HQ player-what a colossal Pain!

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 6:48pm

sorry…heres a screengrab

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 6:49pm

and…

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 6:59pm

Strangely theres no drop down…I only have “Current” as an option

jussi_laako · February 19, 2020, 7:03pm

Set the output mode to “SDM” instead of “Auto” if you like to have DSD upsampling. DSD5 is among the simplest modulator variants.

Since ALSA backend is selected, now just the device selection under “ALSA backend” is missing.

If you are trying this on Optologic DAC, which is R2R - so natively PCM. I would however recommend to stick to PCM output at 352.8/384k instead. In which case you should select “PCM” as output mode instead. Also set “DAC bits” to 24.

jussi_laako · February 19, 2020, 7:06pm

Maybe something else in Antipodes is keeping the device busy. If you’ve used this DAC + Antipodes combination before, I’d expect that the OS detects the DAC. Then likely reason is that the device is busy.

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 7:49pm

So what do I need to do to rectify this?

Im also guessing hqplayer is to be installed on the CX and not the EX? The roon server is on the CX

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 8:00pm

Im just not getting anything to play. In roon, when Hqplayer is selected, when I try to play it states “Playback failed because $ couldnt connect to hqplayer.”…im at a loss

jussi_laako · February 19, 2020, 8:01pm

I have to say I don’t know enough about Antipodes. Maybe someone else knows. So far I’ve only seen it on static display at Munich High-End.

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 8:06pm

HI Tony…need your advice here my friend.

I have set up ALSA on my CX (do I need to d anything on my EX)

As you can see below, the back end cannot be selected, it only has current.

When I try to play anything on roon it states that playback is failing as it cannot connect to hqplayer…HELP

Tony_Devitt · February 19, 2020, 8:06pm

Hi @Bill_Turner, could you email me at support@antipodes.audio and we can get the missing DAC sorted.

With a CX->EX combo HQPlayer Server runs on the CX, alongside Roon Server, and HQPlayer NAA on the EX which is connected to the DAC

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 8:12pm

@Tony_Devitt Ok will do…so do I have to install the NAA on the EX also? I havent done that. If I do, do I need to have the same settings on both CX & EX?

Thanks Tony

Bill

Progisus · February 19, 2020, 8:13pm

Make sure to check auto rate family as well. I found that I needed to change the Generic line to ALSA first and then save. If my dac was connected it would then populate the ALSA backend dropdown.

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 8:19pm

…auto rate family? lol I really need this spelled out (ive jusr deleted the whole thing and started to re install it)

Tony_Devitt · February 19, 2020, 8:24pm

Install HQP NAA on EX, set its Audio Device to USB DAC, click ‘Save Changes’.
On CX, on HQP config screen, change Backend to ‘Network Audio’ and click Apply.
On the refreshed screen go to the bottom, click the Network Audio Backend Device box, and you will be able to select the EX NAA:

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 8:29pm

Thanks @Tony_Devitt

Ok, I have installed NAA on the EX. Where do I set the audio device to USB DAC?

Tony_Devitt · February 19, 2020, 8:36pm

My mistake … for NAA you don’t need to, USB is the default.
But in Apps/Audio App Switcher set HQP NAA to Active:

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 8:41pm

and there we have it

Thanks Tony. Lets see if this works

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 8:54pm

Right back to you my friend. PCM works fine but im now trying DSD but it I cant hear anything…just states “roon lost control of audio device”.It worked for you right?

Bill_Turner · February 19, 2020, 8:57pm

@Tony_Devitt PCM works fine…but do I need to change t this if ive added the NAA to the EX? Ive just left it as localhost

Tony_Devitt · February 19, 2020, 9:08pm

No, leave as ‘Localhost’ … that refers to HQPlayer Server, which is on the same host as Roon Server, hence ‘Localhost’.