Pure Player

[npetralias]

Lovely job. I'm really quite impressed with this.....

Something I noticed - it will play lower level wma fine, but not wma lossless.

Just letting you know!

I will have a look. Thanks!

 

[strypis]

Nick, FYI, still the same problem:

it plays both pieces (current and next) simultaneously.

Sometimes, it may play the same piece (for single-item playlist) one on top of the other, asynchronously!

Despite this, all rest are fine, especially sound!!

 

[fmak]

>19 MB for package!

It is 2.8MB
Try with Internet Explorer (although i don't like it either ), i don't know why this happens...

nt

 

[npetralias]

Version 2.1 is available

You can download it by right click->Save File As here (6.5MB)

New features:

-File association
-Preprocess (decode) a selected range of files from playlist ( in order to decrease the gap between tracks)
-File (and CD) conversion from almost anything to wav, flac and mp3 formats
-Option to show the Command Window while playing or not

Installation:
Unzip folder pureplayer to c:
Run PurePlayer.exe

Existing installation:
Replace c:\pureplayer folder


Microsoft .NET Framework 4 is required, available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...displaylang=en


@strypis: this bug is hopefully fixed

 

[bambadoo]

Nice player. Sound just as good as foobar (wasapi) and spdif out (essence stx) to dac (18bit dac) .
In fact they sound identical.
Been doing some a and b testing for a while now.

 

[Raj1]

Nice player. Sound just as good as foobar (wasapi) and spdif out (essence stx) to dac (18bit dac) .
In fact they sound identical.
Been doing some a and b testing for a while now.

I'm finding them identical, too (WASAPI Foobar). Only thing is, Foobar still has more functionality.

 

[woodturner-fran]

Works good, but still won't handle wma lossless. When I try to load a track, it sits there "processing". When I turned on the cmd window, the window refreshes again and again but too fast to see whats in the window..... Does this about 10 times before stopping. Message on the player stills says processing though.

I tried to use pureplayer to convert one of these wma lossless files to both wav and flac. The file is created in the temp folder within C:\pureplayer, but the same thing happens to this wav/flac file.

However, if I use Xrecode to change the file from wma lossless to flac first it plays that file perfectly.......




I realise this may not be worth fixing as not many may have wma lossless....

Fran

 

[npetralias]

Works good, but still won't handle wma lossless. When I try to load a track, it sits there "processing". When I turned on the cmd window, the window refreshes again and again but too fast to see whats in the window..... Does this about 10 times before stopping. Message on the player stills says processing though.

I tried to use pureplayer to convert one of these wma lossless files to both wav and flac. The file is created in the temp folder within C:\pureplayer, but the same thing happens to this wav/flac file.

However, if I use Xrecode to change the file from wma lossless to flac first it plays that file perfectly.......




I realise this may not be worth fixing as not many may have wma lossless....

Fran

wma lossless format is not supported from ffmpeg, which i am using for wma decoding. There was a Microsoft decoder once available, i will try to find it and use it...

Thanks for the info!

 

[strypis]

After several weeks of use, I conclude that PurePlayer (now 2.1) is the foobar destroyer.

Bravo Nick!

PS. If only that "async play of 2 tracks" problem was resolved..

 

[Raj1]

After several weeks of use, I conclude that PurePlayer (now 2.1) is the foobar destroyer.

Bravo Nick!

PS. If only that "async play of 2 tracks" problem was resolved..

Well, let's be a little more honest. It's an alternative, but it doesn't replace Foobar on functionality just yet. Don't get me wrong, I applaud the ongoing work and it's certainly got its appeal.

 

[npetralias]

I need a favour.
Can somebody try ASIOforAll drivers + PurePlayer and check if the amp/dac sampling rate "lock" is correct?
Is the sound better or not?

You can find them here:

ASIO4ALL - Universal ASIO Driver

 

[t-head]

I use asio4all...how do I check sampling rate?...it just works...

 

[t-head]

FWIW, I'd like to see pure player be able to stream audio from the net...

 

[npetralias]

You need a DAC or Amplifier with sampling rate display in order to be sure.

 

[npetralias]

You may download the new version (2.2) by right click->Save File As here (7.5MB)

Latest release: 14/04/2011

New features:

-Bugs resolved
-Cue file Playback and Split functions
-Improved decoding speed

Installation:
Unzip folder pureplayer to c:
Run PurePlayer.exe

Existing installation:
Replace c:\pureplayer folder


Microsoft .NET Framework 4 is required, available at:

Download details: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (Web Installer)


Hopefully the next version will include Wasapi support...

 

[bambadoo]

Hopefully the next version will include Wasapi support...

Waiting for that.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely

 

[Raj1]

A 32 BIT volume control for WASPI would be great.

 

[julcat]

Thanks a lot npetralias for one of the greatest sounding players around, wasapi will be the killer version!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[otto88]

So far your player reproduces sound "similar" to those from MAC players on my iMac computer.

What distinguishes the sound of MAC players?

I thought the logic is that all good debugged players should sound the same, ie it's all bits

what technically distinguishes 'good sounding' players; eg (I doubt it) the distribution of harmonics?

Or if player A is more revealing than player B, is player B not 'doing it's job' 100%?

 

[Raj1]

What distinguishes the sound of MAC players?

I thought the logic is that all good debugged players should sound the same, ie it's all bits

what technically distinguishes 'good sounding' players; eg (I doubt it) the distribution of harmonics?

Or if player A is more revealing than player B, is player B not 'doing it's job' 100%?

I think system resources and processor loading may come into play here and affect system generated noise - assuming it cascades back into the audio band and the resulting effect is audible.