Introducing pleezer: a Deezer Connect player

[Tim Curtis]

The PR is more of a question for @bitlab but it looks good to my eye so I would just go ahead and merge it.

I won't be able to get to pleezer until after 9.1.5 is shipped, hopefully this month and so no immediate need for a new build.

[bitlab]

@roderickvd I replied in the github issue.

[roderickvd]

The PR is more of a question for @bitlab but it looks good to my eye so I would just go ahead and merge it.

I won't be able to get to pleezer until after 9.1.5 is shipped, hopefully this month and so no immediate need for a new build.

That’s actually good, because now that other people are trying it, I’m getting the first compatibility issues to resolve. Good to have this shakedown period.

[roderickvd]

Just released v0.3.0 with lots of fixes, including an important one where authorization failed for users who had never used the web player before.

[Tim Curtis]

Nice.

I added most of the renderer framework for pleezer but still need to do an initial debug and test before committing the changes.

[Tim Curtis]

WIP status: so far so good :-)

- v0.3.0 deb package built
- command line test ok

Code:

# Launch
pi@moode9:~ $ sudo pleezer --name "moOde Deezer" --device-type "web" --device "ALSA|_audioout" --secrets-file "/home/pi/secrets.toml"
[2024-11-29T15:17:57Z INFO  pleezer] starting pleezer/0.3.0; release; en
[2024-11-29T15:17:57Z INFO  pleezer] parsing secrets from /home/pi/secrets.toml
[2024-11-29T15:17:58Z INFO  pleezer::player] audio output device: _audioout on ALSA
[2024-11-29T15:17:58Z INFO  pleezer::remote] logging in with email and password
[2024-11-29T15:18:00Z INFO  pleezer::remote] ready for discovery

# Connect from iPhone (Deezer Premium)
[2024-11-29T15:25:21Z INFO  pleezer::player] setting repeat mode to None
[2024-11-29T15:25:21Z INFO  pleezer::remote] setting queue to 94E2173A-DD47-4A29-B5DA-C8CFC11A7123
[2024-11-29T15:25:22Z INFO  pleezer::remote] user casting quality: High Quality
[2024-11-29T15:25:22Z INFO  pleezer::remote] connected to xxxxxxxx
[2024-11-29T15:25:23Z INFO  pleezer::track] downloading 10919182 bytes for track 108733460: "Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine"
[2024-11-29T15:25:24Z INFO  pleezer::track] completed download of track 108733460: "Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine"
[2024-11-29T15:25:25Z INFO  pleezer::track] downloading 9749942 bytes for track 2626489212: "Marc Broussard - Cry To Me"
[2024-11-29T15:25:26Z INFO  pleezer::track] completed download of track 2626489212: "Marc Broussard - Cry To Me"

# Disconnect
[2024-11-29T15:27:05Z ERROR pleezer::remote] controller is not responding
[2024-11-29T15:27:05Z INFO  pleezer::remote] disconnected from xxxxxxxx

   

TODO:

- Test actual audio output
- Implement event handling and metadata/cover display

ISSUES:

1. The Mac desktop Deezer app does not seem to have a "Discover Players" feature.

[roderickvd]

Awesome.

ISSUES:

1. The Mac desktop Deezer app does not seem to have a "Discover Players" feature.

Yes, this is a limitation of Deezer: https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/arti...er-Connect

[Tim Curtis]

WIP status update.

Metadata and cover art working

   

Next is to create the Deezer Config screen. The params in the cfg_deezer table are below:
1|normalize_volume|No
2|no_interruptions|No
3|format|S16
4|RESERVED_4|
5|RESERVED_4|
6|RESERVED_4|
7|RESERVED_4|
8|RESERVED_4|
9|email|
10|password|

Names and locations for resource files:

Code:

/etc/deezer/deezer.toml              - secrets file containing email and password
/var/log/moode_pleezer.log           - records -v output
/var/local/www/commandw/deezevent.sh - hook file for processing events

ISSUE:

1. Output volume (from pleezer) is almost 100% even though "Deezer Connect" slider volume on iPhone is almost 0.
Note: When a renderer connects to moode, ALSA volume if present is set to 100% (0dB) based on the assumption the volume is controlled entirely by the client app.
2. After "disconnect" event happens the ALSA output is still busy.

OBSERVATION:

1. Connection and metadata updates are super fast :-)

[roderickvd]

ISSUE:

1. Output volume (from pleezer) is almost 100% even though "Deezer Connect" slider volume on iPhone is almost 0.
Note: When a renderer connects to moode, ALSA volume if present is set to 100% (0dB) based on the assumption the volume is controlled entirely by the client app.
2. After "disconnect" event happens the ALSA output is still busy.

#1 - Can you share the trace log messages? What happens if you change the volume?

#2 - Check question to be sure: the output is probably also busy when you haven't even connected yet? At the moment it opens the output, and never releases it. Indeed I can look into opening on connection, and closing on disconnection.

[roderickvd]

#2b - Or do you mean that when you force-quit the iOS app, the queue continues to play? Yeah, I thought to mimic the behavior from Google Cast. Should we change it?