Now Playing for Serato DJ

Serato DJ on screen. Automatically.

Serato streams deck and playhead state to Now Playing as it happens, so your overlay follows the mix, not a history file.

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Screenshot: Serato DJ and Now Playing side by side on one desktop. Serato DJ 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 Serato DJ

Now Playing connects to Serato DJ Pro's internal protocol, so deck changes, fader positions, and on-air state arrive live. Zero configuration inside Serato: no settings, no plugins, no live playlists. Open both apps on the same computer and Now Playing handles the rest.

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

Noticeably more accurate than Now Playing 2: the live protocol replaces NP2's history-file polling, so tracks land on the overlay the moment they play
Serato DJ Pro, all current versions
Every Serato-compatible controller, mixer, and interface
Live deck changes with fader and on-air awareness
A history-file fallback for locked-down setups

Known limits

Serato DJ Lite is not detected (Now Playing looks for Serato DJ Pro)
The history-file fallback is slower and carries no fader info

Setup

Three steps, then forget it's there

1
Download Now Playing free and open it
2
Open Serato DJ Pro, with no Serato settings to change
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 Serato DJ setup, done once at real speed — open Now Playing, connect Serato DJ 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 Serato DJ setup guide

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