Category: Embedded
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.12.0 released
Support for PDF booklets in local library. Special fixed volume setting. Fixed WavPack streaming. Important bug fixes.
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The version 4 support and discount program is ending in 5.5.2025!
After the two years maintenance period, support for version 4 of HQPlayer is coming to an end in 5.5.2025. At the same time, the upgrade discount program for the version 4 owners is ending too! After this, all of the upgrade discount coupon codes will stop working in our web shop and resellers!
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.11.2 released
EC-ul/light/fast/super modulator optimizations. Component updates. Minor fixes and compatibility improvements.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.11.0 released
New breakthrough in modulator design, reworked EC-ul/light/super modulators for notably improved quality. New EC-fast modulators. New sinc-Lh and sinc-long-h filters with improved quality and lower load. AHM modulator tuning. Reworked matrix profile management and auxiliary file handling (you may need to re-upload auxiliary files for profiles). Improved support for ARM big.LITTLE architecture. Support for Nvidia…
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.10.1 released
Support DAC corrections also on AHM modulators. Strip BOM from metadata strings. Minor fixes.
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JPLAY now has native HQPlayer support
JPLAY control app (iOS) now has a native support for HQPlayer. This opens a new way to play content from UPnP Media Servers, and streaming services such as Tidal and Qobuz to both HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded products!
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.9.3 released
Fix case whre DoP output through NAA is reset after idle expires.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.9.1 released
Improved start accuracy on combo output with ALSA backend. Fix some regressions.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.9.0 released
Support for combining multiple output devices into one multichannel output device, for example for multi-room use. Option to select album or track replay gain for playlists. Fixes for DSD input through NAA. Improved performance on HQPlayer OS. Various minor improvements and fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.8.1 released
Support for volume leveling based on content analysis. Improved library scanning progress display. Improved core allocation algorithm especially for AMD CPUs.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.8.0 released
Support for running analysis on library music content for true peak and RMS levels, loudness, and need for an apodizing filter. Minor fixes and improvements. Component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.7.0 released
Major update of HQPlayer OS, now also available for Raspberry Pi 5. Experimental support for GPU selection / multi-GPU. Bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.6.3 released.
Cloud based DAC correction data. Indicate DAC correction status over control API. Bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.6.2 released.
Allow choice of 2 or 4 pipelines, in addition to banks of 8. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.6.1 released.
Fix DAC detection over NAA link. Fix regression in matrix configuration. Minor fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.5.3 released.
Allow switching PCM/SDM mode and output rate on the fly. Free up ALSA device when not in use. Bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.5.2 released.
Add option for running pre-processing before or after metering. Bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.5.1 released.
Make number of DSP pipelines configurable. Support for Fedora 39. Ubuntu packages renamed. Number of small improvements, bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.5.0 released!
Support for NAA v5 protocol. Detection for apodizing errors in upsampled content. Extended settings on HQPlayer OS. Small fixes and improvements.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.4.1 released.
Support for using E-cores as offload processors. Small fixes improvements.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.4.0 released!
New ultralight EC modulators for low power hardware, such as Raspberry Pi 5. Support for buffer level information. New low delay mode. HQPlayer OS upgrade. Bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.3.2 released.
Fix regression on static sample rate inputs. Minor improvements and updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.3.1 released.
Support for new kernel USB Audio Class 2 device side driver with automatic rate change support. Add support for changing input rate through control API.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.3.0 released!
Two new experimental hybrid multi-level modulators for DSD1024+. Added option to convert parametric EQs to a convolution EQ with delay compensation. Added option to adjust engine idle time and fully enable idling feature. It is now possible to change filter/dither/modulator on the fly. Debian support moved to Debian 12 “bookworm”. Some USB dongle support improvements.…
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.35.2 released.
Maintenance release. Redesigned IIR filter. Performance improvements, bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.2.0 released!
Added refresh devices button to config page and setting to adjust FFT filter length. Enable number of PCM filters for SDM oversampling. Redesign IIR filter and add new IIR2 filter. Extended set of halfband filters. Make sinc-short/medium/long filters two-stage for SDM outputs. Performance optimizations. Component updates and bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.1.1 released.
