SqueezePlay for Windows with ASIO, DirectSound, WASAPI and WDMKS device support.

[ralphy]

Hi,

I'm trying to get this version of Squeezeplay to work via WASAPI with the HRT Streamer II on Windows 7 64 bit. Squeezeslave -L yields the following:

* 2: (Windows DirectSound) Primary Sound Driver (119/239)
3: (Windows DirectSound) Speakers (2- Music Streamer II) (119/239)
4: (Windows DirectSound) Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) (119/239)
5: (Windows WASAPI) Speakers (2- Music Streamer II) (3/10)
6: (Windows WASAPI) Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) (3/10)
8: (Windows WDM-KS) Speakers (Realtek HD Audio output) (10/40)
11: (Windows WDM-KS) Speakers (Music Streamer II) (10/85)

I've set the following environment variables:

USEPADEVICE - Speakers (2- Music Streamer II)
USEPAHOSTAPI - Windows WASAPI
USEPAMAXSAMPLERATE - 96000

However, Squeezeplay simply hangs with these settings. Changing USEPAHOSTAPI to Windows Directsound works fine though, but the sample rate is fixed by the Windows device.

Any ideas?

I'd suggest trying WDM-KS instead.

USEPADEVICE - Speakers (Music Streamer II)
USEPAHOSTAPI - Windows WDM-KS
USEPAMAXSAMPLERATE - 96000

WASAPI is using shared mode which means you need to set the sample rate to match the source you're trying to play.

[gorman]

Would it correctly playback FLAC multichannel files?

Bump on this question.

[SBGK]

Hi,

I'm trying to get this version of Squeezeplay to work via WASAPI with the HRT Streamer II on Windows 7 64 bit. Squeezeslave -L yields the following:

* 2: (Windows DirectSound) Primary Sound Driver (119/239)
3: (Windows DirectSound) Speakers (2- Music Streamer II) (119/239)
4: (Windows DirectSound) Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) (119/239)
5: (Windows WASAPI) Speakers (2- Music Streamer II) (3/10)
6: (Windows WASAPI) Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) (3/10)
8: (Windows WDM-KS) Speakers (Realtek HD Audio output) (10/40)
11: (Windows WDM-KS) Speakers (Music Streamer II) (10/85)

I've set the following environment variables:

USEPADEVICE - Speakers (2- Music Streamer II)
USEPAHOSTAPI - Windows WASAPI
USEPAMAXSAMPLERATE - 96000

However, Squeezeplay simply hangs with these settings. Changing USEPAHOSTAPI to Windows Directsound works fine though, but the sample rate is fixed by the Windows device.

Any ideas?

I had the same issue, got round it by not specifying a USEPAHOSTAPI ie deleting that variable and setting my wasapi device to be the default, worked ok, although had latency issues playing 192/24, 96 was ok.

[ralphy]

Bump on this question.

No.

[gorman]

No.

Would this be something "fixable" somehow?

[bobb]

Wonderful plugin, i can now easily add things to a playlist , not so easy to do in the LMS webui.
Since it is beta , i have a request: using a 28 inch screen i have lots of room, so it would be nice to be able to enlarge the app.
less scrolling of text that way.
cheers

[bobb]

i have the following problem,i select a show, then: connecting,buffering 80%,fetching track details.
i will hear a few seconds ,thats all.
It has been running fine for a few days earlier
Using latest LMS

[ralphy]

New version r158 available on googlecode which automatically uses the default sound device from control panel, if both the USEPADEVICE and USEPAHOSTAPI environment variables are NOT set. See post#1 for details.

[Saturn94]

Hi Ralphy.

I posted this in another thread:

I have LMS and Squeezeplay loaded on my laptop (Windows Vista sp2). As I understand it, Squeezeplay turns my laptop into a player. I have no trouble using it to play music through the laptop speakers, but I cannot figure out how to get the audio to play via USB using my HiFace USB to SPDIF converter hooked to my stereo.

I checked the audio settings on the laptop's control panel and the hiFace shows up fine. As a matter of fact, with the hiFace connected all computer sounds play through the stereo instead of the laptop speakers like I expect. But for some reason when using Squeezeplay it will only play through the laptop speakers.

