Tag: Beta

  • HQPlayer Pro 4.0.0b2 released!

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    Significant metadata handling rework and basic metadata translation between different metadata formats. Added possibility to define linear gain scaling factors for pipeline matrix, this allows things such as M/S process. Also includes several bugfixes and improvements.

  • HQPlayer Pro 4.0.0b1 released!

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    Public beta release. HQPlayer 4 Pro is a high-quality audio file format converter, recorder, and player with powerful processing facilities. Intended as a mastering post-production tool for producing high-quality final distribution files in various formats.

  • HQPlayer Embedded 4.0.0b1 released!

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    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…

  • HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta6 and Network Audio Daemon 1.2.0

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    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…

  • HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta5

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    Support for ID3v2 tags in AIFF and DSF files. Also improved overload handling for the delta-sigma modulator.

  • HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta4

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    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).

  • HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta2

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    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.

  • HQPlayer Desktop 2.8.0beta1

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    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.

  • HQPlayer 2.3.8 released!

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    Includes beta2 of the new desktop UI with many fixes and improvements. This release also gives a new trial period for those who have outdated trial period from previous versions.

  • HQPlayer 2.2.0 beta released!

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    Added support for downsampling, thus full resampling and word length reduction is now supported. Significantly helps listening hi-res audio files on hardware capable of only 44.1/48 kHz 16-bit format! Works also for DSDIFF files! Also good for listening 192/24 or DSDIFF files on 96/24 hardware.

  • HQPlayer 2.1.0 beta released!

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    Support for playback of stereo DSDIFF (DFF) files through conversion to 176.4 kHz PCM. Support for 352.8 and 384 kHz sampling rates. (Also some Windows 7 -related installer fixes.)

  • HQPlayer 2.0.0 beta 3 released.

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    Now contains speaker setup and placement processing functionality. Also introduced UI for mapping ASIO channels independently. This release is considered feature complete and also acts as a release candidate for 2.0.

  • HQPlayer 2.0.0 beta 2 released.

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    Support for ASIO drivers and number of minor bugfixes.

  • HQPlayer 2.0.0 beta released.

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    Now includes support for stereo, quadraphonic, 5.1 and 7.1 channel FLAC file playback. Also includes a set of further tunings on resamplers and dither / noise-shaping algorithms.