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Fidelizer 8.10 released – Improved core isolation optimization and compatibility with ExerciseStabilizer/ExtremeStabilizer

 

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After releasing Fidelizer 8.9 with some changes to support more cases, I realized two things from customer’s feedback. First is no feedback from customers configuring processor to have specific cores turned off. Next is some people prefer 8.8 sound.

After realizing how this new change doesn’t actually improve customer’s satisfaction, I changed my approach to fully focus on most common implementation with 2 cores per floating point unit and optimize core isolation to handle physical/logical cores better.

Now non-audio processes won’t touch cores in first FPU and focus more on logical cores if there’s no enforcement to last core only. Media Player Application will focus on physical cores. ExerciseStabilizer/ExtremeStabilizer is now compatible with Fidelizer too.

As a result, Fidelizer 8.10 has reached a new high improving synergy between Windows audio thread, media player applications, and non-audio processes. This update is very important and I highly recommend everyone to install this update.

 

Changelog for version 8.10

Free
-Changed processor’s core detection back based on common implementation of 2 cores per FPU unit
-Disabled Apply Core Isolation Policy option in free version as it does nothing without components from Plus/Pro version
-Increased progress dialog size and adjusted all progress dialogs’ size uniformly
-Improved process affinity optimization on non-audio processes to use logical cores and leave first cores in FPU alone
-Improved software compatibility with ExerciseStabilizer and ExtremeStabilizer

Plus
-Changed default option to not enforce non-audio core to last physical/logical core only
-Changed failing license verification allow main dialog access for uninstallation and contact support
-Changed processor’s core detection back based on common implementation of 2 cores per FPU unit
-Improved Core Isolation Policy to handle core affinity of Windows audio thread and media player applications better
-Improved process affinity optimization on non-audio processes to use logical cores and leave first cores in FPU alone
-Improved software compatibility with ExerciseStabilizer and ExtremeStabilizer
-Increased progress dialog size and adjusted all progress dialogs’ size uniformly
-Replaced “Audio Player (without network connection)” audio profile with “Disable/Stop network services” option in Advanced configuration

Pro
-Changed default option to not enforce non-audio core to last physical/logical core only
-Changed failing license verification allow main dialog access for uninstallation and contact support
-Changed processor’s core detection back based on common implementation of 2 cores per FPU unit
-Improved Core Isolation Policy to handle core affinity of Windows audio thread and media player applications better
-Improved process affinity optimization on non-audio processes to use logical cores and leave first cores in FPU alone
-Improved software compatibility with ExerciseStabilizer and ExtremeStabilizer
-Increased progress dialog size and adjusted all progress dialogs’ size uniformly
-Replaced “Audio Player (without network connection)” audio profile with “Disable/Stop network services” option in Advanced configuration

 

Download: Fidelizer 8.10
Upgrade: Fidelizer Upgrade Program

 

You can download latest version of purchased Fidelizer software from the same download link that we sent in email before. If you are not sure where to download purchased Fidelizer software, feel free to contact us and request software download link.

Fidelizer 8.9 released – Improved multi-core optimization and compatibility with Windows 11 / MajiorityClean / LemonadeElitest

 

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After Windows 11 is released officially, I’ve been testing Fidelizer with Windows new 11 platform and optimize program’s compatibility with Windows 11 since then. As a result, stability with Windows 10/11 is improved in higher user levels and sound better too.

Also, I noticed that multi-core optimization in Fidelizer has some issues with machine having some cores disabled in BIOS. So I improved multi-core optimization to work on enabled cores and improve core isolation policy with media player application also.

This update is important and I highly recommend everyone to install this update. Mr. Hiroyuki Yokota also released his new MajiorityClean and LemonadeElitest software so Fidelizer 8.9 will support his new works too and happy listening. 🙂

 

Changelog for version 8.9

Free
-Changed Hyper Threading detection from floating point unit to enabled core
-Fixed option “Enforce non-audio process to use only one core” not working
-Fixed multiple-instances of media player application optimization not working properly
-Improved optimization compatibility with Windows 10/11
-Improved software compatibility with MajiorityClean and LemonadeElitest

Plus
-Changed Hyper Threading detection from floating point unit to enabled core
-Fixed multiple-instances of media player application optimization not working properly
-Improved multi-core optimization between media player application and core isolation policy
-Improved optimization compatibility with Windows 10/11
-Improved software compatibility with MajiorityClean and LemonadeElitest

Pro
-Changed Hyper Threading detection from floating point unit to enabled core
-Changed program to prompt for system restart when startup feature is selected
-Fixed multiple-instances of media player application optimization not working properly
-Fixed some services not being restored from disabled after user level change or uninstallation
-Improved multi-core optimization between media player application and core isolation policy
-Improved optimization compatibility with Windows 10/11
-Improved software compatibility with MajiorityClean and LemonadeElitest

 

Download: Fidelizer 8.9
Upgrade: Fidelizer Upgrade Program

 

You can download latest version of purchased Fidelizer software from the same download link that we sent in email before. If you are not sure where to download purchased Fidelizer software, feel free to contact us and request software download link.

Fidelizer 8.8 released – Improved compatibility with Windows 11 Insider Preview and MinorityClean

 

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Hi guys. It’s been a long while since last 8.7 release. I’ve been busy with Nimitra firmware 4.0 update so the update of version 8.8 was postponed for a while due to testing and changes to make on Nimitra’s project.

