What is MellowPlayer?
MellowPlayer is an open source desktop application built with Qt that allows you to control web-based music streaming services like YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, and more from your desktop rather than through a web browser. It brings the different services together into a unified interface with consistent playback controls, queuing, playlists, notifications, etc.
Some key features of MellowPlayer include:
- Integration with YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitch, Vimeo, and more
- Playback controls like play, pause, next track, volume
- Queue management, playlists, favorites
- Notifications for tracks, albums, playlists
- Lyrics fetching and display
- Customizable themes and keyboard shortcuts
- Plugin architecture for extending functionality
- Available on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS
By consolidating all your music services into one desktop application, MellowPlayer provides a streamlined listening experience compared to jumping between tons of browser tabs. It allows you to control the audio playback as well as build playlists across different services. The open source nature also allows power users to customize the functionality to their needs.