Music Assistant checks a Deezer FLAC track’s actual sample rate and bit depth before playback. Deezer labels both CD-quality and higher-resolution files as FLAC, so the provider had declared every track as 44.1 kHz and 16-bit and reduced higher-quality audio before sending it on. This extends October’s format correction to Deezer’s provider-specific streams, which the earlier change excluded.
A test with a Sendspin player and USB audio converter preserved an 88.2 kHz, 24-bit track from its first play, while a CD-quality track remained at 44.1 kHz. The check is cached, and a failed format lookup leaves the previous playback path in place. Jean-Philippe Menil makes his first contribution to Music Assistant’s server with the correction.