Simple / Minimal Theme, Inspired by Tidal and Spotify

candide · May 13, 2025, 8:41am

Hey folks! I finally figured out how to export themes, and wanted to share mine.

It’s inspired by my previous streaming services (Tidal, Spotify). @darkwiiingduck’s theme and custom string were also a huge help and breakthrough to getting a favourite icon on the right.

Demo video:

~~I’m missing a few features to complete the look, which I’ve shared in previous posts~~ Now implemented:

Download

Here are the files:

v3: nps-Candide’s Theme — Now Playing-20260312_005039-symfonium.json (36.4 KB)

old versions:

v2: nps-Candide’s Theme — Now Playing-20250603_021620-symfonium.json (15.5 KB)

v1: nps-Candide’s Theme — Now Playing-20250513_041707-symfonium.json (14.9 KB)

darkwiiingduck · May 13, 2025, 10:06pm

Hey man, it looks great . Also would you mind posting the star icons as text? I would appreciate it.

candide · May 14, 2025, 2:58pm

Here it is:

%title%\t{★%|favorite==“true”%}{☆%|favorite!=“true”%}

darkwiiingduck · May 15, 2025, 7:58am

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it

Tolriq · May 15, 2025, 8:09am

For the record everything is in the JSON that is human readable

candide · June 3, 2025, 6:18am

Updated file:

Fixed some UI things that changed after the last release, especially with the compact player
Clicking on the track title = go to album

nps-Candide’s Theme — Now Playing-20250603_021620-symfonium.json (15.5 KB)

Exidor · June 4, 2025, 5:05pm

This looks so good! Really clean layout, I love it. I’ve tried downloading the file and adding the theme and it’s saying invalid style detected. Am I doing something wrong adding it at the top of this screenshot? Thanks in advance.

candide · June 4, 2025, 5:36pm

@Exidor Thank you for flagging this! Is it happening with the file in the original post, or the updated one I posted this week?

Tolriq · June 4, 2025, 5:48pm

This is a now playing style not a full application style.

Import in the proper place.

Exidor · June 4, 2025, 5:48pm

Hi, no worries. It’s both files, neither will upload and I get the same error. I’ve exported my own theme which was just changing a few colours and exported that to test and that seemed to upload ok. Not sure if anyone else has had success loading it up? Thanks for the reply.

Tolriq · June 4, 2025, 5:59pm

Read what I wrote ?

Exidor · June 4, 2025, 6:25pm

Yes! Sorry! My bad

All good I was loading it in the wrong place. I’m getting to grips with his the app works still

candide · June 5, 2025, 1:38am

Glad you got it working! Let me know if you notice anything wrong

Exidor · June 5, 2025, 5:53am

Will do! Thanks again!

candide · March 11, 2026, 7:47am

v3 of the theme is here with the following changes:

a new string for the queue.name (thanks to Idea for new Now Playing String: "Playing from" (Name of the Queue) getting implemented): Now, you’ll know if the track is playing from an album, playlist, search result, etc.
Slightly rounded cover art for the compact player
Subtle adaptive colours when the shuffle and repeat are activated, as well as for the play/pause button (thanks to Alternate Options for Active Shuffle & Repeat Mode Icons - #3 by mista_j getting implemented)

nps-Candide’s Theme — Now Playing-20260312_005039-symfonium.json (36.4 KB)