havMediaControls

havMediaControls is a WPF tray app developed in C# that provides Windows media controls in the notification area. You need Windows 10 version 1809 or later and the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime x64 to run this app.

Features
  • Separate tray icons for previous, play/pause/resume, next, repeat, and now playing
  • Compact draggable now-playing popup
  • Current media title, artist, album, source app, playback state, timeline, and cover art
  • Previous, play/pause/resume, next, repeat, shuffle, seek, volume, mute, and speed controls
  • Light theme, dark theme, and automatic system theme mode
  • English and German localization, with additional language files discovered at startup
  • Single-instance app behavior
  • Configurable media-key command method for players that react differently
  • Optional player-remote fallback for players that do not expose enough Windows media-session support
  • Settings and logging under %APPDATA%\havMediaControls