About this project.
OwO’s Now Playing is a Twitch extension that lets Twitch broadcasters easily display their currently playing, or previously played songs via Last.fm.
What exactly can it do?
The extension can be used in one of three ways, depending on what position you activate the extension in.
- Panel mode: this will display the widget alongside other panels like most Twitch extensions. It shows the currently playing song, as well as a scrollable list of your song history.
- Component mode: this simply moves the widget to being located in the video player instead of being a panel. It does not include the features of the overlay mode.
- Overlay mode: this is the full experience. It includes a customizable notification that is displayed on top of the video player when a new song is played. You can also view song history or change settings via a floating panel that can be accessed on the left side of the video player.
The overlay mode is the preferred way to use the extension. It allows streamers to display playing music without being baked-in to the video feed, and viewers who don’t wish to see the extension can simply disable it. Perfect for creators that make videos from their streams.
Why rely on Last.fm?
Though I’ve been a critic of Last.fm’s API in the past, I wanted the extension to be compatible with as many music players as possible. Even outside of music streaming itself, if you’re using a service or player that can scrobble to Last.fm, it should be compatible with the extension.
That way, we don’t tie the extension to a streaming service like Spotify.
I want to fork this.
Before you can start developing, you’ll need to configure the extension in the Twitch developer console. These instructions are available in the repository’s README.
Otherwise, it’s as simple as any other project.
# Clone the repo
git clone https://gitlab.com/rcw.lol/extensions/now-playing
# Install dependencies
cd now-playing && bun install
# Run the test server
bun dev