ModernFlyouts' Media Session Controls will support every application that makes use of the System Media Transport Controls aka SMTC API to manage their media playback.
The built-in Windows Media Flyout will also only support those apps.
Users tend to know which functionalities are supported by ModernFlyouts' Media Sessions Controls for their apps of interest (#230 for instance).
- 🟢 - Supported by the app out-of-the-box i.e. built-in support for SMTC
- 🟡 - No built-in support for SMTC but could be overcame around by additional software (plugins, add-ons, etc.
- 🔴 - Not supported by any means (see Help us include support for more applications that are currently unsupported)
- 🟩 - Feature supported
- 🟪 - Feature support is incomplete i.e. in-progress or being improved or expected to arrive soon or temporarily unavailable
- 🟥 - Feature not supported
| Application | Support | Play/Pause | Previous | Next | Thumbnail | Media Title | Media Artist | App Info | Shuffle | Repeat | Stop | Timeline information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromium based | 🟢 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
| Firefox | 🟢 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
| MUSIC | ONLY | |||||||||||
| Spotify | 🟢 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
| Groove Music | 🟢 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
| Dopamine-Windows | 🟢 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 (In Progress) |
| foobar2000 | 🟢 (v1.5.1+) | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
| MusicBee | 🟡 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 |
| AIMP | 🟡 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
| VIDEO | ONLY | |||||||||||
| Movies & TV | 🟢 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟪 | 🟩 | 🟪 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
| myTube Beta | 🟢 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
| AUDIO | AND | VIDEO | ||||||||||
| VLC (UWP) | 🟢 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
| VLC (Desktop) | 🔴 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
| PotPlayer | 🔴 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
| Application | Support | Play\Pause | Previous | Next | Thumbnail | Media Title | Media Artist | App Info | Shuffle | Repeat | Stop | Timeline information |
NOTE- Chromium based includes Chromium browsers and its derivatives (Chrome, New MS Edge, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, etc.).
- MusicBee - https://github.com/ameer1234567890/mb_MediaControl
- AIMP - https://www.aimp.ru/?do=catalog&rec_id=1097
- VLC : We have filed a feature request on VLC's bug tracker site asking built-in support for the SMTC APIs for the VLC Desktop (Win32) app. Hopefully, if enough people request it they might add it. Please check out the ticket.