wtfplay

[pm325]

 

Yep, that`s right. It's enough to leave an intelligent person alone with the task and he will do everything himself ;)

[bodiebill]

Question to Fryderyk, triggered by a discussion in another thread:

How difficult would it be to make wtfplay work with ssh? It would mean having to use LAN, but on the other hand, the mouse, keyboard and monitor (HDMI) could be detached and I would expect the sound to benefit from that.

[frd__]

@bodiebill: It would not be difficult. It's on my todo list, however it was never under the focus.

[bodiebill]

34 minutes ago, frd__ said:

@bodiebill: It would not be difficult. It's on my todo list, however it was never under the focus.

 

Thanks Fryderyk, would be great!

[serendipitydawg]

I can't believe I'm the first to post in 2018!

 

Any news of further versions of this wonderful software?

[Blawre]

Is there, or can there be a version for use with the Rasberry Pi?

[frd__]

Hi there,

 

Last couple of months have been quite demanding for me. I had to look after a couple of other things and had very little time to to work on wtfplay. Now I can see that situation is slowly going back to normal and come back to my normal routine.

 

In terms of RPi question: the answer for today is: I do not know. I December last year I purchased this baby:

 

http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G150229074080

 

and started porting wtfplay-live for it. I will report the progress.

 

F

[Ipoci]

On 2/8/2018 at 6:38 PM, frd__ said:

Now I can see that situation is slowly going back to normal and come back to my normal routine.

 

Welcome back! I'm always waiting for WTFPLAY updates

 

Have a nice day, Massimiliano

[sligolad]

2 years this week since launch and it is still one of the great undiscovered sound quality improvements to be discovered by many so called sound quality purists!!
Hard to believe but we can be glad that we are the lucky ones to discover this great player :-)

Thank you Fryderyk.

[Ipoci]

On 2/8/2018 at 6:38 PM, frd__ said:

that situation is slowly going back to normal and come back to my normal routine

 

Hi Fryderyk. I've a question about gapless playout ...

Based on your experience what's the easier way (and less sound impacting) to implement gapless for DSD? I mean, is it better to go through the load of single dsf/dff tracks one after another or loading a full .ISO image in dram could be the way (considering at least 8/16GB available).

 

Have a nice day. Massimiliano

[frd__]

@Ipoci: I am at the opinion that loading full ISO/album/files into a single memory block and then playing it back would be a better solution.

[Ipoci]

On 2/28/2018 at 10:56 PM, frd__ said:

I am at the opinion that loading full ISO/album/files into a single memory block

That's cool ... I'm not aware of any Linux player capable to do it (and none of the others have the same audio quality of WTF)

 

Have a nice day. Massimiliano

[serendipitydawg]

On 2/26/2018 at 10:58 AM, Ipoci said:

Hi Fryderyk.

 

On 2/8/2018 at 5:38 PM, frd__ said:

December last year I purchased this baby:

 

http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G150229074080

 

and started porting wtfplay-live for it. I will report the progress.

How are you getting with the porting? I am really intrigued with this new hardware. Any chance you could explain a little of how it will output to a DAC?

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

Has anyone tried running it off a Chromebook? If so, what model? 

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

On 2/8/2018 at 6:38 PM, frd__ said:

Hi there,

 

Last couple of months have been quite demanding for me. I had to look after a couple of other things and had very little time to to work on wtfplay. Now I can see that situation is slowly going back to normal and come back to my normal routine.

 

In terms of RPi question: the answer for today is: I do not know. I December last year I purchased this baby:

 

http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G150229074080

 

and started porting wtfplay-live for it. I will report the progress.

 

F

 

I assume the version you would be porting to that Odroid board would work with a network connection? 

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

A short summary (in French) of my (very positive) conclusions concerning Wtfplayer: http://forum-hifi.fr/thread-7396-post-147047.html#pid147047

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

I have a few suggestions: 

- have the option of launching wtfcui automatically

This would avoid typing the command and allow using more easily  one of those small programmable keyboards mentioned earlier in the thread. The option could be stored on the boot drive as with the other settings. 

- the option of automatically adding to the playlist  all the files on a given drive (working through all folders on the drive) could also be really convenient as this means you could actually boot up your computer and just use one key to start the music and stop it. I believe with this a screen would not be needed in most listening situations. 

- would it be possible to have a key to completely erase the playlist (unless I am mistaken the files can only be removed one by one)? 

 

As of now, if I wanted to avoid connecting a screen to launch a playlist I could load a drive (USB) with a bunch of tracks on the root directory, the boot my pc, type blindly "wtfcui" to launch the gui, hit enter to select the drive, type shift+a to select all tracks, then tab to move to the playlist and enter to start playing. Doable... 

 

That's it. Truly excellent work and two thumbs up to frd_

[Anto]

Exceptional player! I look forward to the future update!
Thanks Fryderyk
Greetings
Anto

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

Testing wtfplay prompted me to experiment with my USBridge - see here: 

 

[serendipitydawg]

Any news Fryderyk?

[serendipitydawg]

On 4/29/2018 at 12:09 AM, serendipitydawg said:

Any news Fryderyk?

 At the risk of repeating myself...

[serendipitydawg]

Any news Fryderyk?

[arglebargle]

A version with SSH capability would be so great. Hope it’s still a possibility when time permits! 

[serendipitydawg]

I confess; I am totally beguiled by wtfplay.

 

It confounds my innate scepticism that mere software can improve sound With no changes whatsoever to my hifi.

 

Anyone still using it?

[tonerei]

Yes using it on both systems.  SDPlayer appears to be gaining traction and at a few listening sessions people have preferred the SDplayer. Too much of a pita for me.