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.