U sa g e F A Q 4 5 - Now Playing

Instruction Manual

Contents Introduction 4

Install Now Playing 5 Windows Install 5 Windows Uninstall 5 Mac Install 7 Mac Uninstall 7

Setting up Now Playing 8 Pioneer CDJs with Music from USB Export 8 Pioneer CDJs with Music from RekordBox Link Export 13 Pioneer RX / RX2 with music from Rekordbox Link Export 17 Any Compatible Controller with Music from Rekordbox 20 Traktor DJ Controller with Music from Traktor DJ 23

Using Now Playing 27

Now Playing Settings 30 Setting a Default Mode 30 Selecting a Theme 30 Adding a Delay Before Tracks are Displayed 31 Hiding Unreleased Tracks from being Displayed 31 Removing Notes from Tracks 32 Saving Your Tracklist 33

Advanced Setups 34 Modify a Theme’s Appearance from within OBS 34 Creating Your Own Theme 36

Mac 36 Windows 37

Using A Two Computer Setup 39

Troubleshooting 41 Error: “Port 9000 is in use” / “Port 9090 is in use.” 41

Windows Troubleshooting Steps 41 Overlay doesn’t show up in OBS 42

Now Playing v1.0.0 Page 2

FAQ 44 Setup FAQ 44 Usage FAQ 45


Now Playing connects to your CDJs or DJ software, reads your currently playing track, and turns it into an overlay that can be shown on your live streams.

Download the latest version: https://nowplayingapp.com

Introduction

💗 Special Thanks To: Darude for being an amazing Traktor beta tester. Elevven for helping debug using Now Playing on Pioneer XDJ-RX / XDJ-RX2 hardware. DjCheezyP for writing the Prolink-Connect library and debugging Now Playing. Bombe_ for writing the Shoutcast packet code. TranceJesus & KiFi2024 for helping write and proofread this manual. AssyrianLegend for helping with the website and user interface. And all of the amazing DJs on Twitch who have been beta testing it all year.


https://nowplayingapp.com/

Windows Install 1. Extract and Run the Setup File

2. Now Playing should appear on your Desktop and your Start Menu

Windows Uninstall 1. Go to Start > Settings

Install Now Playing


2. Under Apps & Features, find Now Playing and uninstall it.


Mac Install 1. Open the DMG file

2. Drag Now Playing to your Applications folder

Mac Uninstall 1. Drag the Now Playing app into the Trash.


Pioneer CDJs with Music from USB Export You can use Now Playing with Nexus compatible Pioneer equipment when everything is connected to your local network.

1. Begin with your CDJs off and your streaming software closed.

2. Start Now Playing and select ProLink-DJ mode.

Setting up Now Playing


3. Turn on your CDJs one at a time. The CDJ icons will turn blue which means it’s online.

4. Load a track from your USB stick. 5. Press the “Master” button and wait for Now Playing to read your USB stick.

(If you have a lot of music on your USB stick this may take some time.

6. Your track should appear in Now Playing.

7. Start your streaming software.


8. Add a new browser source.

9. Set the width to 1920 and the height to 200. 10. If your streaming computer and Now Playing are on the same computer use the address

http://localhost:9000

If your streaming computer and Now Playing are on different computers use the name of the

computer or it’s IP address as the URL. For example: http://now-playing-computer:9000.

(For additional help see “Using a Two Computer Setup”)


11. It should show up as an overlay.

12.Start DJing normally. When you transition from one track to the other, your CDJs will automatically change which track is the master tempo. You will see the track ID also change.


TIP: The next time you stream we recommend starting up in the following order:

1. Start Now Playing 2. Turn on one CDJ at a time (wait for it to be completely booted up and appear as online in

Now Playing) 3. Start your streaming software


Pioneer CDJs with Music from RekordBox Link Export You can use Now Playing with Nexus compatible Pioneer equipment when everything is connected to your local network.

1. Begin with your CDJs off and your streaming software closed. 2. Start Now Playing and select ProLink-DJ mode.

! Important! When using Now Playing with Rekordbox in Link mode + CDJs, Now Playing must be installed on a different computer. Now Playing and Rekordbox cannot be on the same computer.