Major update of HQPlayer OS. Fixes for new AutoEq parametric EQ files, attempt to reduce timeout errors when source is Roon, various other fixes for specific cases. Component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.1.0 released!
Minor light modulator tuning. Control API updates. Component updates. Minor fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.0.3 released.
Better display of library scan progress. Performance improvements and minor fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.0.2 released.
First order low-pass and high-pass parametric EQ filters. Parametric EQ compatibility improvements. Minor improvements and fixes.
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HQPlayer OS & HQPlayer 5 Desktop updated
HQPlayer OS images updated to fix regression in system configuration. HQPlayer 5 Desktop Ubuntu packages updated to fix broken PDF manual shortcut.
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Introducing HQPlayer Version 5
30 years since the first DAC design, 25 years since the beginning of the HQPlayer project, and 15 years since first commercial release of HQPlayer, it is time to release fifth generation of HQPlayer technology. Perfecting listening expriences by harnessing power of modern DSP. As result of endless research & development of better algorithms powered…
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HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.0.0 released!
Several new filters and modulators, extended source content analysis and output metering, new CUDA offload capabilities.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.35.0 released!
Performance improvements, especially for cases when huge filters or convolution is run on CPU. Component updates and minor fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.34.1 released.
Small fixes and improvements. Component updates. Note! Port number of web interface on HQPlayer OS is now same as elswhere – 8088!
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.34.0 released!
Added delay plugin to matrix. Component updates including CUDA 12 support, also on Fedora. Small fixes and improvements.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.33.3 released.
Bug fixes, especially related to track switches in certain cases.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.33.1 released.
New build tooling for generic Ubuntu build. Increase number of channels/pipelines. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.33.0 released!
Control API improvements. Support any picture as cover if specific one is not found. Support for favorites in library. Number of bug fixes. Performance optimizations and new tuning option. FLAC update to support higher sample rates and up to 32-bit word length. CUDA update to support new GPU generation. HQPlayer OS update and optional dynamic…
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.32.5 released.
Streaming improvements, especially for Qobuz. Eject button for CD media. Bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.32.4 released.
Bug fixes and component updates. Fix regressions due to missing output rate list in some cases, and ALSA driver behavioral change in latest kernels.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.32.3 released.
Bug fixes and component updates. Core usage improvements in certain cases.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.32.2 released.
Bug fixes and component updates. Note! This is last release to support Ubuntu Focal and Fedora 35.
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HQPlayer 4 for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”.HQPlayer 4 for Ubuntu
Initial builds of HQPlayer 4 Desktop and HQPlayer 4 Embedded for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.32.0 released!
Two new band-limiting SDM integrators. Support for selecting 1x and Nx filters separately. HQPlayer OS upgrade. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.31.0 released!
New SDM integrator, three new DSD-to-PCM conversion noise filters. 20 kHz PCM source noise/distortion cleanup filter. Component updates and bug fixes. Support for USB license key dongles as an alternative for hardware fingerprint.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.30.1 released.
Add new XFi SDM rate conversion algorithm. Bug and compatibility fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.30.0 released!
Add new poly-sinc-gauss-hires and sinc-Lx filters. Performance optimizations for EC modulators.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.29.3 released.
Support for arbitrary precision math. Component updates, minor improvements and fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.29.2 released.
Workaround for certain buggy XMOS USB firmware versions. Minor bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.29.0 released!
Add support for uploading playlists over control API. Add support for storing playlists in library. Component updates and bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.28.3 released.
Support for newer REW 5.20 EQ parameters. Matrix pipeline fixes. New input ramp and tuned output ramp. Minor optimizations.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.28.2 released.
Fix regression streaming from certain types of UPnP/DLNA servers. Minor tunings.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.28.0 released!
New CPU core allocation algorithm. Preliminary support for 12th Gen Intel CPUs. HQPlayer OS updated and now includes also ssh client and server (requires configuration). Component updates and bug fixes. 100th build for Ubuntu milestone!
