Listen to music while playing games on Steam

Steam Client: In addition to the main function of being a Steam game sales page, managing the games you have purchased on Steam,… when you want to play any game on Steam, you also need to install the Steam Client on your computer. .

Steam Client also has many other interesting features. One of those features is the ability to play music when using the Steam Client.

Yes, there’s nothing better than enjoying your favorite game with melodious music, right? 😀 And in this article, I will show you how to listen to music and play games on the Steam Client at the same time!

The outstanding advantage of listening to music using the Steam Client is that it will stop and play music at the right time without affecting the gaming experience. For example, when you voice chat, or when switching back and forth between the music player and the game you are playing, there will be no interruption compared to when you use external music players.

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#1. Instructions for adding music to listen to while playing games on Steam

As I said at the beginning of the article, this is an existing feature of Steam, you do not need to install any additional plugins. Listen to unlimited music genres, whatever you like, you can listen both while playing games and not playing games. You can consider the Steam Client as a music player.

Perform:

+ Step 1: First you need to collect the music you want to listen to in any folder, here I put it in the folder Video in section Downloads always.

// It doesn’t have to be in the Downloads folder, you can put the folder containing music anywhere, but it’s best to put it in an unsigned folder without special characters.

+ Step 2: Next, open and log in to the Steam Client with your Steam account.

At the main interface of Steam => click on the word Steam on the right corner => and select Settings right below Back up and Restore game... to open settings.

+ Step 3: You click on the section Music in the right sidebar, where you can set it up for the most comfortable listening experience.

You click ADD To add the folder containing the music you prepared at the beginning of the article, you can add multiple folders at the same time. I will also explain to you all the settings in this window:

• Scan at startups : Automatically scan in added folders for music updates.
• Scan steam folders for soundtracks : Same as above.
• Volume : Music volume.
• Pause music : Pause listening to music.
  + When Starting an application : When you run a game or application, the music will stop playing.
  + When voice chatting : When you chat with someone on Steam, the music stops playing.
• Display a notification : It will display when another music track starts playing.

+ Step 4: The folder selection window will appear, you navigate to the folder containing the music that you previously prepared.

I will choose the folder Video is in the directory Downloads because I put all the music there => after selecting => click Select => then click OK to confirm.

+ Step 5: Immediately, you will receive a notification asking to restart your application Steam Client to apply the changes just now. You click Restart Steam to confirm the reboot.

After restarting, click View on the navigation bar => then select Music Detail to view information about available Albums and music, or select Music Player to go straight to Steam’s music player.

Of course, I will still go through each item one by one to guide you => select it Music Detail okay.

In section Music Detailseach folder you added will be one Album In particular, if you don’t see the music anywhere, you must check to see if the audio file format is .MP3 or not, because Steam only supports MP3 music.

You can click:

• Play Albums: To start playing music.
• Add to Queue: To add to the music queue.
• Add to Playist: To add to playlist.
• Show in system: To display folders containing songs in File Explorer.

And this is the Steam Client music player interface. A very minimalist and basic interface with functions from left to right such as:

• Mix songs.
• Repeat
• Rewind – previous post
• Pause – Play
• Fast forward
• Conclusion continued
• Volume bar
• Time bar

And finally the library access button Music Detail . I probably don’t need instructions on how to use it, right 🙂

And of course, as I said at the beginning, you can absolutely listen to music while playing the game, you don’t need to ALT + TAB to exit out of music editing, instead you just need to press Shift + TAB You can now comfortably turn on and off the music.

Conclusion

So I just gave you instructions How to listen to music on Steam Client then ha. With this trick, you will be able to play your favorite games along with music that helps you get more excited.

Hope it will be useful to you. Wish you have moments of fun entertainment!

Collaborator: Nguyen Thanh Tung – Blogchiasekienthuc.com