3. Turn on your CDJs one at a time. The CDJ icons will turn blue which means it’s online.

4. Open RekordBox and go to Preferences > DJ System > Sort and add “Label” to the active Sort Options. This will enable Now Playing to display the record labels.


5. Enable Link mode in RekordBox by pressing the Link button

6. Load a track onto a CDJ. 7. Press the “Master” button

8. Your track should appear in Now Playing.



10.Add a new browser source.

11.Use 1920x200. 12. If your streaming computer and Now Playing are on the same computer use the address







14.Start DJing normally. When you transition from one track to the other your CDJs will automatically change which track is the master tempo. You will see the track ID also change.

Pioneer RX / RX2 with music from Rekordbox Link Export You can use Now Playing with Pioneer XDJ-RX / XDJ-RX2 controllers connected to your computer with a USB cable. Because of the way this hardware is designed, Now Playing will only work when you use Rekordbox. It will not work with XDJ-RX / XDJ-RX2 in standalone mode.


1. Start Now Playing. 2. Turn on one CDJ at a time (wait for it to be completely booted up and appear as online in

Now Playing). 3. Start Rekordbox and enable Link mode. 4. Start your streaming software.



2. Start Now Playing and select Rekordbox mode.

! Important!

● Now Playing must be installed on the same computer as Rekordbox. ● You must upgrade to RekordBox 6.0 or higher.


3. Open RekordBox and go to Preferences > DJ System > Sort and add “Label” to the active Sort Options. This will enable Now Playing to display the record labels.

4. In RekordBox enable Link mode by pressing the Link button




7. Use 1920x200. 8. If your streaming computer and Now Playing are on the same computer use the address







10.Start DJing normally. Now Playing will update when the track is added to your Rekordbox history. Rekordbox will add tracks to your history after you play 60 seconds of the track. This is

a limitation of Rekordbox meaning Now Playing can’t update any faster.


Any Compatible Controller with Music from Rekordbox You can use Now Playing with any compatible DJ controller connected to your computer and Rekordbox in Performance mode.


2. Start Now Playing and select Rekordbox mode.


1. Start Now Playing. 2. Start Rekordbox and enable Link mode. 3. Start your streaming software.


3. Start Rekordbox and use Performance mode.

4. Start your streaming software. 5. Add a new browser source.








9. Start DJing normally. Now Playing will update when the track is added to your Rekordbox

history. Rekordbox will add tracks to your history after you play 60 seconds of the track. This is a limitation of Rekordbox meaning Now Playing can’t update any faster.


1. Start Now Playing. 2. Start Rekordbox and use Performance mode.


Traktor DJ Controller with Music from Traktor DJ You can use Now Playing with any Traktor compatible DJ controller connected to your computer.


2. Start Now Playing and select Traktor mode.

3. Start Traktor and open the preferences 4. Go to Broadcasting and use the following settings:

Address: If Now Playing is on the same computer as Traktor use “localhost”. If Now Playing

is on a different computer as Traktor, use the name of the computer that Now Playing is

installed on.

Port: “8000”

Mount path: “/”



Format: “Ogg Vorbis, 11025 Hz, 32 kBit/s”

5. Close settings and enable broadcasting by clicking on the antenna icon. Tracktor’s broadcast will turn solid blue and Now Playing will show Traktor DJ is connected.











11.Start DJing normally. Now Playing will update when the track is added to your Rekordbox history. Rekordbox will add tracks to your history after you play 60 seconds of the track. This is

a limitation of Rekordbox meaning Now Playing can’t update any faster.


1. Start Now Playing. 2. Start Traktor and enable broadcasting. 3. Start your streaming software.


Once you have setup Now Playing you only need to start Now Playing every time you live stream.

