Now Playing Notifier 0.1 is in Diablo extras-devel. I imagine tuminoid is working on the Fremantle version. By default, notifications hide after 10 seconds, they hide when the track is stopped and, of course, they hide when the track is changed. By default, it uses this type of notification: But it can be configured to use a HildonBanner, instead: If you wish to change the timeout and the type of notification: Edit the file /etc/default/now-playing-notifier and change NPN_OPTIONS as required. E.g., to make it use a HildonBanner with a timeout of 20 seconds: NPN_OPTIONS:"-u -t 20" When using the IM-type notifications, a timeout of '0' means it will stay on the screen forever (until destroyed upon the changing/stopping of the track). Oh, and it only works on tracks with artist and title tags. If someone knows a way to get the filename of the currently playing track from the Media Player, let me know.