foo_sid

foo_sid is a foobar2000 component that adds playback of SID and MUS files to foobar2000.

It is based on foo_sid by kode54.

Features

• Decodes music files for the Commodore 64 or 128 computers, ripped in the .SID, .MUS or .MUS+.STR formats.
• Supports up to 3SID rips.
• Supports the latest High Voltage SID Collection song length database and SID Tune Information List (STIL).
• Supports foobar2000 2.0 and later (32-bit and 64-bit version)
• Supports dark mode.

Requirements

• foobar2000 v1.6.16 or later (32 or 64-bit).
• Tested on Microsoft Windows 10 and later.

Getting started

• Double-click foo_sid.fbk2-component.

or

• Import foo_sid.fbk2-component into foobar2000 using the "File / Preferences / Components / Install..." menu item.

  Important

  Configure the path to the HVSC (High Voltage SID Collection) database before adding any .SID files to a playlist to make sure that the song length of any recognised file gets set correctly. If not all unrecognised songs get the same song length (default 3 min.) but will play correctly.

  You can also use the "Tagging/Reload info from file(s)" context menu after configuring the database to rescan the files.

Tags

The following info tags are available:

Name	Value
channels	2
encoding	synthesized
sid_chip_count	Number of SID chips used by the song
clock_speed	NTSC or PAL
sid_model	8580 or 6581

The following meta data tags are available:

Name	Value
tracknumber
title	In case the track only contains 1 song
album	In case the track contains multiple songs
album artist
artist
date
genre
copyright
info
comment
stil_song_comment
stil_file_comment
stil_global_comment
stil_original_artist
stil_original_title

Developing

The code builds out-of-the box with Visual Studio.

Requirements

To build the code:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition or later
• foobar2000 SDK 2023-09-23

The following library is included:

• libsidplayfp

To create the deployment package:

• PowerShell 7.2 or later

Setup

Create the following directory structure:

bin
bin.x86
foo_sid
out
sdk

• bin contains a portable version of foobar2000 64-bit for debugging purposes.
• bin.x86 contains a portable version of foobar2000 32-bit for debugging purposes.
• foo_sid contains the Git repository.
• out receives a deployable version of the component.
• sdk contains the foobar2000 SDK.

Building

Open foo_sid.sln with Visual Studio and build the solution.

Packaging

To create the component first build the x86 configuration and next the x64 configuration.

Change Log

v1.102.1.0, 2025-11-01

• Improved: Handling of foobar2000 file paths.

You can read the full history here and here.

Acknowledgements / Credits

• Peter Pawlowski for the foobar2000 audio player.
• kode54 for the original foo_sid component.
• libsidplayfp for a library to play Commodore 64 music.

Links

• Home page: https://github.com/stuerp/foo_sid
• Repository: https://github.com/stuerp/foo_sid.git
• Issue tracker: https://github.com/stuerp/foo_sid/issues
• Support: https://hydrogenaudio.org/index.php/topic,128639.0.html.

License