1. Start Now Playing.

2. Select which mode you are using.

3. Turn on your DJ hardware. 4. Open your DJ software (if you are using software).

4.1. If you’re using Pioneer CDJs in Link export, click on the Link button in Rekordbox

Using Now Playing


4.2. On your CDJ press the Rekordbox button, select your computer, and press down on the jog wheel to allow your CDJ to access your music library.

4.3. You will then be able to access your library and playlists


5. Start your streaming software. 6. In Now Playing you will see your CDJs and your streaming software connected when the

Overlay icon turns green, and your CDJ players appear in blue.

7. Begin DJing normally.

7.1. If you are using Now Playing in Pro-DJ Link mode:

You can manually update a track to the other CDJ by pressing the master tempo button

on your CDJ.

Note: When using Now Playing in Rekordbox mode, your track will update after you play a song for about 60 seconds. This is a limitation of RekordBox and can’t be made to update faster. When using Now Playing in Traktor mode, your track will update after you play a song for about 30 seconds. This is a limitation of Traktor and can’t be made to update faster. Now Playing using Pro-DJ Link mode does not have this limitation.


Now Playing Settings 1. Click the cog to open settings

Setting a Default Mode If you want to always start in a specific mode, choose which one to begin with by selecting the mode in the drop down list. Choosing “None” will make Now Playing ask you every time you start the app.

Selecting a Theme

Use the drop down to choose which theme you want to use. (See “Create Your Own Theme” to customize and make your own.)


● Default: Simple look with artist, title, and record label on three lines. ● ASOT: A State Of Trance look-alike with artist, title, and record label. ● ASOT1000: A State Of Trance look-alike with artist and title. ● Darude: Theme that matches Darude’s Twitch channel with artist and title. ● Elevven: Theme that matches Elevven’s Twitch channel with artist and title. ● Solarstone: Theme that matches Solarstone’s Twitch channel with artist, title, and record label

on two lines.

Adding a Delay Before Tracks are Displayed

Adding a delay will cause Now Playing to add an additional delay when tracks are updated on your livestream video. Specify the number of seconds you want to add.

Hiding Unreleased Tracks from being Displayed To hide unreleased tracks add “[ID]” anywhere in the title of the track in your DJ software. Now Playing will detect this and display “ID” in your livestream video instead of the track name. For example, change the title to “Across The Galaxy (Original Mix) [ID]”:


Removing Notes from Tracks Some DJs leave notes in their track titles. Now Playing can remove these notes so they don’t appear in your live stream video. Now Playing will remove anything written inside square brackets. For example, if your title is “Chimera (Triode Remix) [6A 138 Master]”, Now playing will remove “[6A 138 Master]” from the title.


Saving Your Tracklist

Enabling Save Tracklist will automatically create a text file on your desktop with the tracks you played since starting Now Playing. It was designed to be used with 1001Tracklists.com and Mixcloud.com but you can use it for any purpose you like.


Modify a Theme’s Appearance from within OBS You can modify your theme’s appearance by adding then modifying some code and putting it into the “Custom CSS” option in your streaming software.

1. Go into your streaming software and copy/paste the following code:

Advanced Setups

body {

background-color: black; color: white;

font-family: 'Arial'; padding-left: 26px;

padding-top: 20px; }

#title { font-size: 55px;


2. Modify the above code to fit your needs. Note: If you use special fonts they must be installed on the computer that is running your

streaming software to work.

3. You can test by refreshing the browser source in your streaming software.

font-weight: bold; }

#artist {

font-size: 40px; font-weight: normal;

}

#label { font-size: 37px;

font-weight: normal;

font-style: italic; }


Creating Your Own Theme If you want to create a completely different theme you can do that using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Mac

1. Go to your Applications folder and right click on Now Playing.

2. Click on Show Package Contents 3. Go to Contents\Resources\themes


4. Duplicate the Default folder and name it your own

5. Modify the HTML, JS, and CSS files. 6. Restart Now Playing and select your new theme from the settings screen.

Windows 1. Click on Start and type the following and press enter

%localappdata%\Programs\triode-now-playing-app\Resources\themes


2. Make a copy of the Default folder and name it your own. Here we copied the ASOT 1000 theme to TranceJesus

3. Modify the HTML, JS, and CSS files.

4. Restart Now Playing and select your new theme from the settings screen.


Using A Two Computer Setup If you have two computers, one for your DJ software and one for streaming, you can still use Now Playing.


