🎵 Now Playing Widget for OBS (C++ Edition)

A high-performance, real-time "Now Playing" widget for OBS. This version is written in native C++ for minimum resource consumption (RAM and CPU). It tracks music from Apple Music, Spotify, and other media players using the native Windows Media API.

✨ Features

• ⚡ Ultra-Lightweight - Uses < 10MB of RAM (vs 150MB+ for .NET versions).
• 🔄 Event-Driven - Zero CPU usage when idle; updates only when the track changes.
• 🖼️ Real-time Album Art - Displays high-quality artwork via GDI+.
• 🎨 Modern OBS Frontend - Sleek, transparent glassmorphism design for your stream.
• 🎯 Native Windows Integration - Uses C++/WinRT for reliable media detection.
• 📦 Zero Dependencies - Single native executable, no runtime required.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Download the latest release (or compile it yourself).
2. Place OSMV-Lite-cpp.exe, index.html, and style.css in the same folder.
3. Launch OSMV-Lite-cpp.exe. It will stay in your system tray.
4. Add index.html as a Browser Source in OBS.

🔧 Compiling from Source

Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• Visual Studio 2022 (with "Desktop development with C++" workload)

Compilation Steps

1. Clone the repository.
2. Open a Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022.
3. Run build.bat.
4. The standalone OSMV-Lite-cpp.exe will be generated.

📺 Configure OBS

1. Add a new Browser source.
2. Check Local file and select index.html.
3. Dimensions: Width: 500, Height: 140.

🏗️ How It Works

Music Player (Spotify/Apple Music)
    ↓
Windows Media Control API (C++/WinRT Events)
    ↓
OSMV-Lite-cpp.exe (Native C++)
    ↓
current_song.json (Atomic UTF-8 Write)
    ↓
index.html (OBS Frontend)

📄 License

MIT License