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[ThePhil]

Heya,

I'm on the latest bits (9.1.270 at post time).  I had the wired MS Natural Pro KB and just (today) brought home one of the new wireless pro KBs.  There was a version rev of the Intellitype software (5.0) to support the new h/w.

Now it seems that the media keys (limited to play, stop, next, prev) don't work with MC anymore; either with the new kb or older.  I'm fairly certain that this used to work with the old intellitype software, so I'm guessing it's changed what it spit out.  Win Media Player still responds to them, so hopefully this might be a fairly quick case to fix.

I ran spy++ to see what was getting spit out, when these keys are pressed, the apps are getting a WM_APPCOMMAND, with a highword of lParam as APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_NEXTTRACK through APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE.

Thanks,
-Phil

I've been enjoying the new-ish iPod features in a big way.  I purchased my license before the features were complete (the ipod support was a main driver), and I have no regrets, you have delivered.  And quickly.

[kiwi]

I am having the same problems with my keyboard.  The media keys will start up MC, but won't control it at all.  I think that it may be Intellitype 5.0 that's the problem... though, uninstalling it and reinstalling the previous version didn't fix anything at all.  

I've heard that they've moved the development of these drivers off shore, and lots of people are complaining.  They've taken away features in this driver and called it an upgrade.

Similarly, the IntelliPoint drivers took away the "middle mouse click" as a generatable event.  I want to get one of the new wireless keyboard setups for work, but would be bummed that I couldn't use the tilt scroll wheel. (I actually think that it would help me out with my LabVIEW work... since it is a stupid program w/ no zooming options.)

kiwi

[Phil Lee]

How do you check which version of Intellitype you are running? I have an MS Wireless Multimedia keyboard that works fine with MC.

[kiwi]

Actually, I just checked.  I have switched back to IT 5.0

When I installed it, then went back, I seemed to have problems.  Certain keys weren't working.  So I changed the batteries... and that caused the keyboard not to even sync.  

Don't know what got it to come back, but I reinstalled IT 5.0... left the computer off for several hours and it automagically worked again.

I think that I may code those keys to automatically run the mjextman commands...

Make sure it's running:
mjextman.exe /Start

Set Volume:
mjextman.exe /Command VolumeSet 40

Load Playlist
mjextman.exe /Play TREEPATH=Playlists\_Personal\WakeNice

Then a bit later...
Set Volume:
mjextman.exe /Command VolumeSet 90

Load Playlist
mjextman.exe /Play TREEPATH=Playlists\_Personal\WakeMean

[kiwi]

Here's info on all the different options:

http://www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/DevZone/CommandLine.html

I'd just copied and pasted the above in as an example.

kiwi

[kiwi]

Well, that fixes the stupid #)$@%&$%@#$*%@#)*$% drivers!

Just open up the keyboard control panel and tell the keys to execute specific commands:

Play/Pause Button:
mjextman.exe /Command Pause toggles between play and pause states.

Stop Button:
mjextman.exe /Command Stop stops playback.

Next Button:
mjextman.exe /Command Next skips to the next track.

Previous Button:
mjextman.exe /Command Previous jumps to previous track.

[ThePhil]

That works.  Thanks.

-Phil

[millz]

I am running MC 9.1.281 with this same problem (I never should've installed intellipoint 5.0 but I wanted it so that I could change the association of the "Media" media key to make it start MC9).  

Anyway, I have no mjextman.exe on my harddrive.  

Any thoughts on how I can get the media keys working again?
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- UPDATE: sorry, I was thinking too hard, which is a rare occurance.  
I just put in "mjextman.exe /Command Pause" in the intellipoint dialog ("Start a program, web page, or file...") and it worked.  Sorry 'bout that mis-understanding.  

[kiwi]

Have you tried just running those commands in the cmd window?  Or from the run cmd.  Don't put a path in.  It seems to figure things out on it's own.  I don't think that i could find the file on my hard drive.

kiwi

[millz]

Yeah, it worked for me from the cmd prompt as well, confused the heck outta me as I couldn't find it when I searched my c:

However, I searched for it in the registry and found a ref to it in C:\WINDOWS\system32

And that's where I found it; I guess Windows XP was hiding it from me during my search (it no doubt figured I shouldn't know about system32 files).