* i realize that Windows Defender flags it. it's not a virus. that being said, i take no responsibility if anything bad happens.

lightweight app that mutes the Spotify app on Windows when there are advertisements

• SAM does NOT block ads, it only mutes them. therefore, there will occasionally be stretches of silence between songs.
• when Spotify starts playing a song or gets paused, SAM will unmute Spotify.
• when Spotify starts playing an advertisement, SAM will mute Spotify.
• when you click the green button in the app, SAM will toggle Spotify's mute state. you can use this button to mute songs or listen to ads if you want.

• if the ads aren't being muted and the button doesn't do anything, restart SAM. this probably has something to do with whether you opened SAM before or after Spotify.
• if the ads aren't being muted but the button still works, contact me.
• sometimes, Spotify will play video ads. SAM does not detect these ads and is unable to mute them. i've noticed that video ads only happen when i'm on the Spotify app, so if you spend long periods of time browsing Spotify then SAM may not be as useful to you. i might fix this in the future.
• in the future, i want to make SAM minimize to tray so that it doesn't add window clutter.

mostly Eric Zhang's EZBlocker - i looked through the code and wanted to simplify the process. other sources can be found in the .cs files.

• C#
• Windows Forms
• .NET Framework 4.0
• Visual Studio 2019
• Windows Core Audio API to control mute state
• detects Spotify ad state by checking its window title