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Global keyboard commands?

Hello, I recently changed from Winamp to Foobar2000 mainly because Winamp was eating up my ram and I was looking for a more minimalistic player.  So far, I love foobar2000.  The only thing that I'm missing is the ability to change/pause/stop/start the song that's playing while the player isn't in focus.  I did a search and couldn't find what I'm looking for.  If someone could point me in the right direction, I would be very thankful.

Thanks in advance,
FaNtAsMa

Global keyboard commands?

Reply #1 –
Click on the "Foobar2000" menu, and select "Pereferences". Under "Core", look for "Keyboard Shortcuts".

While in Keyboard Shortcuts, look for the action you want to assaign a key to (in this case, it would be: [main] Playback/Play or pause, and so-on) Make sure "Global Hotkey" is checked, and click on "Add".

That should do it.

Global keyboard commands?

Reply #2 –
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Click on the "Foobar2000" menu, and select "Pereferences". Under "Core", look for "Keyboard Shortcuts".

While in Keyboard Shortcuts, look for the action you want to assaign a key to (in this case, it would be: [main] Playback/Play or pause, and so-on) Make sure "Global Hotkey" is checked, and click on "Add".

That should do it.
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Thank you very much.  *feels stupid for missing something so obvious*