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Discord Rich Presence Pro — Windows Media Presence Engine
A lightweight Windows background engine streaming real-time media presence (YouTube, Spotify, etc.) to Discord via native GSMTC WinRT & Local IPC with DirectX game auto-pause.
RoleSystems programming · Windows GSMTC · Discord Local IPC
Key numbers
- Memory footprint
- <40MB
- CPU overhead
- ~0%
- Native WinRT API
- GSMTC
- Anchor timeline
- Zero-Lag
Highlights
What it does, and the engineering problems it solves
- Native Windows GSMTC Integration
Reads Windows' WinRT media controls (GSMTC) for track titles, artists, thumbnails, playback state, and duration.
- Universal Browser & Player Support
Seamlessly tracks Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music without browser extensions.
- DirectX & Vulkan Game Detection
Auto-detects active fullscreen gaming sessions and suppresses presence updates to maximize frame rates.
- Sub-Second Timeline Anchoring
Accurately synchronizes elapsed and remaining playback times using precise anchor timestamps without drift.
- System Tray Controller & Hot Reload
Background taskbar tray controls with instant Pause/Resume toggle, live logs, and zero-restart JSON hot-reloading.
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