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HQPlayer Desktop for Linux updated to version 2.8.2.3.
Fix for a possible crash and rework of ALSA back-end to support wider range of audio hardware.
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.2.2 released!
Improved volume control for DSD content. Fixed a playlist loading issue with certain M3U8 format playlists. Option to ignore all warnings about certain complex conversion ratios.
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.2 released!
Rewritten minringFIR filter, now available also as oversampling filter in the delta-sigma modulator. Support for convolution engine in PCM-to-SDM conversion case. Button to invert absolute phase. Number of other fixes and improvements.
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A summer 2012 release of HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.1 and Network Audio Daemon 1.2.1!
Unicode fix and various other smaller fixes in HQPlayer. Small but important core component improvement in both HQPlayer and Network Audio Daemon.
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0 released!
Experimental support for “dual wire” mode on Linux to reach 384 kHz PCM and 128x SDM rates over dual AES links or channel-per-I2S with standard rates on other interface types. Also includes various fixes. For other changes, see earlier beta announcements.
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta6 and Network Audio Daemon 1.2.0
Support for up to 24.576 MHz SDM and 1.536 MHz PCM. Multi-room support with Network Audio Adapters. One second pre-playback mute to give slow update rate PLLs time to properly acquire lock. Optimizations to reduce CPU load, memory use and to improve cache performance. Also reduced initialization times. Lot of fixes, reworks and improvements, software…
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta5
Support for ID3v2 tags in AIFF and DSF files. Also improved overload handling for the delta-sigma modulator.
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta4
Multichannel speaker level and distance processing for SDM/DSD output. Number of optimizations and small UI logic improvements. Updated manual to match new functionality. Support for a new DSD-in-PCM packing scheme (with 0x05/0xfa markers).
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta2
Non-decimating (performed at original rate) digital volume control for DSDIFF/DSF file playback to DSD-DACs, option for downconversion from 128fs DSDIFF/DSF files to 64fs DSD-DACs. General improvements in delta-sigma modulator. New “Direct SDM” configuration option to pass DSDIFF/DSF content to DSD-DACs without processing. Also CD playback has been fixed.
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Network Audio Daemon 1.1.4 for a Network Audio Adapter.
Some new startup options and init script fixes. Also contains a fix related to freeing up the audio device when client disconnects in order to better support other processes accessing audio devices. Now also runs a script when client is connected or disconnected.
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta1
Now includes delta-sigma modulator to feed DSD-capable DACs with more native 1-bit SDM streams. High quality single-pass upsampling from PCM to SDM. Manual selection between PCM and SDM modes included in the main window.
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.7.5.1 and Signalyst Network Audio Daemon 1.1.1 released.
Small fixes and Network Audio Adapter discovery address change in HQPlayer Desktop.Network Audio Daemon now releases audio devices when idling, also includes the discovery address change.
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.7.5 and Signalyst Network Audio Daemon 1.0.0 released!
Support for Signalyst Asynchronous Network Audio Adapters; for maximum isolation all processing is performed in the player application and processed data is asynchronously streamed over network to a very lightweight network audio adapter interfacing to the DAC. Now none/none setting is more explicitly bit-perfect. Also small GUI improvements, such as movable splitter between transport and…
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.7.4 released!
Special handling for DSDIFF/DSF files in playlist mode to avoid clicks/pops between unrelated tracks. Remembers last used directory of all file dialogs. Small fix for DSF file handling. A lot of small changes.
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HQPlayer Desktop for Linux updated to 2.7.3.1
HQPlayer Desktop for Linux updated to 2.7.3.1 to solve some issues and add support for Fedora (16) distribution.
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HQPlayer Desktop 2.7.0 released!
This release includes a new trial period. Numerous changes, including redesigned UI, support for playlists (pls/m3u or adding files/trees to an internal playlist), support for mixed rate transports, support for native/direct playback of DSDIFF/DSF files using different “PCM packing” schemes (Linux&WASAPI), fixed issue on native DSF playback. Significant rework of one-bit audio to PCM conversion…