Itunes track name in menu bar?

[Forest91]

Is there an app that anyone knows of which will enable my menu bar to display the current playing Itunes track and any other relevant information?

Thanks

 

[nerdish]

You can get Growl + Growl Tunes to show a notification every time the track changes with the Artist, Track Name, Song Length, Rating etc...

 

[Forest91]

You can get Growl + Growl Tunes to show a notification every time the track changes with the Artist, Track Name, Song Length, Rating etc...

I know I have growl but its not quite the same. I want something that is always there but subtle, so I figured the menu bar would be perfect

 

[nerdish]

I know what you mean, Growl Tunes doesnt do it for me, so if you find something that fits your description, let us know, i'd love something like this!

 

[spinnerlys]

Maybe this can help: http://www.yousoftware.com/control/

 

[nerdish]

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17726/itunes-current-song-menu

 

[.Andy]

I know what you mean, Growl Tunes doesnt do it for me, so if you find something that fits your description, let us know, i'd love something like this!

I agree. Growl is good and has potential but it needs to be cleaned up a bit. I should actually check how the versions are going.

 

[Forest91]

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17726/itunes-current-song-menu

Many thanks for this buddy, looks good
Found a couple more via that website aswell

Recent Tunes
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16932

And

iController
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17738

 

[daveishere]

Maybe this can help: http://www.yousoftware.com/control/

I second that, this is kick ass software.

 

[macfan51]

I find Now Playing really good. Does nothing flash just shows album art, Artist, Track name and time played.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/nowplayingmac.html

 

[can7ona]

I find Now Playing really good. Does nothing flash just shows album art, Artist, Track name and time played.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/nowplayingmac.html

I've been using that for a while and would also recommend it.

 

[LizKat]

I am using Playwatch from AQUARIUS-software. I love it and its customization options. You can hover over the place in the menu where the track info is shown and it will flip up a (movable) translucent pane with album art and tracklist on it -- and let you pick a different track if you like, or click on iTunes box to bring up the application itself. You can elect to always keep that pane open until you hover again in the menu area. There are options to just show back-pause-forward buttons in the menu if you prefer.

What I really like is that in basic menu display format, it's unobtrusive. Just sits there and will scroll up to show whatever you selected in the way info - artist, track, album... but the scrolling is not distracting. It just brings up the next line, pauses, brings up the next line.

It doesn't show while I'm in my browser though (Firefox). I have to move cursor someplace where I can click on desktop. No biggie but I keep thinking I should see if there is a way around this via Firefox menu options.

 

[nanoboy]

White font?

NowPlaying would've been just exactly what I wanted.

But, I want an app that would let me customise the font colour.

This is because I've tweaked the menubar and made it black (looks awesome by the way!!), so the default black font won't work in a black menu bar. So I'm looking for an app that I could use white fonts.

Just gotta keep on searching....

 

[muteone]

NowPlaying would've been just exactly what I wanted.

But, I want an app that would let me customise the font colour.

This is because I've tweaked the menubar and made it black (looks awesome by the way!!), so the default black font won't work in a black menu bar. So I'm looking for an app that I could use white fonts.

Just gotta keep on searching....

BravoTunes has font color options I think, but it had some bugs that made it unusable for me. Maybe it will work for others.

Thank you macfan51 for suggesting now playing, as it's the only one I could get to work that displays song name and real-time time.

 

[jon08]

I am using Playwatch from AQUARIUS-software. I love it and its customization options. You can hover over the place in the menu where the track info is shown and it will flip up a (movable) translucent pane with album art and tracklist on it -- and let you pick a different track if you like, or click on iTunes box to bring up the application itself. You can elect to always keep that pane open until you hover again in the menu area. There are options to just show back-pause-forward buttons in the menu if you prefer.

What I really like is that in basic menu display format, it's unobtrusive. Just sits there and will scroll up to show whatever you selected in the way info - artist, track, album... but the scrolling is not distracting. It just brings up the next line, pauses, brings up the next line.

+1