Mike Rubin Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, steveoat said: How did you set up HQ Player embedded? Is it on a dedicated machine? Did you use HQP embedded OS? The reason I am asking this is that I am building a new computer whose main purpose is to run HQ Player and am looking for an easy way to install HQ Player embedded. You may not need to install HQPlayer Embedded at all. I have gone back to running HQPlayer Embedded OS off a USB stick on a NUC. Simple, no installation required, and the pc's main nvme ssd retains a Windows installation if I need to have access to one. Living room: Synology 218+ NAS > NUC 10 i7 > HQP Embedded > xfinity Xfi Router > Netgear GS348 Switch > Sonore Optical Module Deluxe > Sonore Signature Rendu SE Optical Tier 2 > Okto DAC 8 Stereo > Topping Pre90 Preamp > Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini > Revel F32 Concertas Computer Desk System: Synology DS-218+ NAS > Dell XPS 8930/NUC 10 i7 > HQP Desktop > xfinity Xfi Router > EtherRegen > ultraRendu > Topping D90 DAC > Audioengine A5+'s Link to comment
sjj Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 13 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said: I use minim server, and HQP Embedded, and I control it all with JPLAY. @AudioDoctor do you stream to a Yggy from HQP? If so can you share your filter options that you prefer. Thanks. Link to comment
steveoat Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, sjj said: @AudioDoctor do you stream to a Yggy from HQP? If so can you share your filter options that you prefer. Thanks. And all of the functionality is usable? (Wrong quote-- I am referring to Mike Rubin's quote regarding HQ Player embedded). Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 37 minutes ago, steveoat said: How did you set up HQ Player embedded? Is it on a dedicated machine? Did you use HQP embedded OS? The reason I am asking this is that I am building a new computer whose main purpose is to run HQ Player and am looking for an easy way to install HQ Player embedded. I have HQPE on a purpose built machine that runs Ubuntu server so I can also run CUDA and use an Nvidia GPU to assist with the math. pavi 1 No electron left behind. Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 28 minutes ago, sjj said: @AudioDoctor do you stream to a Yggy from HQP? If so can you share your filter options that you prefer. Thanks. I can stream to the Yggy easily, I just change the output of HQPe on its configuration page. I prefer poly sinc gauss long for 1x rates and poly sinc gauss hi-res lp for Nx rates. Your tastes may differ No electron left behind. Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, steveoat said: And all of the functionality is usable? (Wrong quote-- I am referring to Mike Rubin's quote regarding HQ Player embedded). Yes, everything except CUDA which is not part of HQPe OS. Mike Rubin 1 No electron left behind. Link to comment
Mike Rubin Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 hour ago, steveoat said: And all of the functionality is usable? (Wrong quote-- I am referring to Mike Rubin's quote regarding HQ Player embedded). Everything that I use, anyway. I haven't tried Desktop with CUDA on a NUC, but I can't imagine that Intel graphics would accommodate code intended for NVIDIA hardware. If that is important, add Embedded to a standard Linux install and get an NVIDIA card into your build. Living room: Synology 218+ NAS > NUC 10 i7 > HQP Embedded > xfinity Xfi Router > Netgear GS348 Switch > Sonore Optical Module Deluxe > Sonore Signature Rendu SE Optical Tier 2 > Okto DAC 8 Stereo > Topping Pre90 Preamp > Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini > Revel F32 Concertas Computer Desk System: Synology DS-218+ NAS > Dell XPS 8930/NUC 10 i7 > HQP Desktop > xfinity Xfi Router > EtherRegen > ultraRendu > Topping D90 DAC > Audioengine A5+'s Link to comment
stefano_mbp Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 @steveoatHow to display in Minimserver different artworks for each disc in a multidisc/box album. . For first you need to manage the SET SUBTITLE tag, each disc (and all tracks of each disc) of a box should have its own metadata. Tag editor sw can manage it, I use Yate/2manyrobots on macOS, you should check in you tag editor which name is used to map SET SUBTITLE. Then you need to find the artworks for each disc of the box, once done embed the artwork in all tracks/files of each disc, and put the .jpg artwork file inside the folder of the multidisc album. These are the .jpg files in the previous posted multidisc album (in the list there is a booklet.pdf file too but you can ignore it): You need to put the album (box) artwork .jpg inside the same folder too. . Disc and album .jpg should be named exactly as the the names used in SET SUBTITLE tag and Album tag. Be aware of special characters, here you can find which they are and how to manage them: https://minimserver.com/ug-library.html#Artwork https://minimserver.com/ug-library.html#Illegal filename characters . MinimServer uses a special tag named DISCSUBTITLE to obtain the results shown in my previous post In order to remap/rename SET SUBTITLE into DISCSUBTITLE you need to use the aliasTags property as follows: aliasTags = SET SUBTITLE:DISCSUBTITLE . Should you like to browse into subtitles you need to add in indexTags property DISCSUBTITLE:Album Subtitles where Album Subtitles can be a name of your choice . You should set Album tag too in indexTags property. Once you’ve done this you’ll obtain the “root” view of Minimserver in Lumïn app as follows (red and yellow boxes) . That’s all … should you need some more help feel free to ask MikeyFresh 1 Stefano My audio system Link to comment
stefano_mbp Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 @steveoatto use HQPlayer embedded with Lumïn app you need Bubbleupnpserver that can be installed on the same pc/nas where Minimserver is running. It is needed as Lumïn app needs OpenHome compatibility and Bubbleupnpserver can provide it. To configure HQPlayer embedded in Bubbleupnpserver is very easy, once installed reach the configuration page using ip-address:58050 where ip-address is the ip address of the pc/nas where Bubbleupnpserver is running, select Media Renderers tab and configure the HQPlayer entry . and you’ll find it in Lumïn Stefano My audio system Link to comment
