Background Music

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\u003c!-- vim: set tw=120: --\u003e\n\n![](Images/README/FermataIcon.png)\n\n# Background Music\n##### macOS audio utility\n\n\u003cimg src=\"Images/README/Screenshot.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"443\" /\u003e\n\n[Overview](#overview)\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;[Auto-pause music](#auto-pause-music)\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;[Application volume](#application-volume)\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;[Recording system audio](#recording-system-audio)\u003cbr/\u003e\n[Download](#download)\u003cbr/\u003e\n[Run / Configure](#run--configure)\u003cbr/\u003e\n[Build and Install](#installing-from-source-code)\u003c/br\u003e\n[Uninstall](#uninstall)\u003cbr/\u003e\n[Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)\u003cbr/\u003e\n[Related Projects](#related-projects)\u003cbr/\u003e\n[License](#license)\u003cbr/\u003e\n\n# Overview\n\n+ Automatically pause/unpause your music player when other audio sources are playing/stopped\n+ Per-application volume control\n+ Record system audio\n+ No restart required to install\n\n##### *Note: Background Music is still in alpha.*\n\n## Auto-pause music\n\n**Background Music** automatically pauses your music player when a second audio source is playing and unpauses the player when the second source has stopped.\n\nThe auto-pause feature currently supports following music players:\n\n+ [iTunes](https://www.apple.com/itunes/)\n+ [Spotify](https://www.spotify.com)\n+ [VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/)\n+ [VOX](https://vox.rocks/mac-music-player)\n+ [Decibel](https://sbooth.org/Decibel/)\n+ [Hermes](http://hermesapp.org/)\n+ [Swinsian](https://swinsian.com/)\n+ [GPMDP](https://www.googleplaymusicdesktopplayer.com/)\n\nAdding support for a new music player is usually straightforward.\u003csup id=\"a1\"\u003e[1](#f1)\u003c/sup\u003e If you don\u0027t know how to program, or just don\u0027t feel\nlike it, feel free to [create an issue](https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic/issues/new). Otherwise, see\n[BGMMusicPlayer.h](BGMApp/BGMApp/Music%20Players/BGMMusicPlayer.h).\n\n## Application volume\n\n**Background Music** provides a volume slider for each application running your system. You can boost qu",
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