Now Playing for StageLinq

StageLinq on screen. Automatically.

Denon players broadcast every track over your network. Now Playing listens and your overlay follows the mixer.

Screenshot: a Denon Prime setup with a track playing on the hardware, captured beside Now Playing on the laptop showing that same track detected over StageLinq, with artwork, BPM, and key.

How it connects

How Now Playing reads StageLinq

StageLinq is Denon DJ's network protocol for Engine OS players. Each player broadcasts its state (current track, playback position, BPM) over your local network, and Now Playing captures a track the moment it's loaded and playing. Mixer-position and minimum-play-time controls tune when a track counts as "on", matching how you actually mix.

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

SC5000/M, SC6000/M, SC Live 2/4, Prime 2/4/4+, Prime Go
Playing from USB drives or SD cards, with no laptop DJ software needed
Mixer-position awareness and adjustable minimum play time

Known limits

SC Live units need a USB-to-ethernet adapter (no built-in network port)
Wired network strongly recommended over wireless

Setup

Three steps, then forget it's there

1
Download Now Playing free and open it
2
Put your player and computer on the same network
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 StageLinq setup, done once at real speed — open Now Playing, connect StageLinq 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 StageLinq setup guide

In the app