HQ Player

[AudioDoctor]

ok, do that, sudo apt --fix-broken-install

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Is that what you did to get it working?

I got to the last 4 dependencies that weren’t in the repo I had and I lost interest. Moved to embedded using HQP OS. 

[AudioDoctor]

1 minute ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I got to the last 4 dependencies that weren’t in the repo I had and I lost interest. Moved to embedded using HQP OS. 

 

@Miska is there an official fix for this?

[GMG]

1 minute ago, AudioDoctor said:

ok, do that, sudo apt --fix-broken-install

 

[GMG]

3 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

I guess an alternative method is to boot from the HQPlayer OS on a USB stick... or install it to the internal drive.

That will not work for me as I want to run Roon and HQPlayer on the same machine. 
 

 

[AudioDoctor]

At this point, I would boot from the HQP OS on a USB stick for the moment, unless you can load it onto the internal drive in the pc.

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, GMG said:

 

Type Y to complete the fix broken install

[AudioDoctor]

2 minutes ago, GMG said:

That will not work for me as I want to run Roon and HQPlayer on the same machine. 
 

 

I did too, I spent a ton of money building a powerful machine to do just that. It did not work well., Roon refuses to play nice. Your next best option is to install a minimal installation of Ubuntu desktop and put Roon and HQP Desktop on it. As a bonus, it will make the learning curve for using the Terminal that much easier because you'll have a desktop to fall back on.

[The Computer Audiophile]

From hiproccr down to hsakmt-roct will be problematic. 

[GMG]

6 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

5 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

I did too, I spenf a ton of money building a powerful machine to do just that. It did not work well., Roon refuses to play nice. Your next best option is to install a minimal installation of Ubuntu desktop and put Roon and HQP Desktop on it.

Well @Miska recommended that I try running Roon and HQPlayer with Ubuntu server. 
I think we should now wait and see if Miska has any solution here. 

Thank you very very much for trying to help

 

p.s - I was running a 30 day trial of euphony os which is a Linux build that enables running Roon + HQPlayer on the same machine. It worked flawlessly for the entire 30days. But I want to see if Ubuntu server can save me some $$ 🙂

[GMG]

5 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Type Y to complete the fix broken install

It just removes the HQPlayer installation….

[AudioDoctor]

Euphony is a highly customized linux, and yes Roon and HQP can be run on it at the same time just like any other OS. But... I have been there, done that, and finally had enough of it.

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, GMG said:

It just removes the HQPlayer installation….

Yes. Then go down that list and install all the dependencies. 
 

You may need to install the rocm stuff by doing this - https://rocmdocs.amd.com/en/latest/Installation_Guide/Installation-Guide.html#ubuntu

[GMG]

@AudioDoctorWhat are you running then?

2 separate machines?

[AudioDoctor]

Just now, GMG said:

What are you running then?

2 separate machines?

 

yes...

[The Computer Audiophile]

You’ll get this to work by installing the rocm stuff and the dependencies in that list what what needs to be installed. 

[GMG]

@AudioDoctor

Well, that’s always an option, though I don’t like it (signal path, elegancy…)

if you don’t mind sharing, what did you not like about Euphony?

from my trial it worked flawlessly

(and I’m using an old 2nd generation i5 cpu…)

maybe it has come a long way since you tried it?

[AudioDoctor]

I guess I will hold off on trying to install this myself at the moment.

[AudioDoctor]

Just now, GMG said:

Well, that’s always an option, though I don’t like it (signal path, elegancy…)

if you don’t mind sharing, what did you not like about Euphony?

from my trial it worked flawlessly

(and I’m using an old 2nd generation i5 cpu…)

maybe it has come a long way since you tried it?

Actually, there is nothing I didnt like about Euphony. I have a license and I am probably going to be using it here again shortly.

[GMG]

1 minute ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

You’ll get this to work by installing the rocm stuff and the dependencies in that list what what needs to be installed. 

That’s for another day and after Miska gets a chance to perhaps give some more insight. 

[GMG]

1 minute ago, AudioDoctor said:

Actually, there is nothing I didnt like about Euphony. I have a license and I am probably going to be using it here again shortly.

Oh. Great. I thought you meant you already had enough of it

[AudioDoctor]

Just now, GMG said:

Oh. Great. I thought you meant you already had enough of it

 

No, its Roon I have had enough of...  Also, I am not sure if Euphony has CUDA capability for HQPlayers use, so offloading that to a dedicated HQP machine enables that as well.

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 minutes ago, GMG said:

That’s for another day and after Miska gets a chance to perhaps give some more insight. 

No insight needed. Read the instructions again. You need to install the rocm stuff by following the link. Jussi links to it as well. Also go down the list and apt install rygel and all the others. 

[GMG]

Just now, AudioDoctor said:

 

No, its Roon I have had enough of...

I see. 
well I myself am ok with Roon, and have not seen any real alternative that can combine my local library and my streaming library into one seamless library. But guess this is another subject

[Luca72c]

29 minutes ago, GMG said:

I see. 
well I myself am ok with Roon, and have not seen any real alternative that can combine my local library and my streaming library into one seamless library. But guess this is another subject

 

Guys, you're ruining your life with unneeded difficulties... 

Why not simply use windows 10 + roon + hqpdesktop? Easy, fast, 2 minutes full installation, roon + hqplayer working in a perfect way together. What do you think you could loose? 

I had both win10 + roon + hqpdesktop and linux + roon + hqpembedded on my 10850K pc. Same sound quality (if you use a naa), exactly same performance, but MUCH easier and faster user experience on windows... Guess which one i kept?