diff --git a/frontend/src/api/player.tsx b/frontend/src/api/player.tsx
index 2a69e12..eb25691 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/player.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/api/player.tsx
@@ -7,11 +7,26 @@ export interface NowPlayingResponse {
   currentFile: string;
 }
 
+export interface Metadata {
+  title?: string;
+  description?: string;
+  siteName?: string;
+}
+
 export interface PlaylistItem {
   filename: string;
   title: string | null;
   id: number;
   playing: boolean | null;
+  metadata?: Metadata;
+}
+
+export interface MetadataUpdateEvent {
+    event: 'metadata_update';
+    data: {
+        url: string;
+        metadata: Metadata;
+    };
 }
 
 export const API = {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/App.tsx b/frontend/src/components/App.tsx
index 578dbd4..8b00964 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
       case 'user_modify':
       case 'end-file':
       case 'playback-restart':
+      case 'metadata_update':
         fetchPlaylist();
         fetchNowPlaying();
         break;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SongRow.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SongRow.tsx
index a01002b..5669ad0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SongRow.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SongRow.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ const SongRow: React.FC<SongRowProps> = ({ song, playState, onDelete, onPlay })
     };
   }, [showDeleteConfirm]);
   
+  const displayTitle = song.metadata?.title || song.title || song.filename;
+  
   return (
     <div className={classNames("flex flex-row w-full h-[100px] px-2 py-5 items-center border-b gap-2 transition-colors", {
       "bg-black/10": (playState === PlayState.Playing || playState === PlayState.Paused),
@@ -56,10 +58,10 @@ const SongRow: React.FC<SongRowProps> = ({ song, playState, onDelete, onPlay })
       