1. In your streaming software change the URL to be name or IP address of the computer that has Now Playing installed.


Error: “Port 9000 is in use” / “Port 9090 is in use.”

This means that you have something running on your computer that is using port 9000 that is conflicting with Now Playing. Follow these steps to figure out what is conflicting with Now Playing:

Windows Troubleshooting Steps

1. Close Now Playing but leave your DJ software and your streaming software running.

2. Click Start 3. Type “cmd” and press enter.

4. Type “netstat -aon | findstr 9000” or “netstat -aon | findstr 9090” and press

enter.

5. Take a note of the number on the right 6. Open Task Manager, click on the Details tab.

7. Find the matching PID number to the one you just noted.

Troubleshooting


8. The program next to the PID number on the left is the program that is causing the conflict.

9. The program listed on the left is causing a conflict with Now Playing.

Overlay doesn’t show up in OBS If your DJ equipment and Now Playing looks like it’s working (your equipment lights up in blue and your DJ software appears connected and green) but the overlay isn’t showing up in your streaming software, try disabling Browser Source Hardware Acceleration.

1. Open OBS 2. Go to settings > Advanced


3. Disable Browser Source Hardware Acceleration


Setup FAQ Q: Will it work with Serato DJ? Not yet. I'm working on it for the next version. Q: Will it work with Denon CDJs? Not yet. I'd like to but I don't own Denon equipment to test or write code to test with. Q: I stream from a separate computer than the one with my DJ software. Will it work? Yes. Instructions on how to set it up is in using a two computer setup. Q: Will it work with OBS Studio / Streamlabs OBS? Yes. It works the same for any streaming software. Q: Will it work with my DJ controller? Yes. If your controller is compatible with RekordBox or Traktor then it should work. For example: DDJ-FLX6, DDJ-1000, DDJ-800, DDJ-400, DDJ-200, DDJ-RZX, DDJ-RZ, Traktor Kontrol S2, S3, S4, S8, Z2, Z1. Q: Will it work with my Pioneer CDJs? Yes. It works with any Pro-DJ Link capable Pioneer hardware. If you're not sure, go to the Pioneer website, find your model, then go to specifications and look for Pro DJ Link. If you see it, then it's compatible. For example: CDJ-3000, CDJ-TOUR1, CDJ-2000NXS2, CDJ-900NXS, XDJ-1000MK2, XDJ-700 Q: Will it work with XDJ-RX2, XDJ-RX? Yes. But you must use it with Rekordbox 6. Because of the weird way the hardware is designed Now Playing will NOT work with the RX/RX2 when used in standalone mode. This means if you use the RX/RX2 with your music on a USB stick, it won’t work. It only works when it’s connected to Rekordbox.

FAQ


Usage FAQ Q: Can I hide unreleased tracks? Yes. Adding "[ID]" to the title of the track will hide it from the livestream. Q: RekordBox / Traktor takes a long time to update. Can you make it faster? No. This is a limitation with Rekordbox (about 60 seconds) and Traktor (about 30 seconds). Now Playing reads the Rekordbox DB and uses the Shoutcast protocol for Traktor. Pioneer Pro-DJ Link doesn't have this limitation. Q: Can I customize the overlay? Yes. There are two ways: editing the CSS in OBS or SLOBs or using HTML to make your own theme. Instructions are in advanced customization. Q: I have notes in my track names. Will they show up on video? No. Any tags in square brackets will be hidden. Example: "Transatlantic (Original Mix) [3A - 138]", The [3A - 138] part will be removed. Q: Where is Now Playing installed on Windows? Now Playing will be installed in %localappdata%\Programs\triode-now-playing-app Q: Record labels are not showing up in Now Playing Record label data is currently only available with Pro-DJ Link and Rekordbox. Record labels are not currently supported with Traktor.


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