Arvind - I found that problem. There will be a 2.10c soon for this.

The decoding is just fine, only that logo not.

Regards,
Peter

Mani,

There's a CopPref.bat file in your XX folder. Is that maybe blocked as well ?

Peter

Ah, in the Title bar. I didn't look there ...
But I can't do much with that. I recognize it though.

It feels a bit like the under the hood messages "Do you want to run this program Yes/No", and "Show this message the next time ?". So it can be that this failed at the install (because being blocked) and now won't work any more.

For my fun : put the below in your XX folder and rightclick on the Pause button. Does this pop up such a program ? (always denote "Run" and "Don't show next time", if it does).

Peter

OK, thanks.
Working on it ...

Peter

Mani, that is a bit vague.
Do you have a screenshot for me ?

Thanks,
Peter

Arvind,

But it plays (at the right speed) ?

Peter

Solved;
There was a bit of code left behind that eventually required the decoding on the Music Server PC after all.

In the download topic for 2.10 there's now (soon) a 2.10a patch at the very bottom. This will be required on the Music Server PC (only) and only for those who can/could not get the decoding going on the Music Server PC to begin with.
Watch out : The MQA albums of concern must be re-prepared in full for this to work. Thus, delete their folder structure, re-search them and Prepare them.

To be clear, the exhibit without 2.10a for some :
- Albums are Prepared on the Music Server PC (this PC accessing Tidal);
- On the Audio PC now MQA Decoding does not work, while the Audio PC is "modern" as such and contains a fresh install of Windows (say that W10 is always sufficiently modern).

The problem without 2.10a is that the Music Server PC (often running an older or upgraded Windows version) requires MQA decoding, while this is impossible. 2.10a solves this.

Arvind, thank you for holding on !
Peter

Zheng, ... not such an abnormal question ...

There is no XXEngine4.exe. Only XXEngine3.exe. However, internally there's the nomenclature Engine3 and Engine4. But this is not externally used any more, as far as I know (and in 2.10, IIRC, I removed another text about it on the screen. But it could still be in messages (and internally it really is used).

Engine3 : WASAPI
Engine4 : Kernel Streaming

Regards,
Peter

Mani, what about unblocking all .exes in there ? (the ones you received via the UpgradePatch).

Peter

Haha, or maybe not ...

I see nothing wrong so far.
The file you'll receive from Tidal is 24/44.1 or 24/48. This is just how it should be. This is also how XXHighEnd should output it, so your MQA DAC can start from the beginning which is the decoding (AKA first unfold). From there it becomes 24/88.2 or 24/96 and assumed the Rendering part in your MQA DAC is also active, it will become 24/176.4 or 24/192 if the file was that natively.

Notice that files can be natively 44.1 or 48 or 88.2 or 96 ( or 352.8 ).

Understand a little ? Does it help ?
Regards,
Peter

This is the same issue (??) as dealt with in the HQPlayer topic ...

Hi Mani,

I know of nothing. Nothing changed ...
Besides, what you describe is about the intentional way of working. It is like that for XX years ...

Maybe set it all up under normal OS and then hop to MinOS ?
Or do what you suggested ...

Regards,
Peter

UnLOCKing. Like you did with XXHighEnd.exe ...

But Mani, can't you unlock XXEngine3.exe then ?

Hi Arvind,

I am out of ideas (already was). What remains is Teamviewer ...

Just give me access to your Music Server PC (the one which is used for Tidal *and* which has access to your Stealth (remote control) and I should be able to try a few things from there. This already was my idea 24 hour ago, but yesterday I managed to not find the time for it.

See you in email ...

Regards,
Peter