       <div className="flex-grow min-w-0">
         { 
-          song.title ? (
+          displayTitle ? (
             <div>
               <div className="text-white text-md truncate text-bold">
-                {song.title}
+                {displayTitle}
               </div>
               <div className="text-white/80 text-xs truncate">
                 {song.filename}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e11eb62..d50791d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         "classnames": "^2.5.1",
         "express": "^4.21.2",
         "express-ws": "^5.0.2",
+        "link-preview-js": "^3.0.14",
         "react-icons": "^5.4.0",
         "ws": "^8.18.0"
       },
@@ -258,6 +259,12 @@
         "npm": "1.2.8000 || >= 1.4.16"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/boolbase": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/boolbase/-/boolbase-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JZOSA7Mo9sNGB8+UjSgzdLtokWAky1zbztM3WRLCbZ70/3cTANmQmOdR7y2g+J0e2WXywy1yS468tY+IruqEww==",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
     "node_modules/brace-expansion": {
       "version": "1.1.11",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.11.tgz",
@@ -350,6 +357,45 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/cheerio": {
+      "version": "1.0.0-rc.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cheerio/-/cheerio-1.0.0-rc.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bQwNaDIBKID5ts/DsdhxrjqFXYfLw4ste+wMKqWA8DyKcS4qwsPP4Bk8ZNaTJjvpiX/qW3BT4sU7d6Bh5i+dag==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "cheerio-select": "^2.1.0",
+        "dom-serializer": "^2.0.0",
+        "domhandler": "^5.0.3",
+        "domutils": "^3.0.1",
+        "htmlparser2": "^8.0.1",
+        "parse5": "^7.0.0",
+        "parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter": "^7.0.0",
+        "tslib": "^2.4.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 6"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/cheerio-select": {
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cheerio-select/-/cheerio-select-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9v9kG0LvzrlcungtnJtpGNxY+fzECQKhK4EGJX2vByejiMX84MFNQw4UxPJl3bFbTMw+Dfs37XaIkCwTZfLh4g==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "boolbase": "^1.0.0",
+        "css-select": "^5.1.0",
+        "css-what": "^6.1.0",
+        "domelementtype": "^2.3.0",
+        "domhandler": "^5.0.3",
+        "domutils": "^3.0.1"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/fb55"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/chokidar": {
       "version": "3.6.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chokidar/-/chokidar-3.6.0.tgz",
@@ -485,6 +531,34 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-QADzlaHc8icV8I7vbaJXJwod9HWYp8uCqf1xa4OfNu1T7JVxQIrUgOWtHdNDtPiywmFbiS12VjotIXLrKM3orQ==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/css-select": {
+      "version": "5.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-select/-/css-select-5.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nwoRF1rvRRnnCqqY7updORDsuqKzqYJ28+oSMaJMMgOauh3fvwHqMS7EZpIPqK8GL+g9mKxF1vP/ZjSeNjEVHg==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "boolbase": "^1.0.0",
+        "css-what": "^6.1.0",
+        "domhandler": "^5.0.2",
+        "domutils": "^3.0.1",
+        "nth-check": "^2.0.1"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/fb55"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/css-what": {
+      "version": "6.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-what/-/css-what-6.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HTUrgRJ7r4dsZKU6GjmpfRK1O76h97Z8MfS1G0FozR+oF2kG6Vfe8JE6zwrkbxigziPHinCJ+gCPjA9EaBDtRw==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 6"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/fb55"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/debug": {
       "version": "2.6.9",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-2.6.9.tgz",
@@ -513,6 +587,61 @@
         "npm": "1.2.8000 || >= 1.4.16"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/dom-serializer": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dom-serializer/-/dom-serializer-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wIkAryiqt/nV5EQKqQpo3SToSOV9J0DnbJqwK7Wv/Trc92zIAYZ4FlMu+JPFW1DfGFt81ZTCGgDEabffXeLyJg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "domelementtype": "^2.3.0",
+        "domhandler": "^5.0.2",
+        "entities": "^4.2.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/cheeriojs/dom-serializer?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/domelementtype": {
+      "version": "2.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/domelementtype/-/domelementtype-2.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-OLETBj6w0OsagBwdXnPdN0cnMfF9opN69co+7ZrbfPGrdpPVNBUj02spi6B1N7wChLQiPn4CSH/zJvXw56gmHw==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/fb55"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause"
+    },
+    "node_modules/domhandler": {
+      "version": "5.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/domhandler/-/domhandler-5.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cgwlv/1iFQiFnU96XXgROh8xTeetsnJiDsTc7TYCLFd9+/WNkIqPTxiM/8pSd8VIrhXGTf1Ny1q1hquVqDJB5w==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "domelementtype": "^2.3.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 4"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/fb55/domhandler?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/domutils": {
+      "version": "3.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/domutils/-/domutils-3.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6kZKyUajlDuqlHKVX1w7gyslj9MPIXzIFiz/rGu35uC1wMi+kMhQwGhl4lt9unC9Vb9INnY9Z3/ZA3+FhASLaw==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "dom-serializer": "^2.0.0",
+        "domelementtype": "^2.3.0",
+        "domhandler": "^5.0.3"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/fb55/domutils?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/dunder-proto": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dunder-proto/-/dunder-proto-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -549,6 +678,18 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/entities": {
+      "version": "4.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/entities/-/entities-4.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-V0hjH4dGPh9Ao5p0MoRY6BVqtwCjhz6vI5LT8AJ55H+4g9/4vbHx1I54fS0XuclLhDHArPQCiMjDxjaL8fPxhw==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.12"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/fb55/entities?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/es-define-property": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-define-property/-/es-define-property-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -865,6 +1006,25 @@
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/htmlparser2": {
+      "version": "8.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/htmlparser2/-/htmlparser2-8.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-GYdjWKDkbRLkZ5geuHs5NY1puJ+PXwP7+fHPRz06Eirsb9ugf6d8kkXav6ADhcODhFFPMIXyxkxSuMf3D6NCFA==",
+      "funding": [
+        "https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2?sponsor=1",
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/fb55"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "domelementtype": "^2.3.0",
+        "domhandler": "^5.0.3",
+        "domutils": "^3.0.1",
+        "entities": "^4.4.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/http-errors": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-errors/-/http-errors-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -971,6 +1131,19 @@
         "node": ">=0.12.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/link-preview-js": {
+      "version": "3.0.14",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/link-preview-js/-/link-preview-js-3.0.14.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BAGZGCogqsWfF3msPt0c6DXr4+4zv7fregAxPioFYZJKoQEbKhJOhmu7VQjZmtKd1VRQ6CbL80Ok2KhpIuWJnQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "cheerio": "1.0.0-rc.11",
+        "url": "0.11.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/lodash": {
       "version": "4.17.21",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.21.tgz",
@@ -1162,6 +1335,18 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/nth-check": {
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nth-check/-/nth-check-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-lqjrjmaOoAnWfMmBPL+XNnynZh2+swxiX3WUE0s4yEHI6m+AwrK2UZOimIRl3X/4QctVqS8AiZjFqyOGrMXb/w==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "boolbase": "^1.0.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/fb55/nth-check?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/object-inspect": {
       "version": "1.13.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/object-inspect/-/object-inspect-1.13.4.tgz",
@@ -1186,6 +1371,31 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/parse5": {
+      "version": "7.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/parse5/-/parse5-7.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BuBYQYlv1ckiPdQi/ohiivi9Sagc9JG+Ozs0r7b/0iK3sKmrb0b9FdWdBbOdx6hBCM/F9Ir82ofnBhtZOjCRPQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "entities": "^4.5.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/inikulin/parse5?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter": {
+      "version": "7.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter/-/parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter-7.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ruw5xyKs6lrpo9x9rCZqZZnIUntICjQAd0Wsmp396Ul9lN/h+ifgVV1x1gZHi8euej6wTfpqX8j+BFQxF0NS/g==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "domhandler": "^5.0.3",
+        "parse5": "^7.0.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/inikulin/parse5?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/parseurl": {
       "version": "1.3.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/parseurl/-/parseurl-1.3.3.tgz",
@@ -1234,6 +1444,12 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/punycode": {
+      "version": "1.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-1.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RofWgt/7fL5wP1Y7fxE7/EmTLzQVnB0ycyibJ0OOHIlJqTNzglYFxVwETOcIoJqJmpDXJ9xImDv+Fq34F/d4Dw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/qs": {
       "version": "6.13.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.13.0.tgz",
@@ -1249,6 +1465,15 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/querystring": {
+      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/querystring/-/querystring-0.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-X/xY82scca2tau62i9mDyU9K+I+djTMUsvwf7xnUX5GLvVzgJybOJf4Y6o9Zx3oJK/LSXg5tTZBjwzqVPaPO2g==",
+      "deprecated": "The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead.",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.4.x"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/range-parser": {
       "version": "1.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/range-parser/-/range-parser-1.2.1.tgz",
@@ -1621,7 +1846,6 @@
       "version": "2.8.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.8.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-oJFu94HQb+KVduSUQL7wnpmqnfmLsOA/nAh6b6EH0wCEoK0/mPeXU6c3wKDV83MkOuHPRHtSXKKU99IBazS/2w==",
-      "dev": true,
       "license": "0BSD"
     },
     "node_modules/type-is": {
@@ -1674,6 +1898,16 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/url": {
+      "version": "0.11.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url/-/url-0.11.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kbailJa29QrtXnxgq+DdCEGlbTeYM2eJUxsz6vjZavrCYPMIFHMKQmSKYAIuUK2i7hgPm28a8piX5NTUtM/LKQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "punycode": "1.3.2",
+        "querystring": "0.2.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/utils-merge": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utils-merge/-/utils-merge-1.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04a5fd8..b231a95 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "classnames": "^2.5.1",
     "express": "^4.21.2",
     "express-ws": "^5.0.2",
+    "link-preview-js": "^3.0.14",
     "react-icons": "^5.4.0",
     "ws": "^8.18.0"
   }
diff --git a/src/MediaPlayer.ts b/src/MediaPlayer.ts
index bde8e8a..b67cb39 100644
--- a/src/MediaPlayer.ts
+++ b/src/MediaPlayer.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import { ChildProcess, spawn } from "child_process";
 import { Socket } from "net";
 import { WebSocket } from "ws";
+import { getLinkPreview } from "link-preview-js";
 
