Tag: Version 5
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 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. Added display of analysis information from the library to Client. Log file export feature. Translation handling fixes. Minor fixes and improvements. Component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.7.4 released
Improved support for translations. Bug fixes and component updates. Support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / Linux Mint 22.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.7.3 released
Experimental support for GPU selection / multi- GPU. Option also for 2 or 4 pipelines. Bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.7.2 released.
Cloud based DAC correction data. Indicate DAC correction status over control API and in HQPlayer Client. Component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.7.0 released!
New major feature; DAC specific output signal corrections! Minor Client improvements.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.6.1 released.
Option for switching Client into fullscreen mode. Fixed a Client window size adjustment regression and Qobuz login regression on Windows.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.6.0 released!
Several Client user interface updates and improvements. Add option for running pre- processing before or after metering. Bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.5.2 released.
Make number of DSP pipelines configurable. Improve album sorting in Client. Update Fedora support to FC39. Ubuntu packages renamed. Number of small improvements, bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.5.1 released.
Option in Client to control GUI transparency. Fixed a regression with NAA v4 inputs.
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Network Audio Daemon 5.0.0 released!
New fifth generation of the NAA protocol. Support for; multiple connections/devices, buffer level info, low delay mode, hardware volume control, passing playback position, and passing metadata (including picture). Improved behavior under various networking environments and situations.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.5.0 released!
Support for NAA v5 protocol. Detection for apodizing errors in upsampled content. Small fixes and improvements.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.4.1 released.
Support for using E-cores as offload processors on Linux and Windows. Add log viewer dialog to the Desktop server. Add auto rate detection URI. Client now auto-(re)connects to the last used server. Minor Client GUI adjustments. Bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.4.0 released!
Support for playing tracks in random order from streaming services. Add genre selection to Client. Minor interface improvements in Client. New ultralight EC modulators for low power hardware, such as Raspberry Pi 5. Support for buffer level information. New low delay mode. Processing block size adjustment. Bug fixes and component updates.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.3.1 released.
IIR to FIR delay compensation. Support for changing filter/dither/modulator on the fly. Add support for changing input rate through control API. Support for LosslessSwitcher on macOS.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.3.0 released!
Two new experimental hybrid multi-level modulators for DSD1024+. Added option to convert parametric EQs to a convolution EQ. Added option to adjust engine idle time and fully enable idling feature. Component updates and bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.2.0 released!
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. Setting for FFT filter length. Performance optimizations. Component updates and bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.1.0 released!
Support for controlling favorite status of currently playing track, support for selecting spectrogram palette, support for Qobuz auto-play (radio) and suggestions (dynamic content). Qobuz playlist maintenance support. Performance improvements, minor light modulator tuning, fixes for new AutoEq parametric filter specs, attempt to reduce timeout errors when source is Roon. Component updates and bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.0.2 released.
First order low-pass and high-pass parametric EQ filters. Parametric EQ compatibility improvements. Reduced CPU requirements for Client on Windows and macOS. Core Audio compatibility improvements on macOS. Additional shortcut on Windows to start with dark mode support partially disabled. Component updates and bug fixes.
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HQPlayer 5 Desktop 5.0.0 released!
Several new filters and modulators, extended source content analysis and output metering, new CUDA offload capabilities, metring display in Client, GUI improvements, RaspberryPi4 supported as a new platform.