HQ Player

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On 11/20/2020 at 9:18 AM, Miska said:

 

I can only say it doesn't seem to be in Tidal's plans. Doesn't matter if I'd plan or not, they don't want HQPlayer support.

 

Have you also looked into the recent "Tidal Connect"?!

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1 minute ago, Miska said:

 

I don't know what that is. I can only see some marketing babble by searching it up. And "register interest" which means Tidal responding "we are not interested in HQPlayer".

 

In general with Tidal Connect you can use Tidal app as a simple library catalog and send audio stream directly to a device, bypassing software decode from the app.

I believe that Spotify has made available something similar too - Spotify Connect.

I hope things open up with Tidal...Qobuz would be even better.

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Hi @MiskaAre you going to offer Black Friday discount this weekend? 15% coupon?

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2 hours ago, giordy60 said:

why only 15%?... 🤔

 

😉

Better ask Miska that. :) Anyhow, I think that is the discount offered previously.

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2 hours ago, Khordo said:

Hi Miska !

I just see the coupon Information for Black Friday :

"Black Friday has started! With coupon code "black20" 10% discount on new HQPlayer licenses (all versions). There is also additional 5% (total 25%) discount on upgrade coupon codes through the weekend.
If you missed Black Friday, you have a second chance on Cyber Monday with coupon code "cyber20". Campaigns generally run from midnight to midnight UTC time."

I'm not sure to understand : black20 gives 10%, OK, but then when you are talking about additional 5% why total is 25% ??? How is it possible ?

 

 

1 hour ago, firedog said:

Me too. How do I get 25% off for for an upgrade?

I was initially confused like both of you.

I think he means that, given that you get 20% coupon discount if you upgrade from v3 to v4, during Black Friday WE you will get an extra 5% discount for a total of 25%. :)  

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27 minutes ago, firedog said:

Ok. but I'm still confused. I go to the site and ask for an upgrade discount. The code I get will give me the max possible discount?

I want to know before I order,, b/c once you  order you can't correct a mistake in the price.

Hopefully @Miska will confirm either way, however, I suppose that only during this WE, if you insert the upgrade discount coupon, it will give you 25% discount. If you don't see it confirmed in the change of price, you don't go through with the order.

...unless you can insert more than one coupon. Then, you also insert "black20". 

I am sure that you can manage with one of the two options!

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Hi @Miska, do you have Merging Hapi? What filter/modulator for best results do you suggest for it? 

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@MiskaFollowing the recent talks here on the new mac chip, is it in your plans to port to M1? Eventually, how soon?

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1 hour ago, Miska said:

My new Mac Mini with M1 arrived yesterday. Sooner than what Apple promised. We'll see how soon I can get the build done.

It means that HQPlayer, at least the client, could work on Apple phones, doesn't it?!

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2 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

I see everything just fine in a dark mode. ...

How do I set it in dark mode? Thx

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29 minutes ago, bibo01 said:

How do I set it in dark mode? Thx

I checked and I see that it's a feature of macOS only.

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4 hours ago, shadowlight said:

Same thing applies for Audirvana.  I have not tried this but with Audirvana I believe you do not need embedded version.

In Audirvana how do you send to HQPlayer Desktop without embedded? By rerouting signal?! 

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3 hours ago, SwissBear said:

Whaoo Jussi ! Congratulations ! The Mac Mini M1 is able to upsample DSD 128 to DSD 256 with ASDM7EC and apply convolution.

And switching from one song to the other is so quick and smooth :-) :-)

I can't believe it !

Sincere gratitude for making this happen so quickly.

 

I suppose you are talking about the new amd64 macOS version, aren't you?!

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@Miskaand other users,

Do you have any experience or recommendations for nuc motherboards, like NUC10i7FNB, using i7-10710U cpu? What are the limits of such systems? Is it possible 44.1->DSD128 with any modulator? Possible ->DSD256?

