HQPlayer Linux Desktop and HQplayer embedded

[jiminlogansquare]

@Miska, I have been unable to install the last two upgrades on my sonicTransporter.  See screenshot showing error messages below.  Is this something you can address, or should I contact Small Green Computer for assistance? Thanks 

 

[Miska]

11 hours ago, jiminlogansquare said:

@Miska, I have been unable to install the last two upgrades on my sonicTransporter.  See screenshot showing error messages below.  Is this something you can address, or should I contact Small Green Computer for assistance? Thanks 

 

You need to talk to SGC about it.

[jiminlogansquare]

On 12/4/2021 at 8:21 AM, Miska said:

 

You need to talk to SGC about it.

I did contact SGC, and I thought I would follow up here in case anyone else is encountering this. SGC directed me to uninstall and reinstall HQPlayer, which solved the problem.

[Mike Rubin]

I don't know much about Linux at all, but I have learned a little through managing several Linux playback devices (four different Olive and SoTM servers in particular) by using Putty and copying and pasting commands from the developers' instructions and other internet posts. I now am thinking of moving HQPe from a USB stick on my NUC to the NUC itself.  

 

My reasons are twofold:

 

(1) No more enabling and disabling of secure boot in BIOS.

 

(2) Reclaim my Windows license for use in some potential future Windows PC. 

 

There are a few detailed guides on the internet, including one from the @The Computer Audiophile, that provide command strings for an SSD installation. I think I probably can use them to get up and running.  My question is this: How over my head will I be if I have to manage potential HQPe issues using SSH rather than by just reflashing a USB stick? 

 

Thanks for your advice. 

[k6davis]

@Miska , the release notes for HQP Embedded version 4.28.0 indicates updates for Intel 12th gen chips.

 

Does version 4.28.0 also include your core allocation modifications for AMD that allow DSD EC 512 with the Ryzen 5800X?

[Miska]

17 minutes ago, k6davis said:

@Miska , the release notes for HQP Embedded version 4.28.0 indicates updates for Intel 12th gen chips.

 

Does version 4.28.0 also include your core allocation modifications for AMD that allow DSD EC 512 with the Ryzen 5800X?

 

It's the most recent code I have yes. Running EC modulators to DSD512 are not as such directly related to core allocation changes but more about the AMD optimizations etc. And heavier reliance on AVX2.

 

The core allocation code itself is now much more flexible but also more complex. On Linux, now also NUMA systems are supported. And there's better support for multi-socket machines on all platforms. In addition, HQPlayer now supports up to 256 CPU machines, up from earlier 64, so biggest AMD Threadrippers are also covered now.

 

[AudioDoctor]

@Miska I don't know how you manage to continually make HQPlayer sound better, but you sure do.

[Outlaw]

Have latest version 4.28 HQPlayer Embedded OS.My log in screen shows Intel Core I7 -64 login:001 proc:Bad value for hidepid ?

[steveoat]

I am getting a QNAP TVS-672XT which has an intel core i5.  Is it possible to run HQ Player embedded on this server?  Are there specific directions on how to do this installation?

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 minutes ago, steveoat said:

I am getting a QNAP TVS-672XT which has an intel core i5.  Is it possible to run HQ Player embedded on this server?  Are there specific directions on how to do this installation?

Good luck. 
 

 

[steveoat]

3 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Good luck. 
 

 

Chris, Have you tried to do this with your QNAP?  How do you run HQ Player with your QNAP?

[AudioDoctor]

41 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Have latest version 4.28 HQPlayer Embedded OS.My log in screen shows Intel Core I7 -64 login:001 proc:Bad value for hidepid ?

 

Mine does also, it doesn't seem to matter though.

[The Computer Audiophile]

13 minutes ago, steveoat said:

Chris, Have you tried to do this with your QNAP?  How do you run HQ Player with your QNAP?

It would take a miracle to get it working. Then, it wouldn’t be powerful enough for many filters. 

[steveoat]

Just now, The Computer Audiophile said:

It would take a miracle to get it working. Then, it wouldn’t be powerful enough for many filters. 

 

I assume you run HQ Player on a different machine.

[Outlaw]

13 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Mine does also, it doesn't seem to matter though.

Mine works fine just wondering ?

[The Computer Audiophile]

19 minutes ago, steveoat said:

 

I assume you run HQ Player on a different machine.

Yes. 
 

 

[k6davis]

@Miska, I'm trying HQP OS 4.28.0 on a Ryzen 5800X.  The workload is still pinned to two cores (for stereo playback) and I'm unable to get DSD512 upsampling to work.

 

Do I have to change the setting for "Multicore DSP"? If so, I don't believe that setting is available in the web interface. How do I change it?

[k6davis]

Also, I double-checked to make sure I'm using the AMD version of 4.28.0, but the command line in the OS reads "@intel-corei7-64"

 

I don't know if that means anything.

[Mike Rubin]

 

I installed Ubuntu on my NUC today for several reasons.  Then, I made a point of using Chris' instructions in this thread to try to install version 4.28.0 of HQPe on the NUC: 

In any event, that did not work for reasons that I posted in that thread, so I went back to booting the NUC with HQPe OS on a USB stick.  My 4.27.2 version booted up fine and played music.

