Universal Now Playing Companion

Universal Now Playing Companion

Browser helper for the desktop application, Universal Now Playing

What is Universal Now Playing Companion?
The 'Universal Now Playing Companion' is a Chrome extension that aids streamers by acquiring data from web pages like YouTube, SoundCloud, or Web Spotify, and sending it to the Universal Now Playing desktop application. This enables the seamless sharing of the users' current music with their online stream viewers.
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Stats
By: pendo324
Users: 798 ▲ 13
Rating: 3.00 (2)
Version: 1.0.5 (Last updated: 2020-05-18)
Creation date: 2020-05-17
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://localhost:47565/*
  • https://www.mixcloud.com/*
  • https://www.pandora.com/*
  • https://play.google.com/*
  • https://open.spotify.com/*
  • https://soundcloud.com/*
  • https://tunein.com/*
  • https://www.youtube.com/*
  • https://www.deezer.com/*
  • https://app.plex.tv/*
  • See more
Size: 9.25K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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Summary

Universal Now Playing is a desktop application that helps streamers share the music they are currently listening to with their stream viewers. It does this by updating a text file, that can then be used as an input source in OBS/Xsplit.

This extension is used to get data from web pages (i.e. YouTube, Soundcloud, Web Spotify, etc.) and then send that data to the desktop client. You must have the desktop client open in order to make use of this extension.

More information can be found on the GitHub page: https://github.com/pendo324/universal-np

User reviews
Does not currently work with Spotify on browser
by Gamefandan Gamefandan, 2020-09-12

I use this for my streams in conjunction with the Universal NP application. Works as intended and is able to grab music that's playing on Youtube
by Naqa Holliz Naqa Holliz, 2020-08-17
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Safety
Risk impact

Universal Now Playing Companion is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.

Risk likelihood

Universal Now Playing Companion has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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