- #SETUP PC FOR BITPERFECT MUSIC HOW TO#
- #SETUP PC FOR BITPERFECT MUSIC DRIVER#
- #SETUP PC FOR BITPERFECT MUSIC 32 BIT#
- #SETUP PC FOR BITPERFECT MUSIC FULL#
So I use WASAPI.Ĭonfigure the Input Device Settings to use WASAPI as well.
#SETUP PC FOR BITPERFECT MUSIC DRIVER#
In my case I am using WASAPI, as DAC2541's ASIO driver operates in shared mode and doesn't give an exclusive lock for some reason. Now we'll set HQPlayer up to receive the stream:Ĭonfigure your DAC in the output device settings. In my case I run a few VST plugins so I set JRiver's volume to -6dB to provide VST headroom, and headroom for HQPlayer upsampling later. Note you can obviously run whatever DSP you want in the player. Play something and you should see the VAC Render thread appear in the Cable 1 detail window. I imagine you could happily choose 24 bit as well - just make sure it matches VAC.
#SETUP PC FOR BITPERFECT MUSIC 32 BIT#
I'm choosing 32 bit somewhat arbitrarily, as this is the automatic default for JRiver. Select VAC as your output device via WASAPI and force the bit depth to 32 bit integer to match the VAC config. However you do want the flexibility to have rates mismatched or HQPlayer falls over if your source rate changes - more on this later. Note that the Format matches perfectly - this is what you want for a bit-perfect transfer. Render is JRiver and Capture is HQPlayer. Here it is with JRiver and HQPlayer connected. "None" will allow VAC to do its own terrible, non-dithered format conversion which is garbage.ĭouble-click the blue-highlighted cable or click the "Cable info" button to bring up the cable details pane.
"Cable format" will lock the cable characteristics to the characteristics of the first connected device, which causes the freezing. What this does is give you some flexibility for HQPlayer to play at mismatched bitrates without freezing up. ***Very Important Set the Stream fmt to "Cable range". You can leave the 1 to 2 config for NC (Number of channels) or fix it at 2 for stereo like I have. *Important Set the BPS (Bits per sample) to 32 or HQPlayer will try to use some janky 22-bit connection in certain cases. I'm using 384k just for shits and giggles. Note that the dropdown stops at 192k for the upper limit, you'll need to type a higher value in manually if you want a higher value. That is, whatever the sample rate of your stuff is.
#SETUP PC FOR BITPERFECT MUSIC FULL#
You only need one virtual cable, as the cable can carry up to 8 channels.įor the Cable config in the Format Range for SR (sample rate) you want to set the range to the full range (or more) of what you might expect as input. Once installed you get a detailed control panel like so: You can try the VB Audio HiFiCable and ASIO Bridge - that should work as well in theory. NOTE the free Lite version maxxes out at 48k, so it's useless for our purposes if you have any Hi-Res content. To my mind it's worth the $30, especially since it liberates you from the tragic experience of playing audio through HQPlayer itself. And one-man-band awesome Russian companies. Also I'm a geek so I like the diagnostic ability that VAC gives you with its graceless but detailed UI. I'm using Virtual Audio Cable because I got some popping with VB Audio early on and gave up on it. Any player supporting WASAPI on Windows, such as JRiver Media Center or Foobar2000.Integrating WASAPI Players on Windows with HQPlayer for PCM I'll go over the software required, the configurations and their tradeoffs, and finally a set of batch commands to control HQPlayer using the command-line which makes it really easy to test out filters, shapers, and source URIs.
#SETUP PC FOR BITPERFECT MUSIC HOW TO#
HQPlayer has popped up in a few rather specific threads recently, and I've been doing quite a bit of work with it recently so I thought I'd start a dedicated general HQPlayer thread rather than start another specific one.įor starters I'm going to provide a tutorial on how to integrate Jriver Media Center, Foobar2000 or basically any other player that can use a WASAPI interface on Windows with HQPlayer in a fairly seamless fashion for PCM-based streams (you can upsample the fuck out of it in HQPlayer to DSD if you want).
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