Now Playing on ThirdRock Radio (Windows 10/11 version)

Installation:

! Run this app at your own risk.

Pre-Release Please download one of the following and expand it to any folder and execute the file NowPlaying.exe.

• Windows7, 10 version is still available here. Requires Windows Desktop Runtime v5.0, apparently still supported on Windows7

• Windows 10,11 version is available here. Requires Windows Desktop Runtime v3.1

A warning (about running software from unknown sources) will pop up, just click OK to continue.

This application does NOT collect any sort of data and is NOT associated by any way nor means with thirdrockradio.net.

To update right-click on the icon (headphones) then select option. It is also possible to update by selecting to display the app and then minimize again.

Developing mode

~If by any chance you have VS installed on your PC (~8GB) then pull this project and expand it on any folder (C:/user/source/repos/) and open the project file <NowPlaying.csproj>.

Known issues:

1. The application will run as soon as is minimized. It will show at the System Tray the current song playing on ThirdRockRadio -- which is set by default.

2. It should auto-update after 4minutes, however due to a problem with an async function it does not.

3. VS Community Ed. no longer supports Framework NET 5.0, therefore, the following files should be updated to a long-term version:

   • NowPlaying.cs: 5 netcoreapp3.1
   • obj/NowPlaying.csproj.nuget.dgspec.json, change all NET 5.0 to netcoreapp3.1
   • obj/project.assets.json, change all NET 5.0 to netcoreapp3.1

4. Since this application was developed in a 2K display, the fetched artwork on a 1K display is 1/4 the size of the original -- shown here in the screenshot above--.

Needed Features:

1. The artwork img should be shown in the notification. Thus far I have not searched anything related.
2. Store and display in the same window as a history-like all the previously played songs.

Acknowledgments:

Thanks to all the following references, it took me about 4hours to develop this application.

1. Fetch JSON

2. Build System Tray App

3. Async and JSON

4. VisualStudio intellisense, without it 52 issues would continue be unsolved.

5. The application icon is from here

Running Environment:

• Programming language: C#
• Editor: VS Code 2019 Community Edition (NetCore3.1).
• Environment: Panasonic Let's Note/ Windows 10 Pro
• Display settings: 2880 x 1920