (such as blocksize 16 or a samplerate of 38457Hz) are pretty much useless in day-to-day usage, and that failure to properly decode such a file is mostly of interest to developers than to users.

For more information on which file tests what characteristics and features, please refer to the readme.txt file that is included in the testbench. All files are licensed under a Creative Commons license, but please refer to the readme.txt file to see which file is licensed under which Creative Commons license and for 'attribution' as to who is the original author.

The testbench can be [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uCuKU9t5sacYN-FK5lIlujrB6U1JUzjY downloaded here]

{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="2"
!
! colspan="5" | CDDA (44.1kHz/16-bit and less)
! colspan="5" | High-res (96kHz/24-bit and more)
! colspan="2" | Multichannel
!
|-
!'''Decoder'''
! Blocksize
! Features
! Samplerates
! Bitdepths
! Variable blocksize
! General
! Blocksize
! Features
! Samplerates
! Bitdepths
! Channel lay-outs
! Features
! Remarks
|-
! Files in test set
| 1-10
| 11-18
| 19-21
| 22-23
| 24-27
| 28
| 29-30
| 31-32, 34
| 33-36
| 37
| 38-43
| 44-46
|-
! JVC KD-R871BT
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| -
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| -
| style="background: orange;" colspan="2" | NOK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Heavy stutter with blocksize 16. Stretches non-standard samplerates. Samplerates above 96kHz, variable blocksize files and multichannel files 'not supported'. Freezes on blocksize 16384
|-
! Onkyo TX-NR686
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: orange;" colspan="2" | NOK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Heavy stutter with blocksize 16. Does not play non-standard samplerates. Does not play current format variable blocksize files but does play 'pre-2007 format' variable blocksize files. Does not play 4.0, 5.1 and 7.1 files but does play 5.0 and 6.1 as stereo and 3.0 as 3.1.
|-
! Panasonic TX-60CX750E
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Based on libFLAC 1.2.1. Stretches non-standard samplerates. Does not output more than 2 channels over HDMI
|-
! Pioneer BDP-150
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" colspan="2" | Freezes
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Stretches non-standard samplerates to 44.1kHz. Freezes on any non-standard blocksize, on variable blocksize streams and files more than 6 channels. Incorrect decoding (short noisy bursts) of RICE2 partitions with escape codes. Incorrect decoding (garbled audio) of LPC with qlp precision of 2. Stutters on 192kHz with 32th order predictors
|-
! Rockbox
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;"| Limited
| style="background: yellow;"| Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" colspan="2" | Freezes
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | 6.1 and higher multichannel files freeze the player.
|-
! Cowon iAudio 7
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Freezes on blocksizes 254, 725; skips file with blocksize 1937. 38457Hz and 41kHz are speeded up; 22050 plays OK. Files with variable block size are skipped. All files with bitdepth other than 16 are skipped. 3.0 plays are silence, others 16/44 MCH files make freeze.

FLAC decoder testbench

2021-08-29T12:31:29Z

5.8.39.141: Added Cowon iAudio 7

To further the use and development of [[Free Lossless Audio Codec|FLAC]], a testbench containing files with different parameters was constructed. The testbench consists of 46 files, each one having a different combination of characteristics (like samplerate, bitdepth and number of channels) and FLAC features (like blocksize, maximum partition order, maximum predictor order, maximum predictor precision etc.) However, all combinations fall within the so called subset: a limited set of FLAC parameters that fit in the frame header and are supposed to be 'streamable'. Please be aware that certain tested features (such as blocksize 16 or a samplerate of 38457Hz) are pretty much useless in day-to-day usage, and that failure to properly decode such a file is mostly of interest to developers than to users.

For more information on which file tests what characteristics and features, please refer to the readme.txt file that is included in the testbench. All files are licensed under a Creative Commons license, but please refer to the readme.txt file to see which file is licensed under which Creative Commons license and for 'attribution' as to who is the original author.

The testbench can be [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uCuKU9t5sacYN-FK5lIlujrB6U1JUzjY downloaded here]

{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="2"
!
! colspan="5" | CDDA (44.1kHz/16-bit and less)
! colspan="5" | High-res (96kHz/24-bit and more)
! colspan="2" | Multichannel
!
|-
!'''Decoder'''
! Blocksize
! Features
! Samplerates
! Bitdepths
! Variable blocksize
! General
! Blocksize
! Features
! Samplerates
! Bitdepths
! Channel lay-outs
! Features
! Remarks
|-
! Files in test set
| 1-10
| 11-18
| 19-21
| 22-23
| 24-27
| 28
| 29-30
| 31-32, 34
| 33-36
| 37
| 38-43
| 44-46
|-
! JVC KD-R871BT
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| -
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| -
| style="background: orange;" colspan="2" | NOK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Heavy stutter with blocksize 16. Stretches non-standard samplerates. Samplerates above 96kHz, variable blocksize files and multichannel files 'not supported'. Freezes on blocksize 16384
|-
! Onkyo TX-NR686
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: orange;" colspan="2" | NOK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Heavy stutter with blocksize 16. Does not play non-standard samplerates. Does not play current format variable blocksize files but does play 'pre-2007 format' variable blocksize files. Does not play 4.0, 5.1 and 7.1 files but does play 5.0 and 6.1 as stereo and 3.0 as 3.1.
|-
! Panasonic TX-60CX750E
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Based on libFLAC 1.2.1. Stretches non-standard samplerates. Does not output more than 2 channels over HDMI
|-
! Pioneer BDP-150
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" colspan="2" | Freezes
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Stretches non-standard samplerates to 44.1kHz. Freezes on any non-standard blocksize, on variable blocksize streams and files more than 6 channels. Incorrect decoding (short noisy bursts) of RICE2 partitions with escape codes. Incorrect decoding (garbled audio) of LPC with qlp precision of 2. Stutters on 192kHz with 32th order predictors
|-
! Rockbox
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;"| Limited
| style="background: yellow;"| Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: red;" colspan="2" | Freezes
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | 6.1 and higher multichannel files freeze the player.
|-
! Cowon iAudio 7
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: lime;" | OK
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: yellow;" | Limited
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| style="background: red;" | Freezes
| style="background: orange;" | NOK
| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Freezes on blocksizes 254, 725; skips file with blocksize 1937. 38457Hz and 41kHz are speeded up; 22050 plays OK. Files with variable block size are skipped. All files with bitdepth other than 16 are skipped. 3.0 plays are silence, others MCH files make freeze.