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One Hit Wonder
November 1, 2017
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Gapless playback between tracks

  • November 1, 2017
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There should be no gap between tracks running into each other. This is a basic thing for the listeners experience.

458 replies

April 2, 2022

Unbelievable that this is an issue when this request/complaint was made many years ago!! It seems Deezer devs and business are actually not using Deezer themselves… listening to concerts is horrible! Some others where tracks are flowing into each other… I have to use my CD (yes, I still have that too)…

What a music experience .. HiFi with gaps… 😤

So I am afraid Deezer is off the list as a Spotify replacement. Back to trying Tidal it is… 

April 2, 2022

What a music experience .. HiFi with gaps… 😤

So I am afraid Deezer is off the list as a Spotify replacement. Back to trying Tidal it is… 

As I can not edit: this is on MacOs using USB-DAC. It seems the iOS app doesn’t have this problem, but what is the use of HiFi when streaming over an iPhone….. ???

bluezzbastardzz
Superuser
Superuser
April 3, 2022

By the way, I just tested the Spotify gapless playback with their webplayer, and it is not gapless there either, only with their desktop app. This is very likely caused by the different audio formats, AAC/MP4 on the web player, Ogg Vorbis on the desktop app. I haven’t checked with their Android app yet, but will do so today, also Deezer on Android which should be gapless, maybe only with a beta version of the app.

ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen (Bluezz Bastardzz and Indigo Rocks, live album on Deezer, last.fm/user/hjbardenhagen)
Roadie
April 12, 2022

I just can’t believe guys! 

bluezzbastardzz
Superuser
Superuser
April 12, 2022

I haven’t checked with their Android app yet, but will do so today, also Deezer on Android which should be gapless, maybe only with a beta version of the app.

As I don’t have a Spotify Premium account, I could not test their Android app for gapless playback, but someone else assured me it would work there.

Also I finally could check my usual test albums for gapless playback with my old Xperia smartphone today in HiFi audio quality, and they are indeed gapless as well, good to know. I’m not a beta tester, so this already works with the usual Android version, same as for iOS.

But if you use the HQ audio quality with MP3 streaming, it might still happen that you come across albums which are not gapless yet, because the Deezer MP3 catalogue has to be re-encoded for this which is probably not done yet.

ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen (Bluezz Bastardzz and Indigo Rocks, live album on Deezer, last.fm/user/hjbardenhagen)
Roadie
June 26, 2022

So many albums especially those recorded for vinyl are effectively a single track with no gap. 

Pink Floyd,

Genesis

Yes

plus many classical albums.
 etc etc 


Having a gap or a pause is jarring for these albums. 

This thread is old but the question still needs answering why is this not implemented yet.

I thought I had found the best music service for me. Works with google home properly, CD quality, doesn’t have the annoying jarring voice prompts which spotify has. but this is a problem 

MrHaroldA
Rising Star
Rising Star
July 8, 2022

This thread is old but the question still needs answering why is this not implemented yet.
 

Same as many issues; the missing "Add to Queue" and "Play next" features while casting issue is also 4+ years old.

It really make me mad that I can’t switch as our family is on the family plan.
 

 

Roadie
July 10, 2022

+1

I really would love to have no gap between tracks.

Not sure writing on this thread will change anything… 😓

 

Roadie
July 22, 2022

Seriously….still no gapless playback?

Roadie
July 26, 2022

Guys, no one here is listening to you. The DEEZER people don't need you. Just pay the money, the DEEER tells you, and we won’t remove any pauses, they don’t give a damn about people with thin ears