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.27.0 released!
Add support for MP3 format, including ICEcast streaming. HTTPS handling improvements. URL entry in web interface for stream URLs. Option for controlling MP3 decoder output format.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.26.1 released.
Gapless UPnP playback fixes. Component updates. CUDA now supported also on Debian 11 build.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.26.0 released!
Add new ASDM5ECv2 and ASDM7ECv2 modulator variants. Add support for PCM gain compensation. Add support for RIAA EQ plugin. Improved web interface. Support TYER/TORY ID3v2.3 tags. Control API improvements. Sound quality improvements. Streaming improvements. Bug fixes. HQPlayer OS now ships with HQPWV control interface. CUDA is now supported also on Fedora 34 build.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.25.2 released.
Support for peak type EQ in loudness post-process plugin. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.25.1 released.
Support for control API authentication and secure URIs. Component updates. Bug fixes. HQPlayer OS updated, including updated RAVENNA driver.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.25.0 released!
Add support for loudness post-process plugin. Add support for raw IIR biquad EQ. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.24.2 released.
Bug fixes. HQPlayer OS back to SSE4.2 compatible build of hqplayerd. Stop hqplayerd service before updating the package!
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.24.0 released!
New poly-sinc-xtr-short and poly-sinc-gauss filters. Improved apodization analysis. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.23.0 released!
Detector to indicate need for an apodizing oversampling filter. New poly-sinc-ext3 and constant time sinc-Mx filters. Support for HTTPS network streams. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.22.2 released.
Extend DSP initialization cache coverage. Support GPUs on both Focal builds. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.22.1 released.
Add DSP initialization cache for most time consuming algorithms. Optimizations and bug fixes. On HQPlayer OS mount option for old SMBv1 protocol shares.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.22.0 released!
Add support for plotting matrix filter responses. Add support for reading RoomEqWizard filter export text files to matrix. Fix IIR upsampling filter initialization.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.21.1 released.
Fixed occasional NAA playback start problem. NAA streaming optimizations.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.21.0 released!
Add two new SDM integrators and one new DSD noise filter. Fixed occasional NAA stop problem. Updated HQPlayer OS to new version.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.20.2 released.
NAA streaming optimizations. Preliminary support for AMD GPUs on Ubuntu build.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.20.1 released.
Support for cover images in WavPack files. Performance optimizations, component updates and bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.20.0 released!
Support for WavPack source format, for both PCM and DSD content. Parametric equalizers for matrix pipeline. Component updates, minor performance improvements and bug fixes. Distribution support updated to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS “Focal Fossa” and Fedora 30/33.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.19.1 released.
Added configuration for volume control range to the web interface. Quick pause option to use old style simple silence pattern for quicker pause in some cases. Short buffer option to use half size FIFOs for reduced delay. Alternate optimizations for various algorithms on Ubuntu and HQPlayer OS builds. Ubuntu Bionic build tested also on Ubuntu…
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.19.0 released!
New pseudo-multibit AMSDM7EC modulator for certain DACs at x512 rates and above. Bug fixes and component updates. RAVENNA driver has been updated and available again on HQPlayer OS.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.18.1 released.
Bug fixes and support for CUDA 11. HQPlayer OS on x64 now includes support for exFAT filesystem. Also remember to try new HQPDcontrol v4 app version on Android and iOS!
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Updated HQPlayer OS and NAA images.
Updated HQPlayer OS and NAA images for x64 with preliminary support for USB Audio Class 2 inputs.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.18.0 released!
New sinc-L filter. Allow different convolution filter sets to be uploaded for different profiles. HQPlayer OS update, with preliminary support for USB Audio Class 2 inputs. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.17.1 released.
Fixes regression in minimum phase filter initialization. Add SetAdaptiveVolume method to the control API. Small fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.17.0 released!
