A lightweight Windows overlay that shows what's playing and lets you control it from anywhere — without switching windows.
Works with Spotify, YouTube (Chrome / Edge), VLC, Apple Music, and any app that uses the Windows media controls.
Go to Releases and download FlyMedia-vX.X.X.exe — one file, no installer, no .NET required.
Requires: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
"Not commonly downloaded" warning? This is normal for new apps without a paid certificate. The app is open source — you can read every line of code here.
- Browser warning → click Keep → Keep anyway
- SmartScreen popup → click More info → Run anyway
- Album art · title · artist · source app — always in sync
- Prev / Play-Pause / Next playback controls
- Shuffle and Repeat with accent color when active
- Seek bar — real-time position, click or drag to scrub
- Per-app volume slider — only touches the media app, Discord and everything else stay untouched
- Global hotkey (
Ctrl+Shift+M) — show / hide from any app - Taskbar widget — a mini bar that lives in your taskbar, always visible
- Fullscreen auto-hide — widget hides when you go fullscreen, peeks back up when you move the cursor to its position
- Auto-hide — overlay fades away after a configurable time, pauses while your mouse is on it
- Acrylic blur background (frosted glass)
- Compact mode — hides album art for a slimmer footprint
- Pause Other Apps — automatically pauses competing sessions when a new source takes over
- Widget position — snap to any corner of the screen
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
Ctrl+Shift+M |
Show / hide the overlay |
| Left-click tray icon | Show / hide the overlay |
| Right-click tray icon | Open settings menu |
| Drag the overlay | Move it anywhere on screen |
| Click taskbar widget | Toggle the overlay above the taskbar |
| Move cursor to widget area in fullscreen | Widget peeks up — click to open controls |
Requirements: .NET 8 SDK (x64), Windows 10/11
git clone https://github.com/ia7mad/FlyMedia
cd FlyMedia
dotnet runPublish a self-contained EXE:
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true| Language | C# 12 / .NET 8 |
| UI | WPF |
| Media API | Windows SMTC (GlobalSystemMediaTransportControlsSessionManager) |
| Volume API | NAudio / WASAPI |
| Blur | SetWindowCompositionAttribute (Win32) |
| Hotkey | RegisterHotKey (Win32) |
| Tray | System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon |
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