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Foobar won't Play/Convert OPUS files.

Hello everyone.

When trying to convert some Opus files, I found out that Foobar just wouldn't accept any of them.

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Source: "C:\Users\user\Music\LEGO\24. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2\Switch\MUSIC_13ATTSTING_CREEPY_01.OPUS"
Unable to open source file: Unsupported format or corrupted file
Conversion failed: Unsupported format or corrupted file

Is there a specific component I need to install for this to work?

Thank you.

Re: Foobar won't Play/Convert OPUS files.

Reply #1 –
What happens when you just try to PLAY the file?  Same message?  What format are you trying to convert the files into?

If the Opus files are indeed corrupted, opusinfo.exe should tell you that and supply a reason.  It's part of the opus-tools package here:  https://github.com/Chocobo1/opus-tools_win32-build/releases

Download opus-tools.exe and the extract "opusinfo.exe" into the folder with the Opus files.  Open a command window in the folder, and enter:

opusinfo -v "(your filename).opus"

The resulting analysis should point out if/why the file is corrupted.

Re: Foobar won't Play/Convert OPUS files.

Reply #2 –
This is a non-standard .opus file format. You will need VGMStream, and you may possibly need to rename them to .lopus or .vgmstream, since the component no longer takes over the .opus filename extension, due to conflicts that caused it to play files, but not support tagging.

Re: Foobar won't Play/Convert OPUS files.

Reply #3 –
Quote from: kode54 on
This is a non-standard .opus file format. You will need VGMStream, and you may possibly need to rename them to .lopus or .vgmstream, since the component no longer takes over the .opus filename extension, due to conflicts that caused it to play files, but not support tagging.
How do I go about renaming them? I'm still new to flying foobar2000, so I don't know every nook and cranny yet.

Re: Foobar won't Play/Convert OPUS files.

Reply #4 –
Renaming files is more Windows Explorer job, that foobar's job. Sure, you can do this from foobar, but simply opening directory in Explorer and hitting F2 should be more straightforward. Just remember to unhide file extensions in Explorer. Alternatively you can use Bulk Rename Utility application, which can do serious magic when renaming thousands of files at once - but that's an ultimate solution, if you have hundreds of such files.

Re: Foobar won't Play/Convert OPUS files.

Reply #5 –
Quote from: EpicForever on
Renaming files is more Windows Explorer job, that foobar's job. Sure, you can do this from foobar, but simply opening directory in Explorer and hitting F2 should be more straightforward. Just remember to unhide file extensions in Explorer. Alternatively you can use Bulk Rename Utility application, which can do serious magic when renaming thousands of files at once - but that's an ultimate solution, if you have hundreds of such files.
Works like a dream! I can convert these to MP3 easily now.

Thank you very much.

Re: Foobar won't Play/Convert OPUS files.

Reply #6 –
They're already lossy, so you're converting lossy to lossy, because you want to play on a portable device?