TrayBeat

This small application lets you play web radio stations and M3U playlists without having a media player window getting in the way. It was primarily developed to let you listen to your favorite music uninterrupted in the background while still keeping control of the player.

What can TrayBeat do?

• Runs in the background as a tray icon.
• Can be controlled via the tray icon.
• Supports the D-Bus StatusNotifierItem interface.
• Supports MPRIS (Media Player Remote Interfacing Specification), allowing TrayBeat to integrate with the system. Desktops such as KDE can therefore also support the keyboard's media keys.
• Recognizes common ICY metadata tags from web radio stations.
• Supports computer suspend and resume, and automatically reconnects afterwards.
• Supports dark and light themes.
• Provides an extensive station configuration interface.
• Includes an integrated media player interface that can be opened when needed.
• Provides a D-Bus interface that can be used to control TrayBeat remotely.
• Stations can be configured with a gain value to keep all stations at the same volume level.
• The tray icon supports the following actions:

• Left mouse button: next web radio station or next track in the playlist.
• Middle mouse button: stop/play.
• Right mouse button: opens the context menu with all configured stations and TrayBeat actions.