On the bright side, we have Windows 11 coming and so I can take opportunities to explore changes in Windows 11 and improve Fidelizer to support changes on Windows 11 better.

Another good news is Mr. Hiroyuki Yokota is finally back and released a new update of MinorityClean. I’ve been observing his projects for a while and realized I haven’t put MinorityClean app to be recognized as audio app yet. Now it’s fixed.

 

Changelog for version 8.8

Free
-Improved compatibility with MinorityClean software
-Improved wording of some options in Advanced Configuration section

Plus
-Added more non-audio services to be handled by Fidelizer after checking Windows 11 Insider Preview update
-Fixed license re-validation that checks only processor information
-Improved compatibility with MinorityClean software
-Improved wording of some options in Advanced Configuration section

Pro
-Added more non-audio services to be handled by Fidelizer after checking Windows 11 Insider Preview update
-Fixed license re-validation that checks only processor information
-Improved compatibility with MinorityClean software
-Improved wording of some options in Advanced Configuration section

 

Download: Fidelizer 8.8
Upgrade: Fidelizer Upgrade Program

 

Fidelizer Plus/Pro users should be received a mail about update and download link by now. If you somehow didn’t receive an update notification as I received some delivery failure message too, please contact me for an update with your customer data to verify.

 

The latest official Windows 11 Insider Preview release in website is version 22000.132 so Fidelizer 8.8 was tested on Windows 11 version 22000.132 before release with great results. 🙂

Fidelizer 8.7 released – Added “Audirvana” modern application launch support with media player application improvements

 

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Despite tight schedule, I always find time to maintain updates over time and design solutions for Audirvana software. Now you can launch Audirvana from Fidelizer with core isolation policy applied for further tweaks.

This is possible by mapping Audirvana executable file with smart detection algorithm I develop to convert to shell execution from explorer and this feature works with other modern apps like Skype too.

I also implemented applying media player launch options to all running instances so startup instances like Roon/JRiver can receive media player application tweaks along with selected application too.

Some bugs like 3rd option not working at all in Free/Plus version. I also moved application launch to perform after optimizations with wait time option so other processes won’t get mixed in optimizations.

 

Changelog for version 8.7

Free
-Added modern application launch support for Audirvana by selecting executable file
-Added optimizing all instances of media player application for modern and startup processes
-Added Wait Time option to launch media player applications with adjustable delay between apps
-Fixed bug where the third media player application won’t run
-Moved media player application launch to perform after finishing optimizations
-Optimized optimization sequence to reduce over all optimizations

Plus
-Added modern application launch support for Audirvana by selecting executable file
-Added optimizing all instances of media player application for modern and startup processes
-Added Wait Time option to launch media player applications with adjustable delay between apps
-Fixed bug where the third media player application won’t run
-Moved media player application launch to perform after finishing optimizations
-Optimized optimization sequence to reduce over all optimizations

Pro
-Added modern application launch support for Audirvana by selecting executable file
-Added optimizing all instances of media player application for modern and startup processes
-Added Wait Time option to launch media player applications with adjustable delay between apps
-Fixed “No change (Preserve current configuration)” option in Processor Priority Policy changing value to 0
-Moved media player application launch to perform after finishing optimizations
-Optimized optimization sequence to reduce over all optimizations

 

Download: Fidelizer 8.7
Upgrade: Fidelizer Upgrade Program

 

Fidelizer Plus/Pro users should be received a mail about update and download link by now. If you somehow didn’t receive an update notification as I received some delivery failure message too, please contact me for an update with your customer data to verify.

 

I always say not using media player application won’t lose Fidelizer core optimizations but being able to run from Fidelizer feels more assuring, right? I hope this will be good a present for you guys and Merry Christmas. 🙂

Fidelizer 8.6 released – Some more fixes and improvements with Windows 10 v2004 update

 

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Some people asked since few months ago if Fidelizer development is still active and yes it is. I have some internal updates over time and don’t save features and optimizations to prolong version releases.

Now version 8.6 is ready with some changes and optimizations applied. I waited until Windows 10 with 20H1 update released first to confirm further changes and launch it with some bug fixes improvements.

Recently I have a client using Sonarworks as DSP sound card so I also added Sonarworks apps to be recognized as audio processes too. I also added option to preserve current Processor Priority Policy as requested. 🙂

 

Changelog for version 8.6

Free
-Fixed fidelizer.key data generation bug on some new cases
-Improved compatibility with Sonarworks Systemwide software
-Optimized code sequence to make media player application running sooner

Plus
-Added more non-audio services to be handled by Fidelizer after checking Windows 10 v2004 update
-Fixed fidelizer.key data generation bug on some new cases
-Improved compatibility with Sonarworks Systemwide software
-Optimized code sequence to make media player application running sooner

Pro
-Added more non-audio services to be handled by Fidelizer after checking Windows 10 v2004 update
-Added option to preserve current configuration in Processor Priority Policy
-Fixed fidelizer.key data generation bug on some new cases
-Improved compatibility with Sonarworks Systemwide software
-Optimized code sequence to make media player application running sooner

 

Download: Fidelizer 8.6
Upgrade: Fidelizer Upgrade Program

 

Fidelizer Plus/Pro users should be received a mail about update and download link by now. If you somehow didn’t receive an update notification as I received some delivery failure message too, please contact me for an update with your customer data to verify.

 

After publishing Fidelizer update, I’ll focus on updating portable products project a bit so expect something good for portable audio soon. 🙂