A simple media visualizer for Windows, built with .NET and WPF.
This application uses Windows' built-in media control API, and can send the following commands to the current media stream:
- Play/Pause
- Previous
- Next
NOTE: The functionality of these commands relies on the compatibility provided by the media hosting application.
Spiderhead's behaviour can be customized from the icon shown in the taskbar by right-clicking, opening the following menu:
- Pin to position: Move window to set position or allow to move freely
- Always on top: Toggle always on top window behaviour
- Opacity: Change the opacity of the window's background
- Rounded border: Toggle the rounded border on/off
- Exit: Close the current instance of Spiderhead
To manually build this application you can follow these steps:
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Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/catneep/spiderhead cd spiderhead explorer .
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Open the .sln file with Visual Studio
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Go to Build -> Build Solution (or use
Ctrl + Shift + B
) -
Navigate to the newly generated bin directory
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Go to Debug/Release (depending on the chosen option in Visual Studio)
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Search for spiderhead.exe and run it
You can also move the generated output directory into your Program files
directory
Alternatively, you can go to the Releases section of this repository and choose the corresponding installer executable.