Thanks  

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9 minutes ago, giordy60 said:

Hi Stefano 

I never asked myself the problem ....

because transcode wav all the flac files (I suppose) before sending them to HQP?

thanks 

Stefano has files in ALAC format and HQP does not read them, so he lets MinimServer transcode them to WAV.

However, that it's not the problem. The problem is that MinimServer does not fulfill HQP's requirements in time to make gapless playback as upsampling rate increases (beyond PCM4x).

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4 hours ago, Miska said:

 

Have you tried same case without a NAA?

 

@Miska  I suppose that your look ahead request to MinimServer gets anticipated as the upsampling rate increases.

It seems that MinimServer cannot comply with that request in time for a successful gapless playback as the rate increases. 

Would that be possible for you to anticipate that request (perhaps for MinumServer only) just enough to execute the gapless operation? On the other hand, possibly Simon Nash of MinimServer can facilitate this operation on his side.

I think the two of you have good chances to solve this problem together.  

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On 12/17/2020 at 10:31 PM, stefano_mbp said:

The results of some tests:

- not using NAA (ie using ALSA Backend)

— flac 16/44.1 delivered as is by Minimserver (without transcoding to wave)

hqplayerd upsampling to

PCM 88.2 gapless ok

PCM 176.4 gapless fails 1 on 2 attempts

PCM 352.8 gapless fails

DSD x1 gapless ok

DSD x2 gapless ok

DSD x4 gapless ok

— alac 16/44.1 transcoded to wave 16/44.1 by Minimserver 

hqplayerd upsampling to

PCM up to 352.8 gapless ok

DSD up to x4 gapless ok

- using NAA (raspberry pi4 4GB/RoPieee XL)

— Alac/flac 16/44.1 transcoded to wave 16/44.1 by Minimserver 

hqplayerd upsampling to

PCM 176.4 and less gapless ok

PCM 352.8 gapless fails

DSD x1/x2/x4 gapless fails

- hqplayerd settings (with/without NAA)

PCM 1x/Nx poly-sinc-ext2

DSD 1x/Nx poly-sinc-ext2 Modulator ADSM7

 

 

@MiskaWhat is the final word on Stefano's report?

It seems to me that there are some odd results with gapless fails with/out NAA.

What's next step?

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@MiskaCan you please give me the best filter settings for RME Adi2-Dac PCM output? Thanks

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Just now, Miska said:

Choice of HQPlayer filter is up to your personal preferences. ADI-2's filter doesn't matter since it is bypassed at rates >=352.8k.

OK. What do you suggest? Non for me directly, but for for an end user.... 

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@MiskaYou have implemented Ravenna protocol. Is that in your HQP OS/NAA ? I read that Ravenna is an extension of Dante protocol, is that true? Does it mean that small Dante converters, like Digimedia or Tascam, can be seen by your OS?

Any experience in general with Dante converters?

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4 hours ago, Miska said:

There is RAVENNA version of HQPlayer OS.

I haven't seen/used it yet. Do you implement a GUI in order to use Aneman?

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Can anyone please tell me how to open the log on NAA with HQP OS?

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@MiskaIs it possible to configure HQP to upsample 44.1 kHz only? How?

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@MiskaI need some assistance for a friend of mine...

He uses HQPlayer in Windows and recently I updated the driver with the new version of the Merging driver (he has a Nadac).
For compatibility reasons he tried to put the old driver back, at that point HQPlayer stopped starting. That is, if it's launched HQPlayer gave no sign of life, as if it was not launched at all.
This happened with version 4.5.1 as well as the latest 4.9.2.
No trace in Task Manager, HQPlayer does not start.
Another Asio music player continues to work regularly, but HQPlayer does not.
Do you have any suggestions? Some missing library?
 

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20 minutes ago, Rovo said:

Perhaps one by one copying the missing .dll's is the way to go. But I would like to ask you if this is the best way forward or is there a point I am missing.

"On Windows, Microsoft runtime is required, in case you get error message about missing DLL, you can download the necessary runtime (for VS2017) here."