 

Then, I decided to try 4.28.0 on a USB stick.  I downloaded the image, flashed it on to another USB stick, and started up the NUC from the USB stick.  Unfortunately, I could not find the new version anywhere on my network, whether using the http://hqplayer page on my browser or trying to find its IP address on Fing.  It also wasn't pingable at the NUC's reserved IP address. 

 

I then tried burning the image to yet another USB stick just to be sure it wasn't a hardware issue.  Same result.

 

I then rebooted 4.27.2. It's fine. Playing beautifully as I type this. 

 

I have not been unable to find on the network any of the three previous versions of HQPe that I have used since buying my license.  Because I remain able to boot 4.27.2 even after changing the NUC from Windows to Ubuntu, I am even more baffled.

 

Were there any changes made to the .img for this version that could account for this differing result?

[AudioDoctor]

1 hour ago, Mike Rubin said:

 

I installed Ubuntu on my NUC today for several reasons.  Then, I made a point of using Chris' instructions in this thread to try to install version 4.28.0 of HQPe on the NUC: 

In any event, that did not work for reasons that I posted in that thread, so I went back to booting the NUC with HQPe OS on a USB stick.  My 4.27.2 version booted up fine and played music.

 

Then, I decided to try 4.28.0 on a USB stick.  I downloaded the image, flashed it on to another USB stick, and started up the NUC from the USB stick.  Unfortunately, I could not find the new version anywhere on my network, whether using the http://hqplayer page on my browser or trying to find its IP address on Fing.  It also wasn't pingable at the NUC's reserved IP address. 

 

I then tried burning the image to yet another USB stick just to be sure it wasn't a hardware issue.  Same result.

 

I then rebooted 4.27.2. It's fine. Playing beautifully as I type this. 

 

I have not been unable to find on the network any of the three previous versions of HQPe that I have used since buying my license.  Because I remain able to boot 4.27.2 even after changing the NUC from Windows to Ubuntu, I am even more baffled.

 

Were there any changes made to the .img for this version that could account for this differing result?

 

Did you search your network for a new IP address? My machine changed IP address when I switched to 4.28.0

[AudioDoctor]

3 hours ago, k6davis said:

Also, I double-checked to make sure I'm using the AMD version of 4.28.0, but the command line in the OS reads "@intel-corei7-64"

 

I don't know if that means anything.

 

Yep, same. That baffled the hell out of me for a few minutes.

[Mike Rubin]

16 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Did you search your network for a new IP address? My machine changed IP address when I switched to 4.28.0

Thanks.  I actually did, to no avail.

 

That said, I came back to this thread to note that, for whatever reason, HQPe finally showed up, although I still can't find it by entering "HQPlayer" on a browser.  I have to enter the IP address manually. I will reassign it the old stick's reserved IP address once I get it reconfigured. 

[AudioDoctor]

26 minutes ago, Mike Rubin said:

Thanks.  I actually did, to no avail.

 

That said, I came back to this thread to note that, for whatever reason, HQPe finally showed up, although I still can't find it by entering "HQPlayer" on a browser.  I have to enter the IP address manually. I will reassign it the old stick's reserved IP address once I get it reconfigured. 

 

I don't know how you're set up, however I have an old monitor and usb keyboard I plug into the machine when I update just to see the console and any potential messages that may be of interest. While there you can type in "inconfig" and verify whether or not the IP has changed, and what it is.

[stefano_mbp]

@Miska 

some kind of regression here using UPNP from Minimserver :

• on 4.26.2 gapless playback of native DSD64 in DirectSDM mode was working fine
• now on 4.28 it’s not working anymore

… same configuration for both versions

/etc/default/hqplayerd content :

HQPLAYER_RESET_SDM=0

HQPLAYER_STREAM_FREEWHEEL=1

HQPLAYER_BUFFER_TIME=5000

[StreamFidelity]

Quote

Dec 6 2021 HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.28.0 released!
New CPU core allocation algorithm. Preliminary support for 12th Gen Intel CPUs.

 

Thank you for the nice Santa Claus present. It works great.

 

At the moment I have only activated the P-Cores (i9-12900K) to be able to use AVX512. The load is okay. Two cores are pinned for the modulators (approx. 70% per core at 4.0GHz).

 

SDM (DSD) poly-sinc-gauss-long ASDM7ECv2 12288000/1/2

 

Under Windws 11 Pro, HQPlayer Desktop 4.14.0 distributes the load on the cores more evenly. What is better now? No idea.

 

SDM (DSD) poly-sinc-gauss-long ASDM7ECv2 12288000/1/2

 

 

With activated E-Cores, stuttering occurs and one core is heavily loaded. So that doesn't work on my i9-12900K. 

 

SDM (DSD) poly-sinc-gauss-long ASDM7ECv2 12288000/1/2

 

Summary

 

With deactivated e-cores, HQPlayer Embedded works very well. The sound is very good.