Background Music - Per App Volume Control and More
When I am at work, I like to leave my system volume setting in the
midrange. I want to be able to hear incoming mail alerts and calls on
Microsoft Teams. What I expressly do not want is have anything from
YouTube, or any other website suddenly playing through my iMac speakers.
At home, I like to have music playing and I appreciate the convenience
of having it stop and restart automatically if I decide to watch a
video. The free app, Background
Music can handle both of these tasks. You can set the volume for any
app to a custom level (including muted).
The auto-pause feature currently supports the following music players:
You can also record system audio with Background Music. With Background Music running, launch QuickTime Player and select File > New Audio Recording (or New Screen Recording, New Movie Recording). Then click the dropdown menu (⌄) next to the record button and select Background Music as the input device.
You can download Background Music on GitHub.
Homebrew users can install it by running this command in Terminal
brew install --cask background-music