Jplay anyone? - Page 2

Wow, audio player without GUI, even worse than the uLilith ==

An idea for further development would be an app or complete firmware replacement for popular players, similar to Rockbox, or Equalizer in iOS.
Edited by J.Pocalypse - 10/11/11 at 9:16pm

Sorry, I got sick of waiting for the "Loading" box to go away. Back to F2K. JPlay is doing this disgusting thing.. It'll play music for a bit, then go to static. Audible. Static. No, nothing is wrong with my computer. 3.5GB of RAM should be enough for one 38MB .ALAC file.

Static? That's new. Are you sure that everything is ok with your track? Also it could be that your audio interface/driver can't handle that low buffer size... Was it with hi-rez track? What audio interface do you use?

Of course 3.5GB is enough, but mind you that jplay doesn't use 'normal' memory management. Instead we choose largepages, which require one chunk of memory that is not fragmented. Unfortunately Windows fragments memory like crazy (to increase security), so everything that you start makes the fragmentation even worse and eventually jplay won't be able to lock enough memory using largepages.

The loading takes longer because jplay doesn't use disk during playback - all tracks that can fit into filecache are pre-loaded prior to starting playback (zero disk i/o). It's been implemented for a reason - better SQ.

We'll most definitely look into a GUI+remote control solution for the upcoming W8, so more audiophiles could enjoy our player (Yes, we are aware that gui-less player is for extremist)

Regards,
Marcin

Are you sure that everything is ok with your track?

 

Yes. I've listened to it through JPlay and many other music players before with no problems.

 

Was it with hi-rez track?

 

Nope. Just typical 16/44 ALAC.

 

What audio interface do you use?

 

Only things I use for music are my lalptop with ( techincally ) 4GB of RAM, JPlay, uDAC ( the first one ) and my M50s.

Windows fragments memory like crazy (to increase security), so everything that you start makes the fragmentation even worse and eventually jplay won't be able to lock enough memory using largepages.

 

How much RAM would you suggest people have on their machines in order to listen to a full album ( figure 12 tracks ) in FLAC/ALAC ( 16/44 ) and still be able to brows the internet at the same time?

We'll most definitely look into a GUI+remote control solution for the upcoming W8, so more audiophiles could enjoy our player.

 

An Android/iOS remote app would be really nice, if, you could still use it during hibernation/overdrive. If not, it'd still be pretty neat. The complete lack of GUI is just fine with me, personally. I change up settings/skins on other players too often anyhow.

 

 

3.5GB should be just fine, but remember to start jplay as the first app, right after Windows boots and never close it. This way you ensure that jplay gets more resources (no other programs were started, so RAM is not so fragmented)

Today we are releasing jplay 3.4. If the problem (static) still occurs with the latest version, send us an email and we'll figure out what's wrong.

Cheers,
Marcin

Jplay made a huge difference in my setup. It completely transformed my system, the best thing I ever did.

 

Maybe it depends on how optimized Windows is to begin with as to how big an effect it has. But in my Windows 7 bit perfect setup it was a God send.

 

I'm surprised it hasn't a bigger following. But I'm sold.

Personally I couldn't detect any difference between JRiver and JPlay but I can confirm it definitely improve the digital stream (maybe jitter???). My transport is a STX feeding a Mytek Stereo96  through spdif. The Mytek as a clever sync button to compare the original signal and the de-jittered/recloked one. Using JPlay (hybernate mode) the difference between the too is inaudible but it is with JRiver.

I believe people with poorly designed or NOS DAC might benefit but if your Dac does a good job at cleaning up the signal differences might be inaudible.

I do like the hybernate mode as I can just load an album and enjoy the music while not wasting time or getting distracted surfing the web