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multimedia keys?
beetmonger:
I'm new to MC and trying to troubleshoot why the multimedia keys (play/pause, ff, rew) aren't recognized. I'm running Manjaro Gnome and the keys work fine with other players like Lollypop, so it's something specific to Mediacenter.
I've tried toggling the "Media Key Mode" setting from automatic to disabled but it doesn't appear to have any effect.
Edit: my keyboard is a logitech g710+
bob:
--- Quote from: beetmonger on March 25, 2019, 06:07:57 am ---I'm new to MC and trying to troubleshoot why the multimedia keys (play/pause, ff, rew) aren't recognized. I'm running Manjaro Gnome and the keys work fine with other players like Lollypop, so it's something specific to Mediacenter.
I've tried toggling the "Media Key Mode" setting from automatic to disabled but it doesn't appear to have any effect.
Edit: my keyboard is a logitech g710+
--- End quote ---
MC intercepts the media keys at a very low level. It's possible that your Manjaro Gnome is grabbing these and not letting them through.
There are some references to this in the MC24 forum IIRC.
Rizlaw:
Yep, I've noted that in MC24 as have others. It's a function that's sorely missed for us Linux users and I believe we will need MPRIS1/2 added to MC25 before we can have this basic capability. Another thought might be to add code to MC25 that allows us to map our keyboard media keys from within MC25 much like Gnome let us map keys? I'm not a programmer, so I leave it to the development team to figure this all out -- hopefully sooner, than later. :)
beetmonger:
--- Quote from: bob on March 25, 2019, 09:16:57 am ---MC intercepts the media keys at a very low level. It's possible that your Manjaro Gnome is grabbing these and not letting them through.
There are some references to this in the MC24 forum IIRC.
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Oops, thought I'd searched thoroughly but found a couple of mentions there. Sorry about that.
--- Quote from: Rizlaw on March 25, 2019, 10:05:56 am ---Yep, I've noted that in MC24 as have others. It's a function that's sorely missed for us Linux users and I believe we will need MPRIS1/2 added to MC25 before we can have this basic capability. Another thought might be to add code to MC25 that allows us to map our keyboard media keys from within MC25 much like Gnome let us map keys? I'm not a programmer, so I leave it to the development team to figure this all out -- hopefully sooner, than later. :)
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I'm a Linux newb so I'm not in a position to do more than pin my hopes on the dev team, as well!
89ZEF:
Here are some links about Linux / Manjaro / Gnome keyboard mapping:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ab7avu/alternative_to_autohotkey_on_linux/
https://beginners-manjaro-linux-guide-1516.fandom.com/wiki/Shortcuts
https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/keyboard-shortcuts-set.html.en
Actually, I spent some time during last weekend about this topic but only for Windows & Mac though.
However, you could get some inspiration from the calls to MC I used (via the Web Service or Command Line).
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,119955.msg829510.html
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,120008.msg829509.html
Good luck!
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