 interface PendingCommand {
     resolve: (value: any) => void;
     reject: (reason: any) => void;
 }
 
+interface LinkMetadata {
+    title?: string;
+    description?: string;
+    siteName?: string;
+}
+
 export class MediaPlayer { 
     private playerProcess: ChildProcess;
     private socket: Socket;
@@ -15,6 +22,7 @@ export class MediaPlayer {
     private pendingCommands: Map<number, PendingCommand> = new Map();
     private requestId: number = 1;
     private dataBuffer: string = '';
+    private metadata: Map<string, LinkMetadata> = new Map();
 
     constructor() {
         const socketFilename = Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 10);
@@ -41,7 +49,12 @@ export class MediaPlayer {
     public async getPlaylist(): Promise<any> {
         return this.writeCommand("get_property", ["playlist"])
             .then((response) => {
-                return response.data;
+                // Enhance playlist items with metadata
+                const playlist = response.data;
+                return playlist.map((item: any) => ({
+                    ...item,
+                    metadata: this.metadata.get(item.filename) || {}
+                }));
             });
     }
 
@@ -81,7 +94,14 @@ export class MediaPlayer {
     }
 
     public async append(url: string) {
-        return this.modify(() => this.writeCommand("loadfile", [url, "append-play"]));
+        const result = await this.modify(() => this.writeCommand("loadfile", [url, "append-play"]));
+        
+        // Asynchronously fetch the metadata for this after we update the playlist
+        this.fetchMetadataAndNotify(url).catch(error => {
+            console.warn(`Failed to fetch metadata for ${url}:`, error);
+        });
+        
+        return result;
     }
 
     public async play() {
@@ -154,6 +174,25 @@ export class MediaPlayer {
         });
     }
 
+    private async fetchMetadataAndNotify(url: string) {
+        try {
+            const metadata = await getLinkPreview(url);
+            this.metadata.set(url, {
+                title: (metadata as any)?.title,
+                description: (metadata as any)?.description,
+                siteName: (metadata as any)?.siteName,
+            });
+            
+            // Notify clients that metadata has been updated
+            this.handleEvent("metadata_update", {
+                url,
+                metadata: this.metadata.get(url)
+            });
+        } catch (error) {
+            throw error;
+        }
+    }
+
     private connectToSocket(path: string) {
         this.socket.connect(path);
         this.socket.on("data", data => this.receiveData(data.toString()));