Add support for ReplayGain 2.0 metadata specification, album gain can be applied when loaded in album mode, in playlist mode track gain can applied. Add new sinc-S filter. Add PlayNextURI and LoadRemovable methods to the control API. Improve algorithm to combine multiple convolution filters. Parallelization consistency improvements. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.16.0 released!
Support for chaining multiple convolution filters. Support for changing convolution algorithm and HF-expansion in pipeline matrix. Post-process support in pipeline matrix, with Bauer headphone cross-feed. Improved backup / restore functionality. Various metadata handling fixes. Small bug fixes and improvements.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.15.2 released.
HQPlayer OS improvements for booting from SD/MMC devices. Enable USB Audio Class 2 input support on Ubuntu and Fedora 31. Change output stream start/stop handling. Idle mode and metadata handling fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.15.0 released!
Improved support for USB Audio Class 2 inputs to make HQPlayer look like a USB DAC, starting on Debian Buster with a custom kernel (on applicable hardware). Enable idling support again for faster track changes and restarts on UPnP. Optimizations for DSD source processing. Improved handling of NAA inputs. Set friendly name as title for…
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HQPlayer OS 4.14.1 with RAVENNA support released!
HQPlayer OS now works with Merging RAVENNA for Merging NADAC, Horus, Hapi and Anubis devices. From 44.1k PCM to DSD256.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.14.1 released.
HQPlayer OS update to fix issue with cover image display on clients, and some smaller fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.14.0 released!
Support for NAA protocol version 4, including inputs. Support for composer as a separate tag and rework ID3v2 mappings. New LNS15 noise shaper designed specifically for 16x output rates. Support relative paths in playlist files and improve library web views. Number of smaller improvements and fixes.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.13.1 released as HQPlayer OS.
Adds web interface for mounting SMB shares and includes some HQPlayer OS configuration improvements.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.13.0 released!
Support for matrix pipeline profiles. Core allocation improvements. Allow specifying GPUs and reserved cores. Bug fixes and component updates. HQPlayer OS image for RaspberryPi 4.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.12.2 released.
Fixes inconsistent behavior on different systems when scanning library with non-ASCII file system items. Fixes failure on input device definition without explicit channel count. Small fixes and improvements.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.12.1 released.
Fixes a possible timing/race condition problem when starting playback on a Windows based NAA.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.12.0 released!
New poly-sinc-long filter completes set of three closely related filters. Small control API fixes and improvements. Improved core allocation for threaded dual-core processors. Reworked network streaming buffer with increased size. Major update of HQPlayer OS.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.11.2 released.
Volume management fixes for Direct SDM, CPU core allocation optimizations and fixes volume control from web interface while playing.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.11.1 released.
Performance optimizations especially for EC modulator use cases.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.11.0 released!
Three new very high accuracy modulator variants added. Various bug fixes and small improvements.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.10.2 released.
Further improvements to NAA connection handling. Control API fixes. HQPlayer OS image now contains necessary tools for SMB mounts.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.10.1 released.
Improved NAA (re-)connection procedure to allow starting up system in any order. Fixed NAA discovery problem. Improved library update scanning procedure. Added remove license key button to /key page.
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.10.0 released!
Control interface extensions, new configuration options, component updates and many bug fixes. Now supports auto-discovery by HQPlayer Client. If you use “Auto rate family”, note the new “48k DSD” configuration option!
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HQPlayer 4 Embedded 4.9.0 released!
Various smaller bug fixes, improvements and component updates. Major HQPlayer OS update and includes also NAA version 3.5.6.
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.8.0 released!
Allow linear scale factors in pipeline matrix setup. Added album-page on web interface allowing per-track selection and playback. First release also for ARM64 platforms (primarily for NXP i.MX8M SoC). Improved support for PCM rates above 1 MHz and DSD rates at or above DSD1024. Various bug fixes, improvements, and component updates.
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.7.0 released!
Add track list and offload status on front page, and also CD and removable media on input page. Small adjustments to default configuration and number of bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.6.1 released.
Added volume control to the front page. Fixes regression where matrix initialization fails without convolution filter.
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.6.0 released!
