# ❌ Unexpected character 'f' found in JSON

**URL:** <https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/unexpected-character-f-found-in-json/5073>\
**Category:** Cabbage slugs\
**Created:** [1 November 2026 15:04 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/unexpected-character-f-found-in-json/5073 "2026-11-01T15:04:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/giovannibedetti/32/4146_2.png) [@giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/giovannibedetti)\
**Post date:** [1 November 2026 15:04 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/unexpected-character-f-found-in-json/5073/1 "2026-11-01T15:04:46Z")

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Hey there,  
I have just installed the Cabbage 3 vs extension and I have the above error.  
I’m trying csds from the Cabbage 2 examples folder.  
The csound extension is installed and pure csound code is highlighted as expected.  
But all the cabbage section is showing compile errors.

 ![image](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c69121b3ed72383c8c719381493e24ba9245d56d.jpeg)

What am I doing wrong?

macos 14.7.6  
vscode 1.144.0

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**Author:** ![giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/giovannibedetti/32/4146_2.png) [@giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/giovannibedetti)\
**Post date:** [1 November 2026 15:18 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/unexpected-character-f-found-in-json/5073/2 "2026-11-01T15:18:32Z")

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ok maybe I should have taken a look at the video docs:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3c-1U2vR54E/maxresdefault.jpg "3 - File structure in Csound 7 and Cabbage 3") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c-1U2vR54E)

is there some sort of converter from Cabbage2 files to the new format?  
Or can I find them somewhere?

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**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
**Post date:** [2 November 2026 13:13 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/unexpected-character-f-found-in-json/5073/3 "2026-11-02T13:13:09Z")

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Yeah, try the Import Cabbage 2 file command menu, it’s been updated, so grab the latest vsCabbage extension to test it. It’s still a working progress, but should work Ok for most examples. 👍

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**Author:** ![giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/giovannibedetti/32/4146_2.png) [@giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/giovannibedetti)\
**Post date:** [2 November 2026 14:38 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/unexpected-character-f-found-in-json/5073/4 "2026-11-02T14:38:55Z")

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I’m using Cabbage v3.0.20-beta, is it the last one?  
I’m not finding the Cabbage 2 file command menu, not sure where to look at 🤔

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**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
**Post date:** [2 November 2026 16:00 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/unexpected-character-f-found-in-json/5073/5 "2026-11-02T16:00:36Z")

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Open the command palette and type `Cabbage: Import` it will bring up the importCabbage 2 instrument command.