Enable Elite/HiFi on Squeezebox

OK, let me be the Devil’s advocate here.

So, the state of affairs:

• The LMS/squeezebox community isn’t really big anymore.  Hardware players are long gone, LMS is now like a really great Indie movie that only some have heard of.  Deezer will not put a coder on an obsolete platform (not technically, but certainly there is no commercial interest left) - how many Deezer HiFi/LMS combo users are out there?  50?  100?
• The Deezer plugin is cloud side (mysqueezebox) and not a server plugin, else it could be approached in open source
• Open source version of a HiFi plugin is not possible because the public Deezer API doesn’t support HiFi streaming
• 2 years we are asking for this.

Based on these points, I don’t expect Deezer HiFi ever to make it to LMS.

That said, the web interface can play back HiFi tracks so there is an “alternative” API being used there (read up on ARL cookies and such) so a plugin is possible, albeit unsupported.

Hello @Tonio Roffo, thanks a lot for the interesting input. So far there is unfortunately no plan for this integration indeed, and we need to work on our API to improve it so that it can integrate HiFi.

Using LMS now seems to be the only way to use Deezer with DIY media player based on Raspberry Pi boards. Lack of HiFi is frustrating a lot.  There is no any native plugin for any common music/media player in Pi ecosystem.

Thanks for registering your support for this idea here, @AlexRozen we know it would be a good addition but it needs a bit more before it gets prioritised 

I like Deezer, but i'm going to migrate to tidal since I can't play flacs with LMS.

Sad to hear but a reality check for us @Pioppa I'll pass your comments on and hopefully we can sway you back in the future 

Hey @Pioppa @AlexRozen @Tonio Roffo 

We've made some changes to our integration - could you please test the streaming to see if FLAC is enabled on your side?

Hello @Rudi - I would like to test, but unfortunately my Deezer trial has expired.  O hope others can test, I am interested to see if this works.

I’ll try to check.

Mine too. But very interested. Thank you for the effort.

I have Hi-Fi subscription. To test, I logged out from the Deezer plug-in on mysqueezebox.com. Re-login. Restart LMS on the local server. It is still playing MP3 @ 320kbps.

Seems to be MP3 320… May be also something should be changed in the Deezer plugin for LMS?

@Rudi Please contact Michael at the Squeezebox forum in order to get Deezer HIFI plugin working in LMS.

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109064-Deezer-app/page2

Deezer are much more likely to attract subscribers for their Lossless Elite/Hi-Fi service from Hi-Fi users, rather than from those using mass market devices, which is why Squeezebox should still be of interest. Whilst official Squeezebox hardware is indeed ‘long gone’ the DIY users are probably still growing. Plus there is an increasing amount of 3rd party hardware out there which runs on the Squeezebox platform, because this is the only open-source option available. It also happens to be one of the best which is a testament to both Slim Devices and Logitech who continue to provide some support.

I love you guys! They say that Logitech Media Server since 8.1.0 supports Deezer HiFi. 

Checked it with 8.1.1 version through my hardware player. It really works. Only strange thing -- Deezer Flow goes in MP3 320, but albums from Favorites are in FLAC. 

P.S. Now you should make the native Kodi plugin for Deezer (and Deezer HiFi!!!) and your community may increase twice :)

Finally! Thank you! HiFi works with LMS 8.1.1. Everything in FLAC including Flow.

just for the record
I use LMS from the beginning. Also Deezer.
Tried HIFI and now with LMS 8.1.1 finaly got FLAC Streaming

you have another happy customer staying with Deezer

Just stumbled upon this news...updating LMS now. If this works, I’ll be really impressed. For a while, it seemed you had no interest in this. Was considering dropping Deezer for another service that supports the Squeezebox platform with lossless. I’m really happy I won’t have to now and look forward to remaining a subscriber.

Thank you!

Confirmed this works. Fantastic stuff - again, thanks for the effort.

Do I need to logout Deezer on Squeezebox for it to work? I have hifi subscription, but my Squeezebox Touch still only plays 320kb/s mp3’s no matter what I do. It is running from LMS 8.1.1

I have tried everything, and my Squeezebox Touch will still only play 320kbs mps, not flac, even though my LMS is updated to 8.1.1

Quite frustrating :-( Might as well go back to regular subscription if I can’t get it to work. Don’t need Hifi on my iPhone :-)

This are really awesome news! Thanks for taking the effort!

Unfortunately it appears to be not working for me. I’ve just tried it out but my Squeezebox Touch keeps playing MP3. I logged out from Deezer on MySqueebox and even uninstalled and re installed the plugin. The result is always the same. (No HIFI)

Is there a magic trick?

You need to run the latest LSM version on your server. I’m running mine from a Synology NAS. 

Downloads: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=8.1

Read more in this forum:

http://forums.slimdevices.com

At first it didn’t work out for me, and we found out the culprit was my user account at Deezer. So, I closed my old one, and created a new one (annoying as it killed my Flow, but I used a service to export favorites and the like to my new account), and now my Touch streams Deezer Flacs. 

It is such a nice feature to use deezer HIFI on my Squeezebox.

But I have the same problem described before. My deezer HIFI family account only streams mp3. If I use another account with HIFI the squeezebox streams flac. Is there any way to find the error causing the lack of flac streaming on my old account? I tried everything from disinstalling the plugin and disconnect the squeezbox integration. I would like to keep my old account, because all my family members are connected to it. 

I’m afraid not. I created a new account which worked with hifi, then Deezer support merged it with my old account to keep all my data, and then hifi stopped working again. Then I created a new account again, deezer hifi worked, and I just used an external source to migrate all my favorites etc.