Installation is simple, just go to the player.gridstream.org page, click the download link. Then just run the player. By default the player will inform you of any future updates, in addition this thread will also be updated with details about new updates of the player when available.
Requirements
- Windows 6.x (Vista, 2008, Windows 7, 2008R2, Windows 8, 2012, Windows 10) or compatible. Windows 7 or later recommended.
- DirectX 9+ compatible sound and graphics.
- Internet connection (broadband advised).
- 4MB+ available RAM (actual memory use depends on what features are used, skin, and OS version and components).
- x86 CPU 100Mhz+ (or x64 CPU and OS with 32bit support) or better CPU. ~2MB or more available disk space.
- Speakers/Headphones if you want to hear music, plus a sense of humor!
- Multitasking friendly, minimalistic, multi-monitor support, optimized for low CPU/resource/memory use.
- Roaming profile compliant, Vista/7/8/10 admin or standard user compliant.
- Should be able to take advantage of multi-core CPU's depending on the OS, several features of the player have their own threads.
- All player windows have desktop clipping, moving them outside the screen will snap them to the edge when let go again.
- Preferences window allowing you to customize several features of the player.
- Automatic station info updating, ensure station info is up to date, periodic checks.
- If player/vumeter is minimized then the vumeter is put in a reduced performance mode to conserve CPU cycles.
- Stats window with details like days/hrs since the player was started and last connect/reconnect, and more. The position, size, and open state of window is remembered.
- Info window, position, size, and open state are remembered. Song history that shows playtime, and when a song was started, the duration of a song, and the Max Headroom of a song.
- Automatically (re-)tunes to the stream. Will also retry each server (if multiple relays) several times before trying the next, if they all fail the server list is re-fetched in case the servers have been changed.
- Version check at player start (optional), with download prompt, manual check also possible with prompt/result. DirectVersionCheck support.
- Player menu with link to Manual, link to station website, and more.
- Mostly asynchronous, the player can be interacted with while it is still connecting/playing.
- Simple installation, no additional dependencies or extra files needed.
- Live RMS measurement of stream audio, headroom stats.
- Stream support for the new web audio standard Ogg Opus.
- Sticky Window, Mute Volume, 32Bit audio decoding/playback, automatic volume adjustment, and much more...