Take Full Control of Your HQPlayer

The premium remote control for HQPlayer Desktop & Embedded. Browse your library, manage playback, analyze audio quality, and stream from HIGHRESAUDIO — all from your phone or tablet.

HQPDcontrol — Artists view

Everything You Need

A complete companion for HQPlayer — from library browsing to real-time audio analysis.

Library Browsing

Five ways to explore your collection: folders, artists, albums, playlists, and genres. Grid, list, or grouped view with album art.

Playback Control

Full transport: play, pause, stop, skip. Precise seek slider and volume adjustment in dB steps.

Now Playing

Album art, metadata, and real-time audio format info — source resolution, target processing, active filter and shaper.

Queue Management

Drag & drop reordering, swipe to delete, save as playlist. Focus button jumps to the current track.

Audio Analysis

Visualize HQPlayer's per-album and per-track measurements: LUFS loudness, dynamic range, peak and RMS levels, apodizing data.

Real-time Metering

Display HQPlayer's live per-channel peak and RMS levels with a full-frequency spectrogram. Three color palettes.

HQPlayer Config

All processing settings at your fingertips: modes, filters, shapers, sample rates, matrix profiles, and presets.

HRA Streaming

Log in with your HIGHRESAUDIO account. Browse albums, search the catalog, manage playlists, and stream.

Rich Metadata

Artist biographies, photos, similar artists, genre tags, album credits, and synchronized lyrics — from MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikipedia, fanart.tv, and LRCLIB.

Digital Booklets

View PDF booklets embedded in your albums directly in the app — liner notes, credits, and artwork at your fingertips.

Library Overview

At-a-glance statistics: album, track, artist, and genre counts. PCM vs. DSD breakdown and format distribution.

Albums grid view Artists list view Genres view Playlists view Directories view

Your Library, Your Way

HQPDcontrol synchronizes your HQPlayer library to your device for fast, responsive browsing — even with tens of thousands of albums.

  • Five browsing views: Directories, Artists, Albums, Playlists, Genres
  • Grid view with album cover art, or list view with detailed metadata
  • Global audio format filter: isolate PCM, Hi-Res, or DSD albums instantly
  • Color-coded format badges for quick identification
  • Grouped view to compare different masterings by dynamic range
  • Full-text search across your entire collection
DSD 64 PCM 192/24 PCM 44.1/16
Now Playing view Playing queue view

Now Playing & Queue

Full playback control with rich audio information. See not just what's playing, but how HQPlayer is processing it.

  • Album art, track info, artist, album, and composer
  • Source → Target format: see input resolution vs. HQPlayer output
  • Active processing chain: mode, filter, shaper, and speed
  • Seek slider with precise time display, volume in dB
  • Playing queue with drag & drop reordering and swipe-to-delete
  • Save your current queue as an internal playlist
  • Swipe between Now Playing and Queue via bottom sheet
Audio analysis view Real-time metering view

Audio Analysis & Metering

Understand your music at a deeper level. HQPlayer performs the measurements and generates the live signal data; HQPDcontrol brings it to your phone in a clear, readable form.

Library Analysis

  • Visualizes HQPlayer's per-album and per-track measurements: LUFS loudness, Loudness Range (dynamic range), True Peak, RMS level
  • Apodizing requirement data for each track, as reported by HQPlayer
  • Compare album versions by dynamic range in grouped view

Real-time Metering

  • Renders HQPlayer's live meter stream — per-channel Peak and RMS bars with dB readout
  • Full-frequency spectrogram heatmap from HQPlayer's output analysis
  • Three color palettes: Classic, HSV, and Green
  • Works in both portrait and landscape orientation
HQPlayer settings view

HQPlayer at Your Fingertips

Access the full range of HQPlayer's audio processing settings without leaving your chair.

  • Processing modes: PCM upsampling, DSD conversion, and more
  • Digital filters: extensive library including separate 1x and Nx filters
  • Noise shapers and dither algorithms
  • Output sample rates and input source selection
  • Matrix and upmixing profiles
  • Repeat, shuffle, adaptive gain, polarity invert, convolution
  • Load complete configuration presets
  • Responsive layout adapts from 1 to 3 columns on tablets

Stream from HIGHRESAUDIO

Integrate your HIGHRESAUDIO streaming subscription directly into HQPDcontrol. Browse, search, and play — the app sends stream URLs to HQPlayer for native playback with the full processing chain.

  • Log in with your existing HRA account
  • Browse your albums and playlists
  • Full-text search across the entire HRA catalog
  • Create, edit, rename, and delete playlists
  • Add individual tracks or entire albums to the queue
  • HQPlayer handles the streaming — full processing applied
Metadata enrichment view

Know the Music Behind the Music

HQPDcontrol fetches rich context for every artist and album in your library from the best open music databases — without sending your library anywhere.

  • Artist biographies from Wikipedia, in your preferred style
  • High-resolution artist photos from fanart.tv
  • Similar artists and genre tags from Last.fm
  • Album credits, release info, and editorial notes
  • MusicBrainz-backed artist and album matching for accuracy
  • Synchronized lyrics from LRCLIB, scrolling in time with the track
  • All fetched data cached locally — no repeated lookups
MusicBrainz Last.fm Wikipedia fanart.tv LRCLIB
Library Overview statistics view

More Than Just Metadata

The little details audiophiles care about — liner notes and a clear view of what's in your collection.

Digital Booklets

  • Read embedded PDF booklets right inside the album detail view
  • Full-screen reader with pinch-to-zoom and page navigation
  • Accessible from Now Playing — one tap from any track

Library Overview

  • Total counts: albums, tracks, artists, genres
  • PCM vs. DSD breakdown with per-format totals
  • Sample rate and bit depth distribution at a glance
  • Responsive layout: 1, 2, or 3 columns depending on screen size

Built for Reliability

Engineered for the demands of a serious audio setup.

Autodiscovery

Find HQPlayer on your network automatically via mDNS. One tap to connect.

Encrypted Connection

ECDH key exchange with ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption. Streaming URLs are protected in transit.

Massive Libraries

Handles libraries with tens of thousands of albums. Batch import with progress tracking.

Offline Library

Your library is stored locally in SQLite. Browse albums, tracks, and metadata without a constant connection.

Smart Image Cache

Album art cached locally with configurable size limits and automatic quality optimization.

Auto-Reconnect

Survives network drops and device sleep. Exponential backoff reconnection — your session resumes automatically.

Tailored to You

Ready to Take Control?

Download HQPDcontrol and transform your HQPlayer experience.

Available on Android 7.0+ and iOS 16.0+

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