Asio & wasapi support for desktop

Thanks for the feedback @yurakgn, please vote for this one too: https://en.deezercommunity.com/ideas/491

People paying additional money for the HiFi subscription will do this to enjoy the best audio quality. Because ASIO and WASAPI support is missing, use cases to fully enjoy the HiFi sound are limited: 

• Windows to DAC: impossible to let the DAC control the sample rate. All tracks will be resampled by the Windows Audio mixer. 
• Android to DAC, using USB: same issue. 
• Android to Amplifier, using 3.5mm jack: possible, but support for the 3.5mm jack is declining. And this also completely defeats the purpose of a dedicated external DAC. 
• Android to DAC, via bluetooth: possible, but the bluetooth compresses the audio signal again. So what is the purpose? 

Offering a HiFi subscription without proper external DAC support, is imo completely useless. Please get this working. 

Hello @StevenC, thank you for your feedback, we’ll forward it to our teams.

Have a nice day

Tidal is now offering an annual subscription (via Best Buy) for $120, Qobuz offers an annual subscription for $150, both support Exclusive mode and have higher quality than Deezer HiFi at $180 per year.

I much prefer Deezer but paying significantly more for lower quality is hard to justify. Supporting WASAPI/ASIO/DAC would be a good first step for Deezer to be a true player in the high resolution/audiophile market. Until you do so, as I said, it’s very hard to justify the higher price compared to those other players who offer much more in sound quality.

Thanks for the feedback @frgabriel. The price of the HiFi subscription recently decreased, and we’re working on a new catalogue of offers for the future. I think you’re right from a technical perspective, we do need to work on this.

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Just starting using Deezer.  Very bummed that there’s no way to bypass Windows audio/mixer with Wasapi or ASIO.  Heck, I’d pay extra for this!!

Please add ASIO & WASAPI support for desktop application!

Hey @Smirnov.ua @Soundchasr 

Lovely to see more support for this integration, please keep them coming!

I'll forward your comments, don't forget to vote if you haven't done so 

It's been almost 3 years since the original post, and it's a shame that Deezer's Support didn't take it seriously. Due to the low level of complexity of the request and the demand being justified, I see that unfortunately we will not have Wasapi / Asio in the app, as there has been more than enough time for this to have been implemented. That seems to me grudgingly.

Thank you for your honest feedback @Kadavro 

I'll forward your comments on. I believe we need around 100 more votes to be able to push the idea further. Due to our size, we need to deliver other features with higher demand, but don't worry, we'll get there eventually