Media Player Song Tracker

A lightweight Windows application that reads the currently playing song from Spotify and YouTube (in browsers) and writes it to a text file. Perfect for streamers, content creators, or anyone who wants to display or log their currently playing music.

Features

• Monitors Spotify and YouTube in browser windows for song changes
• Supports all major browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, and Opera
• Writes the current song information to a text file (current_song.txt)
• Updates the file only when the song changes
• Ignores paused state (keeps the last song information)
• Works without requiring Spotify API credentials
• Low resource usage
• No installation needed - single executable file

Download

You can download the latest release from the Releases page.

Requirements

• Windows operating system
• Spotify desktop application and/or a web browser for YouTube

Usage

1. Start the Spotify desktop application or open YouTube in a browser
2. Run SpotifySongTracker.exe
3. The current song information will be written to current_song.txt in the same directory
4. Press Ctrl+C in the console window to exit the application

Running at Startup

To have the application run automatically when Windows starts:

1. Create a shortcut to SpotifySongTracker.exe
2. Press Win+R, type shell:startup and press Enter
3. Move the shortcut to the Startup folder that opens

Using with OBS or Streaming Software

1. In OBS, add a Text source
2. Select "Read from file" and browse to the current_song.txt file
3. Customize the text appearance as desired
4. The text will update automatically when the song changes in Spotify or YouTube

How It Works

The application:

1. Locates the Spotify application window and browser windows with YouTube
2. For Spotify: Reads the window title, which contains the song and artist information
3. For YouTube: Extracts the video title from browser tabs
4. Writes this information to a text file
5. Checks for changes every 2 seconds (configurable)
6. Prioritizes Spotify over YouTube when both are playing

Building from Source

Prerequisites

• Go 1.24.3 or higher
• Git

Build Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Arkkis/GoSpotifySong.git
   cd GoSpotifySong
   

2. Build the executable:

   go build -o SpotifySongTracker.exe
   

Automated Builds

This project uses GitHub Actions to automatically build and release the application whenever changes are pushed to the main branch. Each new push creates a release with:

• Date-based versioning (YYYY.MM.DD format)
• For multiple releases on the same day, time is added (YYYY.MM.DD-HHMM format)
• Windows executable ready to download and use
• Release notes containing the commit message

Customization

You can modify the following constants in the code:

• outputFile: Change the output file location/name (default: current_song.txt)
• checkInterval: Change how frequently the application checks for song changes (default: every 2 seconds)

Browser Support

The application detects YouTube music playing in:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Edge
• Brave
• Opera
• Other browsers may work as well

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.