I use Linux and I like to stream various games on Twitch. Sometimes I switch focus away from a game to check another window, interact with chat, take notes, and so on. Some games stop playing music if they lose focus, which is why I created DSTM.
DSTM stands for Don't Stop the Music. The windows of an application launched
through dstm-run will behave as they usually do, except that focus out events
are blocked. As a result, application windows will think they are still
focused in on, even if they are not.
DSTM works by using LD_PRELOAD to preload a patched libxcb or libX11 that
does not deliver focus out events. The patches for both libraries are included
in the repository.
- Linux (OSX / BSD may work as well)
- X11 (
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE==x11) - Libraries for building libX11 and libxcb (there are several)
Use build-dstm.sh <x11|xcb> <64|32> to build the appropriate library. The
patched libraries that DSTM builds are placed in .config/dstm/.
I recommend at least xcb64 for native games and xlib32 for Wine.
After building the patched libraries, you'll need to manually place dstm-run
in a bin somewhere.
If you are using dstm-run with Steam, set the custom launch options of a game
to exactly dstm-run %command%. Steam will launch the game through DSTM, and
the music won't stop.