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Turn your extra monitor into a "Now Playing" view

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MusicMonitor – Turn your extra monitor into a Spotify now-playing view

by j-sofia·Aug 6, 2026·2 points·1 comment
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AI Analysis

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Native pointer tracking beats webview hacks for instant hide-on-hover behavior.

Strengths
  • •Global cursor tracking ensures the window vanishes before you can accidentally click it.
  • •Handles complex Windows DPI scaling and negative coordinate multi-monitor setups correctly.
  • •Strict read-only scope prevents feature creep; it displays art, it doesn't control playback.
Weaknesses
  • •Windows-only alpha requires building from source; no signed installer available yet.
  • •Read-only limitation means you still need another device to skip tracks or change volume.
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Developers or power users with a dedicated secondary monitor

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Post Description

Have an extra monitor? Why not have it display a full-screen view of what's now playing on your Spotify? As soon as your mouse goes to that monitor, MusicMonitor hides itself so the screen is still usable.

Contributions and feedback are greatly appreciated! Built using Codex

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