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How to Use the WebNowPlaying Plugin for Rainmeter to Display YouTube Song Info




Rainmeter is a popular desktop customization tool that allows you to create and display various widgets on your screen. One of the most common widgets is a music player that shows the current song information and controls. However, if you use YouTube as your main source of music, you might have noticed that the default NowPlaying plugin for Rainmeter does not work with it. This is because YouTube does not provide any information about the song title, artist, album, etc. to Rainmeter.




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Fortunately, there is a solution for this problem: the WebNowPlaying plugin. This plugin implements the NowPlaying measure functionality for all web-based media players that show up in Windows 10 volume change notification, including YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, and more. This means that you can use any skin that works with the NowPlaying plugin and modify it to work with the WebNowPlaying plugin. In this article, we will show you how to do that.


Step 1: Install the WebNowPlaying Plugin and Browser Extension




The first step is to install the WebNowPlaying plugin for Rainmeter and the corresponding browser extension for your web browser. The plugin and the extension communicate with each other via WebSocket protocol and allow Rainmeter to access the song information from the web player.


You can download the latest version of the WebNowPlaying plugin for Rainmeter from [here]. Just double-click the .rmskin file and follow the instructions to install it. You will also need to download one of the following extensions for your web browser:


  • Chromium Browsers: [WebNowPlaying Redux]



  • Firefox: [WebNowPlaying Redux]



After installing the extension, you might need to enable some settings in your browser to allow WebSocket communication. For Firefox, you need to type about:config in the address bar and set network.websocket.allowInsecureFromHTTPS to true. For Chromium browsers, you might need to enable chrome://flags/#allow-insecure-localhost.


Step 2: Modify a Skin to Use the WebNowPlaying Plugin




The next step is to modify a skin that uses the NowPlaying plugin to use the WebNowPlaying plugin instead. You can use any skin that you like, as long as it has a measure that uses Plugin=NowPlaying. For this example, we will use the Vecto skin pack by Connect-R, which you can download from [here].


After installing the skin pack, go to Skins\\Vecto\\Song Info folder and open the Song Info.ini file with a text editor. You will see something like this:


[MeasureArtist] Measure=Plugin Plugin=NowPlaying PlayerName=[MeasurePlayer] PlayerType=ARTIST [MeasureTitle] Measure=Plugin Plugin=NowPlaying PlayerName=[MeasurePlayer] PlayerType=TITLE


To use the WebNowPlaying plugin instead of the NowPlaying plugin, you need to change Plugin=NowPlaying to Plugin=WebNowPlaying, and remove PlayerName=[MeasurePlayer]. The result should look like this:


[MeasureArtist] Measure=Plugin Plugin=WebNowPlaying PlayerType=ARTIST [MeasureTitle] Measure=Plugin Plugin=WebNowPlaying PlayerType=TITLE


You can also modify other measures that use Plugin=NowPlaying, such as [MeasureAlbum], [MeasureCover], [MeasureProgress], etc. The full list of supported player types can be found [here].


Step 3: Load and Enjoy Your Skin




The final step is to load your modified skin and enjoy your YouTube song info on your desktop. To load your skin, right-click on the Rainmeter icon in the system tray and select Skins > Vecto > Song Info > Song Info.ini. You should see something like this:


If you play a song on YouTube, you should see the artist name and song title on your skin. You can also use the skin to control the playback, such as play/pause, next/previous, volume, etc. The skin will automatically switch between the supported web players, so you can use it with other sites like Spotify or SoundCloud as well.


Conclusion




Additional Tips




  • If you want to customize the appearance of your skin, you can edit the [MeterArtist], [MeterTitle], and other meter sections in the Song Info.ini file. You can change the font, color, size, position, alignment, and other properties of your skin elements. You can also add or remove any elements that you don't need or want. For more information on how to edit skins, you can check out [this guide].



  • If you want to use a different skin that is not compatible with the WebNowPlaying plugin, you can try to convert it using [this tool]. This tool will automatically replace the NowPlaying plugin with the WebNowPlaying plugin in any skin file. However, this tool is not perfect and might not work for some skins, so use it at your own risk.



  • If you encounter any problems or bugs with the WebNowPlaying plugin or the browser extension, you can report them on [this GitHub page]. You can also find the latest updates and news about the plugin and the extension there.



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