Now Playing for DJUCED

DJUCED on screen. Automatically.

Hercules controllers, covered. One setting inside DJUCED and your tracks flow straight to the overlay.

Screenshot: DJUCED and Now Playing side by side on one desktop. DJUCED has a track playing; Now Playing shows that same track detected, with artwork, title, artist, BPM, and key.

How it connects

How Now Playing reads DJUCED

DJUCED writes a small text file as tracks change on each deck, and Now Playing reads it. One one-time step is required inside DJUCED: turn on Text File Output and set the format template. Include the file-path token and Now Playing reads album art from the audio file itself.

From there it's the same everywhere: tracks flow to your overlay, Twitch chat, files, and every other output the moment they go on air.

What works

DJUCED 5.3 or higher
Hercules and other DJUCED-compatible controllers
Title, artist, album, and deck, plus artwork via the file path

Known limits

Text File Output must be enabled once inside DJUCED
Skip the file-path token and you get text but no artwork

Setup

Three steps, then forget it's there

1
Download Now Playing free and open it
2
Turn on DJUCED's Text File Output (the guide has the template)
3
Add the overlay to OBS and play
The overlay updates itself for the rest of the set.

VIDEO (60–90s, muted with burned-in captions, poster frame): screen recording of the whole DJUCED setup, done once at real speed — open Now Playing, connect DJUCED with the exact settings visible on screen, add the overlay to OBS, then play a track and watch the overlay fill in by itself. Ends on the live overlay, no narration needed.

Open the DJUCED setup guide

In the app