Supported music apps
What Auto Mute Music can control, and what to do when your player isn't on the list.
Two ways to quiet the music
Auto Mute Music can either pause your music or turn it down. They don't have the same compatibility, and that difference is the whole story on this page.
Lower volume — works with everything
Windows lets any program change the volume of any other program, per application. Nothing is asked of your music player, so this method works with every app on this page, including the ones listed as unsupported below.
Pause — needs support from the player
Pausing means asking the player to stop, through the Windows media controls — the same ones your keyboard's play/pause key uses. A player that doesn't answer those controls cannot be paused by any app, Auto Mute Music included.
The app itself always knows
This page can go out of date; your own PC cannot. Auto Mute Music lists every player it can pause right now, on your machine, with your plug-ins installed.
Open the app, start your music, and look at the audio source list under "Pause music". If your player is there, it can be paused. If it isn't, it can't — use "Lower volume" instead.
Works out of the box
These players support the Windows media controls on their own. Start playing, and they show up in the app with nothing to install.
- Spotify
- Apple Music
- iTunes
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox
- YouTube Music (in a browser)
- Amazon Music
- SoundCloud
- Groove Music / Media Player
- MediaMonkey
- TuneIn Radio
- foobar2000 (1.5.1+)
- VLC (Microsoft Store)
- MPC-HC / MPC-BE
- Dopamine
Needs a plug-in first
These players can support the Windows media controls, but only after you add a plug-in. Install it and they start appearing in the app like any other player.
- MusicBeeGet the plug-in
- AIMPGet the plug-in
- VLC (desktop 3.x)Get the plug-in
- foobar2000 (full metadata)Get the plug-in
- mpvGet the plug-in
- Winamp
- DeaDBeeF
- NetEase Cloud Music
Cannot be paused
These players don't speak to the Windows media controls at all, and there's no plug-in for them. Use "Lower volume" — it works with these just as well as with anything else.
- PotPlayer
- KMPlayer
- GOM Player
- Kodi
- Audacious
- Quod Libet
- Strawberry
- MusicPlayer2
- QQ Music
Music playing in a browser
YouTube, YouTube Music, Spotify Web and anything else playing in Chrome, Edge or Firefox is controlled through the browser itself, so pick the browser in the audio source list rather than looking for the site by name.
One thing browsers can't do: a browser reports only a single player to Windows, no matter how many tabs are making noise. If you have music in one tab and a video in another, they cannot be told apart, and whichever one the browser considers active is the one that gets paused.
iTunes is handled directly
iTunes doesn't answer the Windows media controls, and normally you'd need a helper program for it. Auto Mute Music talks to iTunes directly instead, so it works with nothing extra installed — just choose iTunes as the music source.
Players change: Spotify itself only added Windows media control support years after release. If something here doesn't match what you see, trust the list inside the app — and let us know on Discord so we can fix this page.