Added new DSD-to-PCM rate converters. New and improved DSD-to-DSD rate conversion algorithms (two options). Display active cover art on front page. Built in configuration help pages. Support for DSD2048. Bug fixes.Bootable image is now dual-use and contains also NAA functionality.
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.5.0 released!
Improved ALSA backend capabilities and added support using RME ADI-2 Pro as a fully capable input device with automatic rate switching. Library contents are now displayed on the library page with controls to play or queue an album. Front page now has basic playback controls. New limited HTTP control methods, new method to retrieve cover…
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.4.1 released.
Released only as bootable image; experimental support for USB input.
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.4.0 released!
Two new filters, poly-sinc-ext2 with special two stage design for SDM output mode and sinc-M one million tap sinc-filter. Old “sinc” filter has been renamed to more descriptive “ASRC”. Optimizations to CIC integrator for lower CPU load. New control interface methods to switch between time display modes.
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.3.0 released!
New “mega” variants of closed-form filter with one million taps for PCM and 16 million taps for SDM. Also includes bug fixes and updated GPU support.
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.2.0 released!
Setting multicore DSP to enabled now goes full-on with all cores while auto setting calculates more adaptive work distribution strategy. Ubuntu package now contains some extra optimizations. Improvements in hardware/software combo volume control. Number of bug fixes and minor improvements.
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.1.0 released!
Separate filter selection for sources at 1x rates and higher rates. Small networking optimizations for NAA. Web interface improvements; matrix setup, password change, log view, etc. Adjusted default modulator gain for PCM-to-DSD when DirectSDM is enabled.Product page now lists products with HQPlayer Embedded preinstalled; Estelon Lynx speakers, Small Green Computer sonicTransporter server, Pink Faun STREAMER 2.16 server
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.0.0 released!
Software platform for building embedded digital media players, digital audio processors and advanced A/D/A converters!
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HQPlayer Embedded 4.0.0b1 released!
First beta release of HQPlayer Embedded 4.x! New features include: Same control interface as already provided by HQPlayer Desktop, so existing control applications can be used. Support for digital and analog inputs for AnySource™ functionality allowing inputs from various devices, like Google Chromecast Audio or Apple AirPort Express or other computers or devices such as UPnP Renderers with suitable…
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.14.4 released.
Some small fixes and optimizations to convolution engine initialization. Also fixes a timing problem in CUDA algorithm initialization.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.14.3 released.
Fixes seeking problems, adds double-click-to-play on cover flow, optimizes GPU memory usage.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.14.2 released.
Fixes handling of certain multichannel FLACs. Also fixes loading of certain types of WAV files on Windows.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.14.0 released!
For Network Audio Adapter endpoints, improved discovery and support for IPv6 (Win/Linux). New modulator for DSD512+ rates. Added minimum-phase variant for two filters. Hardware requirements bumped up. Support for CUDA 8 (and Pascal-generation GPUs). Lot of bugfixes and other improvements.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.13.3 released.
Improves reliability on DAC reconnect and hot-plug cases when used together with latest networkaudiod. Simplifies CD reading algorithm for better compatibility with certain drives. Also contains other small fixes.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.13.2 released.
Fixed a regression in convolution/matrix processing of DSD sources.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.13.1 released.
This is a bugfix release, fixing various small issues.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.13.0 released!
Multichannel speaker distance adjustments are now available also in DirectSDM mode. New set of keyboard shortcuts reflecting the function button layout on Apple keyboards. Fine-tuning of DSD7 modulator and new filter for cleaning up MQA encoded content. Automatic output mode and rate switching. Plus usual performance improvements and bug fixes.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.12.0 released!
Support for Roon as control interface and media source. Support for offloading part of the processing to a GPU using NVIDIA CUDA. Added support for cross-application raw streams and extensions to the remote control API. Lower overhead Pipeline SDM implementation and fix ASDM7 initialization bug. Various smaller fixes and optimizations.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.11.0 released!
