HQPlayer Desktop thread

jussi_laako · October 9, 2022, 5:44pm

Yes, you can have number of different matrix pofiles per each settings file.

steven_goodier · October 10, 2022, 7:32am

Brilliant. Where can I find how to import these?

jussi_laako · October 10, 2022, 6:06pm

From HQPlayer File menu you can choose “Export settings” and “Import settings”.

For more details, please also check the manual.

steven_goodier · October 12, 2022, 9:22pm

Hi Jussi, I get a couple of seconds of white noise at the start of play, on first turning on each time. It’s no biggy, but is there a way to avoid it?

jussi_laako · October 12, 2022, 11:05pm

What kind of setup and settings is this on? I have not experienced such on any of my setups.

steven_goodier · October 12, 2022, 11:46pm

My set up. HQPlayer on Mac mini>Rpi NAA>Topping d90se via usb.

If I move from listening from another DAC in a different zone, to the Topping, and the Topping was turned off, I get 2-3 sec of white noise during the first few seconds of play, it fades off within 2-3secs

I can replicate it too.

I switch DACs in the preferences drop-down.

steven_goodier · October 12, 2022, 11:53pm

Hi Moises, do you have two different servers to be able to have those two zones set up in Roon? Two licenses?

Moy · October 13, 2022, 12:24am

In my case It’s actually same desktop license but only can play it one at a time. One is in Mac Mini M1 and the other one on a PC with windows 10.
You add just 2 zones with different names on roon.

steven_goodier · October 13, 2022, 12:45am

Ah yes, I didn’t think about that possibility.

Have you used any matrix settings yet Moises? I’ve never tried any of these yet, but would like to make a Headphone eq file and import it into HQPlayer

jussi_laako · October 13, 2022, 12:48am

D90SE is horribly buggy implementation. Your best bet is to run it at 352.8/384k PCM.

Moy · October 13, 2022, 12:50am

Haven’t got that deep yet! I’m pending to do some room correction filters with professional help and later import convolution filters asking here in our community forum. I’m quite novice and curious

steven_goodier · October 13, 2022, 12:53am

If I leave the Topping on, and switch listening from Ares2, I don’t get the brief noise.

Topping is playing 256 DSD and sounds good, but I haven’t listened to any PCM for a while. I’ll give it a listen.

steven_goodier · October 13, 2022, 12:59am

I think we are on a similar journey

steven_goodier · October 13, 2022, 5:23am

Running it on PCM, sounds leaner, but good still. I’m going on 768kHz. No white noise when I started either😳

jussi_laako · October 13, 2022, 10:54am

It tends to occasionally misbehave and drop data packets at 705.6/768k rates. For reliable operation 384k is maximum on D90SE.

steven_goodier · October 14, 2022, 3:31am

Are you using your Mac Mini for the 512, or the windows computer?

steven_goodier · October 14, 2022, 10:48pm

Hi Jussi, any quick tips to “find” the DAC again? The D90 is not showing in the drop down in preferences menu.

I’ve turned it off, back on again, unplugged it etc but it doesn’t show up today. HQPlayer is working today on my main system still.

……I’ve figured it out. I rebooted the RPi

slai · October 15, 2022, 1:31am

Am running on HQPlayer 4 Desktop v4.19.0 with Roon 2.0. Yesterday I have updated Roon to the latest version (build 1133). Now the HQplayer keeps crashing whenever I tried to play music via Roon.
Both softwares are installed in a late 2012 Apple Mac Mini on macOS Catalina 10.15.7.
I have tried rebooting Mac mini, does not help. Any kind souls can advise how this can be solved? Thank you.

jussi_laako · October 15, 2022, 10:10am

Does HQPlayer play fine standalone? Or does this happen only with Roon as source?

slai · October 15, 2022, 2:59pm

It does not work, crashes whenever I click play…looks like I have to re-install the program