Processor with support for SSE4.2 instructions on x86-64, or 64-bit ARM
BIOS capable of UEFI boot (bootable image)
Audio device(s) with ALSA driver support
Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish, Debian 11 Bullseye or Fedora 36 Server/Minimal 64-bit OS installed
No graphical user interface / desktop environment
Downloading and installing packagesInstall necessary packages, dependencies for these packages are available in the OS package repository.
Download and install libgmpris package. And then the hqplayerd package for your distribution.
Package contains example configuration file and documentation as a readme text file. Downloading and configuring bootable imageDownload the hqplayer-embedded image and write the image to a media you plan to use for booting, such as USB memory stick.
Once booted up, you can use the web configuration interface from another computer or login as "root" (no password) from console. Default username for web interface is "hqplayer" and default password is "password". Please change the password as soon as possible, either through the web interface, or from command line using command "hqplayerd -s usernamepassword". The image will attempt to appear under name "hqplayer" on the network, but you can also see the obtained IP adress using command "ifconfig", or from HQPlayer Client's control panel.
Additional documentation can be found in /usr/share/hqplayer/readme.txt