Kind of a random request, but something that would be cool nonetheless; would there be anyway I could make Spotify (and possibly iTunes etc.) pause when I start playing a YouTube video, and then start again once the video ends or I pause it?
Is there any software that would allow me to do this? Or a language that would be able to accomplish this?
64bit Windows 7
I built mute.fm (http://www.mutefm.com/) to solve this problem. It works with iTunes, Spotify, and many other music players and will mute/pause it for YouTube or any other video or foreground sound.
Haven't tested it, but I think it's doable.
First, add this wrapper to your spotify: https://github.com/johanlindquist/jahspotify. This will give you a REST interface to control playback.
Now, create a chrome (I assume that's what you're using. If not, there are probably similar options for other browsers as well) extension that works for everything on YouTube's domain and add this: https://stackoverflow.com/q/8152814/1456578. Change the code to pause/resume spotify when a certain event happens on YT player.
As I'm intrested in a solution myself as well, I'll probably try it out sometime soon and will then update this answer with the results. Will most likely create/use a lightweight node server to wrap Spotify instead, because Tomcat seems like an overkill and all you (I) actually need is the play/pause functionality.
Opera GX now has this feature. The built in Music Player, which supports Spotify, YouTube Music and Apple Music, automatically pauses the music when you start watching a video and then automatically resumes when you finish.
this python script works soo well on linux
https://gist.github.com/engelmarkus/fd81cd95775ffa365a58958e24829bd3
first make sure to install pulsectl pip install pulsectl
