Foobar 2000 RAM DISK questions


I’m using Foobar 2000 on Windows and have installed the RAM DISK component. After loading a folder or a playlist I highlight the entries, right click and hover over Utilities and then click on Send to Ram-Disk (or add to Ram-Disk to append list). From the top bar drop down clicking on the View / Ram-Disk content I can see the files have loaded but Viewing the View / Console drop down when playing the file still shows the file being sourced from the hard drive. Opening the View Ram-Disk window and choosing the Playback / Send to Playlist option the Console now shows the selection playing from the Ram-Disk.

Still learning Foobar but I only got here by trial and error… lots of error. My question is there an easier way to load and play from the Ram-Disk? I’m using the free version of Fidelizer in conjunction with Foobar and it sounds good but is there anything I can do to make it sound even better?

 

Cheers

128x128danager

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@milpai 

In my opinion (for what's that's worth)  Ram-Disk sometimes sounds better.  It's easy to A / B.  Load the same song one from the Ram-Disk and the other directly from the source and switch back and forth.  There should be absolutely no difference as both are being played from RAM but sometimes there is.  It's just such a multi step process to use Ram-Disk that would be nice to reduce but I can't find a use of Ram-Disk How to to guide me.

Thanks for the heads up It’s hard for me to think I’m the first bring this up or I’m just a little slow and it’s really obvious to everyone else. The other thing is the search option is only for members.  Being able to search I did find my answer

https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,97134.msg809377.html#msg809377

EDIT: ...Oh you have to add tracks to the RAM disk manually, and then add them to the playlist from there. Shame, but I guess it works.

Cheers.