Adds closed-form-fast interpolation variant for lower CPU load. Fixes issue with closed-form interpolation when used with non-pipeline SDM. Fixes incompatibility issue on some 32-bit Windows sytems. Number of smaller bug fixes. Embedded version now has option to set fixed output volume level and fixes occasional race condition with track advance.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.10.0 released!
Closed form interpolator added and some bug fixes.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.9.0 released!
Modulator tuning for ASDM7 and one new filter. Track number metadata is now used for sorting tracks. Mac OS X version has now equivalent performance features as other versions (now requires OS X 10.9+). Plus usual small fixes and improvements.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.8.1 released.
Fixes a problem with playlist clear operation.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.8.0 released!
New features such as matrix processing for routing/filtering/mixing channels (up to 32), remote control API, and new SDM rate converter. Plus number of smaller fixes and reworks such as changes to the ASIO backend.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.7.1 released.
This is a bugfix release. Desktop version also includes a preliminary remote control interface.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.7.0 released.
New adaptive seventh-order modulator, new file access method on platforms except 32-bit Windows. Traditional search function now available also on desktop mode. Plus usual small bug fixes, improvements and optimizations.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.6.1 released.
This is a bugfix release with some minor optimizations.
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HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.6.0 released!
Support for new NAAv3 new functionality. Also some modulator tuning. Plus overall fixes and improvements.
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HQPlayer Desktop 3.5.1 released.
This is a bug fix release. The 32-bit Lite version for Windows has been discontinued and replaced with normal version.HQPlayer Embedded 3.5.1 available for download as well.
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HQPlayer Desktop 3.5.0 released!
New AdaptiveSDM(tm) modulator named “DSD5v3”, improved load balancing for multi-core CPUs, config option to enable ASIO DSD on Merging Horus/Hapi and Playback Designs DACs. Also number other smaller improvements and fixes.HQPlayer Embedded 3.5.0 available for download as well.
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HQPlayer Desktop 3.4.1 released.
Bugfix release. Also adds album art to the desktop mode.HQPlayer Embedded 3.4.1 available for download.
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New HQPlayer Embedded published.
Now provides standard MPRIS control API that can be used with Rygel UPnP server to implement UPnP Renderer. Also contains optional support for FFMPEG to extend media decoding capabilities.
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HQPlayer Desktop & Embedded and HQPlayer SDK 2.8.3 released!
Non-decimating convolution engine for DSD content (processing at native rate)! Fixed some possible crash cases.
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HQPlayer Embedded and HQPlayer SDK 2.8.2.2 released!
Engine updated to match Desktop version plus some control GUI changes and improvements.
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HQPlayer Desktop/Embedded 2.7.5.2 released!
Quality improvements to minimum-phase filters. Also added a new high quality “Gauss1” dither. Fixed a crash with certain settings. Now Engine is automatically discovered by the Control client. Engine also supports Network Audio Adapters now to offer three-tier architecture isolating audio device, processing and control GUI.
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HQPlayer Desktop/Embedded 2.7.3 released!
Number of usability improvements and bug fixes. Fixed one more regression in ASIO DSD support. New upsampling filter “minringFIR” included in Desktop version. ALSA handling improvements in Linux version, including better support for HDMI.1
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HQPlayer Desktop/Embedded 2.7.2 released!
Added buttons to load/save playlists and support for translations. Fixed an ASIO initialization problem introduced in 2.7.0. Windows installers are now signed. Number of smaller fixes and improvements.
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HQPlayer Desktop/Embedded 2.7.1 released!
Direct DSDIFF/DSF playback is now also possible in playlist mode. Increased precision of some pre-computations to 80-bits. Fixed problem on convolution engine setup dialog and some other smaller fixes. Embedded Engine now matches the Desktop version. Dropped Standalone version.
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HQPlayer Desktop/Embedded 2.6.2 and HQPlayer Engine SDK 2.6.2 released!
Support for AIFF file format added, fixes to raw DSDIFF/DSF playback time display. Menu entry and a dialog added to Windows version of the Engine Daemon for setting library location in order to ease up configuration. Software was built in an updated build environment.