Deezer Connect as debian package for Raspberry Pi streamers.

That would be great! I hope we get a lot of votes!

That would be great & make using Deezer so much more convenient… 

I used to be a happy Deezer premium subscriber, until I started using Volumio  running on a raspberry pi fitted with a digital audio converter HAT and playing music and listening to radio stations with my Hi fi.

Why am I now unhappy? I've discovered that if I had a Spotify or a Tidal subscription There's a plug in for Volumio that allows streaming through my new streaming device. There is no such plugin for Deezer though. According to Volumio they need your permission and some technical information from you to do this. They claim to have contacted you, but not been as yet given the relevant info.

Are you against this happening? Are you working to solve this? Do I have to take my subscription to one of your rivals to achieve what I want?

I know that I can physically connect my laptop, tablet, or cell phone to my Hi fi via a DAC, but that then restricts the use of that device for other things.

If you want to use Volumio with TIDAL, you need to pay additional fee to Volumio and buy one of their premium subscriptions…

Better idea would be to prepare a Debian package for e.g. DietPi - that would be cost free solution.

Deezer developers would have to contact DietpPi developers in order to put such package in dietpi-software installer. DietPi developers are very open and communicative so in my opinion everything depends now on Deezer guys and their willingness to develop such solution…

Cheers,
Przemek

I just posted this link in the moode audio forums. We need more people to get involved and vote for this idea.

I am one of the maintainers of librespot, the open source Spotify player that underpins moOde, Volumio and too many other audio software distributions to name them all. 
 

For some months now I have a Deezer Family HiFi account and loving it. I am willing and able to create and maintain a Deezer Connect player for *nix-based streamers. For me, it would be a fun passion project. For the community, a ubiquitous streaming solution. For Deezer, hopefully more subscribers. 
 

I would very much like to get in touch with you to make this happen, in a way that is sanctioned, combats piracy, and benefits the music industry. Let me know what you think!

@roderickvd  Hi, would love to help if I can, I'm a backend developer for over 20 years and using Deezer sinds the beginning and to make it full circle looking into building my own Raspberry pi/dac.

Deezer has not responded to my requests and offers. 
 

In the meantime I have been cooking something up in my private repository. At this point nowhere near releasing anything in public. Do you know Rust?

Has Deezer responded as yet - they are really losing some serious ground to TIDAL and QOBUZ at this stage.  Which is a pity as the Deezer interface and functionality is second to none, it leaves the Android implementations of Tidal and Qobuz for dead!

Unfortunately not. 

I've managed to use the new Audio Cast function of BubbleUPNP to cast Deezer to Moode. Any decent renderer will work. The sound is awesome of course, but it is not as simple as, say, using Volumio with Qobuz or Tidal. 

Upvoted. I'm looking for an alternative for having my phone hooked up to my amplifier and I was under the impression this was already possible by using a Raspberry Pi. Please Deezer..!

Here's a move by @aunetx  that I think the community should support:

https://fr.deezercommunity.com/application-ordinateur-et-site-web-58/mettre-en-ligne-l-application-deezer-sur-flathub-pour-linux-40620

@aunetx  has developed the Deezer application for Linux, for the moment for x86, indicating that an ARM version would be possible with some additional effort. The solution has been delivered by @aunetx to Deezer and requires acceptance/officialization.

Hello everybody,

I’ve created pleezer: an open-source, headless streaming player built around the Deezer Connect protocol. It acts as a remote playback device that can be controlled from the Deezer mobile app. Note that Deezer Connect only works from mobile devices - you cannot control pleezer from desktop apps or the web player.

Important: A paid Deezer subscription is required to use pleezer. The player will not appear as an available device in the Deezer app if you're using a Deezer Free account.

Installation

pleezer can be installed in several ways:

1. Pre-packaged, for example with moOde audio player.
2. Building from Rust crates or source.

Important Information

pleezer is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or created by Deezer. It is developed to provide a streaming player that is fully compatible with the Deezer Connect protocol.

pleezer does not and will not support saving or extracting music files for offline use. This project is committed to respecting artists' rights and strongly opposes piracy. Users must not use pleezer to infringe on intellectual property rights.

To comply with Deezer’s Terms of Service, no decryption keys are included in the code.

Happy listening,

Roderick

Hi ​@roderickvd! Thanks for sharing this idea, Roderick!

It’s really great to see such an innovative project.

I’ve passed all the information along to our developers for review.

I appreciate your efforts and commitment to respecting artists' rights!

I subscribed to Deezer because of Roderick’s initiative , as Spotify was the only alternative until now. I think Deezer should consider sponsoring or supporting that work.