I cannot find any settings to tell Sqeezeplay, or LMS, to send audio to the hiFace.

The reason I would like to do this is because hi Rez music files seem to sound better through the hiFace rather than streaming wirelessly through the Touch.

For reference, my music files are on my laptop (running Vista, LMS, and Squeezeplay), and my Touch is connected to the stereo via digital coax. I control the whole thing with iPeng installed on my iPad Mini.

Any ideas?

You directed me to this thread.

I downloaded the version of Squeezeplay from the link in your first post, but the behavior I described has not changed; I cannot get it to play through USB. I thought maybe I also needed to download Squeezeslave, but when I bring it up it just shows a blank black window.

As I mentioned in the other thread, I'm not computer savvy but would like to get this to work. Can I touble you to post simple step by step instructions for this novice?

Thanks.

[ralphy]

Hi Ralphy.

I posted this in another thread:



You directed me to this thread.

I downloaded the version of Squeezeplay from the link in your first post, but the behavior I described has not changed; I cannot get it to play through USB. I thought maybe I also needed to download Squeezeslave, but when I bring it up it just shows a blank black window.

As I mentioned in the other thread, I'm not computer savvy but would like to get this to work. Can I touble you to post simple step by step instructions for this novice?

Thanks.

Post #1 in this thread has all the details.

[Saturn94]

Post #1 in this thread has all the details.

I did read post #1 several times, but I just don't have the computer knowledge to understand most of it.

I guess I'll just leave this for the more advanced user and stick with streaming via wifi for now.

I appreciate your attempt to help.

[ralphy]

I did read post #1 several times, but I just don't have the computer knowledge to understand most of it.

I guess I'll just leave this for the more advanced user and stick with streaming via wifi for now.

I appreciate your attempt to help.

Try setting the usb device as your default sound device, start squeezeplay and then change your default device to something else.

[Saturn94]

Try setting the usb device as your default sound device, start squeezeplay and then change your default device to something else.

Thanks for the tip.

When I go into Contol Panel to look at the sound devices, the USB device is there (with a checkmark by it) but the button to set it as the default device is greyed out. The other two devices that appear (the laptop speakers and I believe the optical output) don't have the default option greyed out. So it appears my laptop won't let me set the USB device (M2Tech hiFace) as the default audio device?

It's possible I might have another option to do what I want. I have Foobar2000 on my laptop and it works fine with my hiFace. I've read there are apps that can control Foobar2000 using my iPad Mini, so I might check out that option.

Also, perhaps I should again compare wifi streaming vs wired using the hiFace to see if there really is a difference in AQ. Is there any technical reason why there would be? If there really isn't a difference then there's not much point pursuing the "wired" option (well, at a minimum this is educational).

Thanks again.

[Musiclover]

Dear Ralphy,

I tried to bring run your nice squeezeplay version R0158 with high resolution wave formats.

The soundoutput analog is set to 24bit 192kHz; testsound is O.K.
System W7, 64bit

I installed first LogitechMediaServer-7.8.0-1353679004.exe from today
I installed your version Squeezeplay R0158.

I can play 24bit 192Khz flac formats, but not Wave 24bit 96/192kHz.

If I look to Environmental variables; I can´t find the

"There are several User Environment Variables used to provide the ability to select the output device (USEPADEVICE), maximum sample rate (USEPAMAXSAMPLERATE), audio device driver (USEPAHOSTAPI) and driver latency (USEPALATENCY)."

As I understood I have to start the software squeezeslave:

"To obtain the list of available output devices that can be used for the USEPADEVICE key you can download the latest squeezeslave for windows, extract the zip file and run squeezeslave with the -L option. If you do not set USEPADEVICE squeezeplay uses the default windows audio device."


I don´t understand, why the squeezeslave-1.2-379.exe
is opening a dos task windows, but I´m not able to write into this window.

It seems; I didn´t understood the correct prozedure to run Squeezeplay high resolution.
Any idea what I made wrong?

Thank you in advance

[Musiclover]

Nobody any idea what I have done wrong?

Thank you in advance