FAQ

General

How do I contribute?

If you want to contribute to the project and make it better, your help is very welcome. Please see the CONTRIBUTING.md file for more information.

I want to help with translation. How do I do that?

Please use Transifex here. Please don't submit PO files directly over email or github.

Deadbeef crashes or freezes. I want to report a bug. How do I do that?

Post a github issue. If it's easily reproducible - no other actions needed. If it's not reproducible -- you may need to make a GDB backtrace.

Player

Deadbeef takes too much CPU% when playing mp3/ogg/flac

Try switching off the Resampler DSP plugin, if you are using it, or reconfigure it to use less CPU-intensive algorithm. Make sure to enable ALSA resampling, in ALSA plugin settings.
If you are using PulseAudio, try to switch to ALSA output.
If using ALSA, switch dmix to use 44100 Hz samplerate if your soundcard supports it. Read ALSA manual for the info on how to do that.
With certain formats (DSF) you need to make sure that Resampler plugin is first in the DSP chain.

Deadbeef takes too much CPU% when playing APE files

APE files encoded with extreme compression settings may be very CPU intensive to decode. Consider switching to WavPack or FLAC.

Last.fm scrobbling suddenly stopped working. My username and password are correct.

Make sure your computer clock is set to correct time. If this doesn't help, please check the Last.fm scrobbler server status page

Project

Where is the project's roadmap?

It's developed in free time, and doesn't really have a fixed roadmap. People are working on whatever is important to them.

How do I use collection manager / media library / ... ?

It's available starting with version 1.10, you will need to customize UI a bit to add media library component - use Design Mode.

Windows port?

The windows port is available, and has its own github repository and web page.

iOS port?

No specific plans.

Android port?

There used to be 2 releases of Deadbeef for android -- one was simply called "Deadbeef", and the other newer one "DDB2". Developer has lost interest in android platform, and abandoned these projects around 2017 or so. Releases are no longer available in Google Play Store, and there's no