Asio & wasapi support for desktop

Rudi … You may be able to listen, but there will possibly be delays and glitches as it competes for system resources. The quality of one’s listening experience is not just the format of the file.

ASIO, WASAPI and Exclusive Mode are direct/exclusive audio implementations purposefully developed to avoid such issues … and therefore a consideration for anyone with a passion for digital/streamed music.

PS - I do enjoy Deezer :)  … so keep up the good work and continue to develop improvements.

@Mark111 @ShellstaX 

Thanks a lot for your detailed feedback!

You surely know what you're talking about. @ShellstaX I can certainly agree with you that an exclusive app and output the stream could be better.

@Mark111 we're trying to compete as best as we can but also doing our own unique things  the resources we have at the moment can limit our end product to a certain extent, but the passion and commitment are surely here.

I'll be passing your comments to our devs for discussion 

Hello. With Deezer’s great library, ASIO, WASAPI, KS support would be amazing improvement, because it’s much more noticeable on low budget computers than bitrate. I even tested integrated sound card with free ASIO4ALL and the stereo image is much wider.

Also, there is this topic on MusicBee forum:

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=15364.0

Would it maybe be easier to integrate Deezer with another player which can use those protocols?

Maybe the priority are mobile devices for now, so that’s the reason there is no support yet.

Hi @Vlad inemir 

Thanks for your feedback!
You've raised an interesting point there about the low budget computers. This could be an asset our teams could be looking to take advantage of.

About the protocols session, while I'm not an expert, I believe it wouldn't be a move we'd consider - at least for now.

I'll be passing your reply to our devs for consideration 

I use vb asio hifi virtual cable and jplay and I am happy with it but in my opinion asio should be integrated in your desktop app. If it weren't for vb cable I wouldn't probably use deezer. 

Thanks for showing us your perspective as well @periklis - we'll pass your comments on 

Yes this would be a good thing to have, other streamers such as Tidal have it, not sure about Qobuz, it should improve the sound quality if using a computer and an external DAC.

Yes @Ray Stone - you're right. And that's why we've included this idea and few other ones in a special report to our Product teams to ignite another discussion - thank you for your support 

I issued a trial subscription and did not find direct audio output to the DAC. I will wait for the elimination of this defect, but for now I will use another service.

I hope Deezer desktop app will support exclusive mode in near future at least.