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Soundscapes

andrewmcgiveryandrewmcgivery25k downloads

Adds a music/ambiance (E.g. lofi, white noise) player to the status bar to help with concentration

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A plugin for Obsidian.MD that adds a music/ambiance player to the status bar to play Lofi beats, nature sounds, ambiance, relaxing music, and more.

Screenshot of Obsidian Soundscapes player

Screenshot of Obsidian Soundscapes player

How to Install

Plugin can be installed via the official community plugins.

How to Use

In the settings screen you can select which Soundscape you would like to play and whether or not it should play on launch of Obsidian. As pictured above, the player and it's controls are displayed in the status bar. Volume can be set and is remembered between launches of Obsidian.

Settings screen

Custom Soundscapes

A custom soundscape is a playlist of youtube links that you can customize to create your own ambiance. These are created within the settings screen. You can create as many custom soundscapes as you want and each custom soundscape can have as many tracks as you want.

Additionally, when listening to a custom soundscape, you can use the new "next" and "previous" buttons to switch tracks.

Screenshot of custom soundscapes list Screenshot of editing a custom soundscape Screenshot of soundscapes player while playing a custom soundscape

My Music - Local Music Library

The "My Music" soundscape allows you to have a full music player experience right within Obsidian using your local MP3 music files. Upon selecting your local music folder, the plugin will index your music and occasionally re-index it in the background.

My Music supports playing with the mini-player in the status bar as well as a new dedicated My Music view with a new icon on the Ribbon sidebar once the "My Music" soundscape is selected. You can close this view and the music will continue playing.

Within the My Music view, you can play, pause, next, previous, seek, shuffle, and search.

Settings view with My Music selected

My Music view within Obsidian

Requesting New Soundscapes

Have an idea for a new Soundscape? Open an issue and link a Youtube video and why we should add it!

External Resources

This plugin makes use of the Youtube IFrame API and includes that script as a result. Youtube videos are loaded in the background.

Additionally, the plugin makes a call to this github repository occasionally to check if there is a new version.

Credits

  • Lofi beats
  • Spa atmosphere
  • The Sims complete soundtrack
  • Thunderstorm
  • Cozy fireplace
  • Birds chirping
  • Ocean waves
  • Relaxing jazz
  • Coffee shop ambience
  • Animal Crossing New Horizons
  • Calm Nintendo music
  • Yakuza/Like a Dragon bar ambience
  • Sky: Children of the Light soundtrack
  • Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines Ambient Playlist
  • ChillSynth FM - lofi synthwave radio for retro dreaming
  • peaceful piano radio 🎹 - music to focus/study to
  • synthwave radio 🌌 - beats to chill/game to

Reporting Issues

If you run into any issues with this plugin, please open an issue and include as much detail as possible, including screenshots.

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Play Lofi beats, nature sounds, and ambient music from a compact status-bar player with persistent volume and optional auto-play on launch. Create custom Soundscapes from YouTube playlists or index a local MP3 folder for a full library view with play, pause, next, previous, seek, shuffle, and search.
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Details
Current version
1.5.0
Last updated
Last year
Created
2 years ago
Updates
11 releases
Downloads
25k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
MIT
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Author
andrewmcgiveryandrewmcgivery
github.com/andrewmcgivery
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  3. Status bar
  4. Soundscapes

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