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Installing Music Presence

Click one of the buttons below to download Music Presence for your operating system.

Make sure you read about usage and the next steps after installation.

Download

You can also install the app via a package manager.

Installation

For installation instructions, select your operating system by clicking the respective tab.

For most people Windows Installer x64 is the right choice.

  1. Double-click the downloaded file and navigate through the installation steps
  2. Music Presence should automatically launch at the end of the installation process

If it does not work or you get stuck, read about common issues below.

The installer automatically adds Music Presence to your start menu for easy access.

Alternatively, you can download the ZIP archive Windows zip x64 instead. To run it, right-click and extract it, then double-click the Music Presence or Music Presence.exe file in the extracted folder. Note that the ZIP is not fully standalone and there won't be any entry in the start menu like with the installer.

If you are unsure which download is the right one, click on the Apple logo in the top-left corner of your screen and select "About This Mac".

In case it says M1, M2 or similar under "Chip" or anywhere else in the window that opened, then you need to choose the Mac Apple Silicon download.

If it says Intel under "Processor", then you have an older Intel Mac and you need to choose the Mac Intel x86_64 download instead.

To install the app:

  1. Double-click the downloaded DMG file. A new window should open
  2. Drag the Music Presence app into the Applications folder. Do not open Music Presence from this window, as it wouldn't be properly installed then
  3. Close the window, then open Mac Finder Logo Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Finder and open the Applications folder. Look for Music Presence and double-click the app to launch it

If you use Homebrew, you can install the music-presence package. Instructions below.

The easiest and safest way to download and run Music Presence for Linux universally is with the Linux AppImage x86_64 download. Mark the file as executable and run it:

chmod +x ./musicpresence-2.3.5-linux-x86_64.AppImage
./musicpresence-2.3.5-linux-x86_64.AppImage

For Ubuntu, Mint, Debian and other Debian-like Linux distributions, you can also download Linux deb x86_64. It only bundles the dependencies that are not provided by your Linux distribution and runs on your device natively. To install:

sudo apt install ./musicpresence-2.3.5-linux-x86_64.deb

Similarly, for Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE and similar RPM-based Linux distributions, you can download Linux rpm x86_64 and install it using any of the following commands, depending on the distribution you are using:

sudo dnf install ./musicpresence-2.3.5-linux-x86_64.rpm
sudo zypper install ./musicpresence-2.3.5-linux-x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -i ./musicpresence-2.3.5-linux-x86_64.rpm

If you use Arch Linux, you can install the unofficial music-presence-bin package. Make sure you trust the contents of the PGKBUILD file before installing it. Instructions below.

Usage

After installing and opening the app, right-click the Music Presence icon in your tray menu to access quick controls and the current state of the app and to open the settings.

Can't find the icon?

Read The app did not launch in the Common issues section below.

Next steps

After installing the app for the first time, you might want to read the following help articles:

  • Read Discord Settings for important Discord settings you need to enable
  • Read Media Player Setup if your media player is not detected by Music Presence
  • Read Discord Presence for an introduction into all Discord-related app features
  • Read Scrobbling for information on when Scrobbling will be released

Package managers

Music Presence is also available with some package managers. Using a package manager ensures that the app is always up-to-date.

We maintain the music-presence package on Homebrew for Mac:

brew install music-presence

You can install the unofficial AUR package music-presence-bin:

yay -S music-presence-bin

Make sure you trust the contents of the PGKBUILD file before installing it, i.e. verify that the Music Presence download URL matches one of the download URLs from above.

Common issues

The app did not launch

If it seems like the app did not launch or you can't see the app icon in the tray menu, this can have several reasons depending on the operating system you are using.

The Music Presence icon may be hidden in your tray's overflow menu. To find it, you just need to click the triangular symbol in the tray menu. If you want it to be visible at all times, you can simply drag the Music Presence icon into the tray.

Bug with special letters in the username

If you have special letters in your username, like ã or Cyrillic letters, there is currently a bug that causes the app to quit immediately when it's started: https://github.com/ungive/discord-music-presence/issues/716. Right now the only solution is to change your Windows username or run Music Presence under a different user account with a name that does not contain these letters.

TODO

  • The icon may be hidden under your display's notch
  • There may be too many icons in your menu bar that push the Music Presence icon out of view

TODO

Windows protected your PC

If you get a pop-up with the title "Windows protected your PC", then this is because Windows does not recognize the developer of the app, not because the app is malicious.

Simply click on "More info" and then on "Run anyway".

The application is flagged by your antivirus

If the downloaded Windows Installer x64 file is flagged by your antivirus, then this most likely a false-positive related to NSIS installers, see NSIS False Positives.

To be sure, you can always download the ZIP archive Windows zip x64 instead. It only contains the Music Presence application and no NSIS Installer and it should have a clean scan result with most, if not all, antivirus software.

Launching the Windows installer from the Firefox downloads

On some Windows devices the app may fail to launch or experience subtle issues, if you launched the Windows installer directly from the downloads section in Firefox. To avoid any issues, it's best to open Windows Explorer first and then run the installer from there.

TODO

  • Add screenshots of where to find the app icon
  • Add a section for "Automatic updates" of the application
  • Add a section for "Autostart" (automatic startup) of the application
  • Link to the "Community" tab to join the Discord community in the "The app did not launch" section, in case the app still did not launch for the user
  • Link to the "Community" tab to join the Discord community in a "Getting help" section
  • Write a version of "The app did not launch section" in "App interaction". Maybe use a Jinja template for this to avoid duplicate content