Allow exclusive control of sample rate for external DACs

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
January 25, 2023
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Add ability for the desktop app to act in exclusive mode in Windows to enable on-the-fly adjustment of sample rate depending on the source, avoiding windows up- or down-sampling before heading to external DAC. Bonus points to include an ASIO implementation option for ASIO enabled DACs.

Best answer by el_micko

There’s a workaround for this. In Windows, open your sound settings, go to volume mixer/app volume (you may need to scroll down), ensure you have Dezzer app open on your pc, find deezer in the app volumes and set the output device to your chosen device (works best if you have an external DAC). Now Deezer will have an exlusive mode over the device. find your device in your sound settings and set your device to the desired sample rate and bit depth, Deezer is cd quality FLAC so I have mine set at 32bits 48000khz. Now you have exclusive mode with it playing the correct sample rate and bit depth as you would for Tidal or Qobuz. Works in exactly the same way, this is just a more manual way of doing it. Enjoy!

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el_mickoAnswer

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There’s a workaround for this. In Windows, open your sound settings, go to volume mixer/app volume (you may need to scroll down), ensure you have Dezzer app open on your pc, find deezer in the app volumes and set the output device to your chosen device (works best if you have an external DAC). Now Deezer will have an exlusive mode over the device. find your device in your sound settings and set your device to the desired sample rate and bit depth, Deezer is cd quality FLAC so I have mine set at 32bits 48000khz. Now you have exclusive mode with it playing the correct sample rate and bit depth as you would for Tidal or Qobuz. Works in exactly the same way, this is just a more manual way of doing it. Enjoy!

Johnathan.Deezer

Ultimate Superstar

Thanks for the tip @el_micko ! 😊

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tino.l

Rising Star

There’s a workaround for this. In Windows, open your sound settings, go to volume mixer/app volume (you may need to scroll down), ensure you have Dezzer app open on your pc, find deezer in the app volumes and set the output device to your chosen device (works best if you have an external DAC). Now Deezer will have an exlusive mode over the device. find your device in your sound settings and set your device to the desired sample rate and bit depth, Deezer is cd quality FLAC so I have mine set at 32bits 48000khz. Now you have exclusive mode with it playing the correct sample rate and bit depth as you would for Tidal or Qobuz. Works in exactly the same way, this is just a more manual way of doing it. Enjoy!

Anyone else have trouble in windows 11 with it not showing all the apps in the volume mixer? Apps such as the deezer app?

Leonídia.Deezer

Community Manager

Hi @tino.l, sorry to hear that you are having this difficulty to find Deezer app in the volume mixer.
Check if this link can help you - here

So far we don’t have complaints regarding this same topic.

Barendrecht

When I Google "exclusive mode windows" I found that this setting does nothing, UNLESS you use music player or app that will utilize this feature. Setting this "on" in Windows will only allow for that particular sound device to work in exclusive mode if needed.Indeed to bypass Windows mixer and get a bit perfect output. If you set if "off" and try to use exclusive output in media player - you will get an error.

So the Deezer windows App, does not use any speakers in exclusive mode right,?

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