ARE Audio Renderer 0.3.2

Changelog

• Fixed a crash when opening MPC-HC’s Options by removing a large stack allocation from the settings integration hook.
• Fixed the ARE settings button becoming disabled during MPC-HC’s idle updates.
• Restored native mouse and keyboard behavior for the settings button in Options → Playback → Output.
• Improved cleanup when closing Options, changing audio renderers or closing the page while renderer properties are open.

Installation

1. Download the ZIP matching your MPC-HC architecture: x64 or x86.
2. Close MPC-HC and ARE settings windows, extract the archive and run Install.cmd.
3. Select your ASIO device, click Apply, then restart MPC-HC.

ARE Audio Renderer 0.3.1

Changelog

• Fixed Windows audio fallback by configuring MPC-HC to use ARE and disabling its incompatible internal Audio Switcher.
• Restored the renderer settings button in Options → Playback → Output, without restricting integration to a specific MPC-HC version.
• Fixed renderer properties to follow MPC-HC’s dark or light theme.
• Fixed settings opened during playback to display the active renderer’s ASIO device and output details.
• Fixed installation errors when renderer files are still loaded. Identical files are reused, while changed binaries are installed separately.
• Improved uninstallation to restore previous MPC-HC settings while retaining saved ASIO preferences.
• Fixed the settings helper keeping the extracted release folder locked after installation.

Installation

1. Download the ZIP matching your MPC-HC architecture: x64 or x86.
2. Close MPC-HC, extract the archive and run Install.cmd.
3. Select your ASIO device, click Apply, then restart MPC-HC.

ARE Audio Renderer 0.3.0

Changelog

• Added automatic engine restart when clicking Apply after changing renderer properties, including the sample rate converter.
• Added preservation of playback position, speed, volume, mute and running/paused state when applying settings.
• Added fallback to the previous working configuration if new settings fail.
• Improved playback speed responsiveness by avoiding unnecessary ASIO driver restarts (about 2–18 ms per rate call on the tested driver; varies by driver).
• Improved settings changes by combining multiple property changes into one engine restart.
• Fixed a synchronization issue during playback startup, seeking and stream flushing that could interrupt audio delivery.

Installation

1. Download the ZIP for your MPC-HC architecture (x64 or x86).
2. Close MPC-HC, extract the archive and run Install.cmd.
3. Select your ASIO device, then select ARE Audio Renderer in MPC-HC's audio output settings.

ARE Audio Renderer 0.2.0

Changelog

• Added automatic surround-to-stereo/mono downmixing (center dialogue, rear/side/height channels, LFE) with clipping headroom.
• Added live input/output channel mappings and explicit downmix status.
• Improved native multichannel output when enough ASIO channels are available.
• Improved compatibility with legacy PCM audio headers.
• Fixed mono playing through only one side of a stereo device. It now plays through both outputs.
• Fixed multichannel playback failing on ASIO devices with fewer outputs than the source.

Installation

1. Download the ZIP for your MPC-HC architecture (x64 or x86).
2. Close MPC-HC, extract the archive and run Install.cmd.
3. Select your ASIO device, then select ARE Audio Renderer in MPC-HC's audio output settings.

ARE Audio Renderer 0.1.0

Changelog

• High-precision sample rate conversion with r8brain or SoX Sinc.
• Keep device sample rate enabled by default for new settings.
• Configurable ASIO device, output channels and buffer size.
• Configurable PCM precision.
• Live format, latency and underrun information.
• Separate x64 and x86 packages with install and uninstall scripts.

Installation

1. Download the ZIP for your MPC-HC architecture (x64 or x86).
2. Close MPC-HC, extract the archive and run Install.cmd.
3. Select your ASIO device, then select ARE Audio Renderer in MPC-HC's audio output settings.