steveoat Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 6 hours ago, stefano_mbp said: @steveoatto use HQPlayer embedded with Lumïn app you need Bubbleupnpserver that can be installed on the same pc/nas where Minimserver is running. It is needed as Lumïn app needs OpenHome compatibility and Bubbleupnpserver can provide it. To configure HQPlayer embedded in Bubbleupnpserver is very easy, once installed reach the configuration page using ip-address:58050 where ip-address is the ip address of the pc/nas where Bubbleupnpserver is running, select Media Renderers tab and configure the HQPlayer entry . and you’ll find it in Lumïn Thanks stefano for your detailed instructions. For HQ Player embedded, which install did you use -- HQP OS or Linux. If Linux, which flavor did you use. When I tried to install HQP Embedded using Ubuntu, I kept getting errors about dependencies, and wonder if you could share some more detail about how you did the install. Link to comment
stefano_mbp Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 @steveoatI use Hqplayer OS, just burn a usb stick with Balena Etcher and boot from usb ... done ... and no headache ... You can get it from here, chose the one compatible with your pc: avx2 or sse42 depending on if your pc has support for avx2 or not Stefano My audio system Link to comment
steveoat Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, stefano_mbp said: @steveoatI use Hqplayer OS, just burn a usb stick with Balena Etcher and boot from usb ... done ... and no headache ... You can get it from here, chose the one compatible with your pc: avx2 or sse42 depending on if your pc has support for avx2 or not Thanks Stefano. I will be using a 13th generation intel core i9. Does this support avx2 or sse42. Thanks. Link to comment
stefano_mbp Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 24 minutes ago, steveoat said: Thanks Stefano. I will be using a 13th generation intel core i9. Does this support avx2 or sse42. Thanks. It is ok with avx2, sse42 is for old cpu only Stefano My audio system Link to comment
stefano_mbp Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 @steveoat … to reach HQPlayer embedded configuration page use in your browser: hqplayer.local http://hqplayer.local ip-address (your pc ip address) depending on you browser. you’ll be requested for user and password: user: hqplayer password: password Stefano My audio system Link to comment
steveoat Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 20 minutes ago, stefano_mbp said: @steveoat … to reach HQPlayer embedded configuration page use in your browser: hqplayer.local http://hqplayer.local ip-address (your pc ip address) depending on you browser. you’ll be requested for user and password: user: hqplayer password: password Thanks Stefano. I am having a PC built by AVA Direct. They are waiting for parts. Hopefully it will be here in the next weeks so I can try this. Bruce Link to comment
jvvita Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Two other notes: - sometimes, I have difficulties using the default login and password. The easiest way is to login in the machine running hqplayer and change username and password. To do this, run hqplayerd -s followed by your login and password of choice. Let's say you want admin as login and music as password. You would run hqplayerd -s admin music - if you are running hqplayer from any Linux distro (Ubuntu etc), to login you have to use the IP followed by the logical port 8088. So if the IP of your machine is 192.168.1.5, you would run 192.168.1.5:8088 Hope it helps. Link to comment
stefano_mbp Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, jvvita said: Two other notes: - sometimes, I have difficulties using the default login and password. The easiest way is to login in the machine running hqplayer and change username and password. To do this, run hqplayerd -s followed by your login and password of choice. Let's say you want admin as login and music as password. You would run hqplayerd -s admin music - if you are running hqplayer from any Linux distro (Ubuntu etc), to login you have to use the IP followed by the logical port 8088. So if the IP of your machine is 192.168.1.5, you would run 192.168.1.5:8088 Hope it helps. We were talking about HQPlayer OS on which you can only change password. No need of :8088 for HQPlayer (OS) embedded Stefano My audio system Link to comment
jvvita Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Right, but even for hqplayer OS, the command line to change password is the same, right? Login using root (leaving password blank), then run hqplayerd -s. That was what I did when I used hqplayer OS Link to comment
Popular Post DancingSea Posted February 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2023 I've owned a Roon lifetime license for 5 years and use it with HQPlayer. Was never quite happy with the sound. A couple of years ago I got a Marantz SACD 30n and liked the sound of physical discs so much that I ditched Roon entirely, preferring to play physical media. Long story short, I've periodically tried different Roon hardware arrangements in hopes of reviving Roon in my system. Nothing worked. Couple of weeks ago I bought a new Aurender N100H for audition. The hope was to find a music server type device that provided the basic functionality of Roon, but with better sound quality. Bought a used Curious Evolved USB cable for the audition. Yes, the Aurender sounded great, but Conductor was too wonky and dated for my tastes. After 5 years with Roon/ HQP, I couldn't make the adjustment to what seemed like a quaint medieval village with Conductor. The Aurender was returned. Yet here was the Curious Evolved USB. On a whim, I used it to connect an iFi ZenStream to a RUR, which connected to the Marantz via an UpTone little dongle. Much to my great surprise - and I'm not a big believer in expensive digital cables - the Roon/HQPlayer sound is now fantastic. I'm honestly stunned at how good it sounds. A few notches past the Aurender. The only thing I did differently was the Curious Evolved. Yes, the Roon forums can be cultish. That often happens in manufacturer forums. A relatively small, overly enthusiastic and very vocal group of fanboys dominate the discussion, snuffing out dissenting opinions in coordinated attacks. I've seen that on the PS Audio and Decware forums as well. All that aside, and out of the blue, I'm now getting truly amazing sound from the Roon/HQPlayer combo. Something that for nearly 5 years I thought wasn't possible. And mostly, it seems, because of an overpriced Australian USB cable. quark and Ultrarunner 2 Link to comment
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