/playpause arguements using messages

2004-02-29 15:45:31

Hi.
I'm using Girder to use my multimedia keyboard and my remote to control foobar. At first I was using messages but I wanted to be able to put the play/pause functionality in one button so i discovered the /playpause command line arguements and it's working great. The only problem is that when I'm wathcing a dvd and I wanna control my PowerDVD or if I wanna control anything else and I press one of the buttons which are also binded with foobar it runs foobar and starts playing. With messages it wasn't like this because then the message would just end nowhere if the win class wasn't available and the message was ignored but here it runs foobar if it's closed.
So how can I get the /playpause functionality using only messages.

Thanks.

/playpause arguements using messages

Reply #1 – 2004-03-01 19:34:42

Can anyone help me with this please?

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Reply #2 – 2004-03-01 20:11:35

Okay, I don't know how attached you are to your "Girderr" or what 'n' such, but the following is what worked for me using a Logitech Internet Navigator.

1) "Install" the keyboard using the standard Microsoft drivers, don't bother with Logitech's, too much crap.

2) Open up FooBar, under hotkeys, start creating global hotkeys.  Select the space where it askes for the keyed input, and push the button you want to attach to the function (play/pause, forward/random, etc.).

3) Profit?

when FooBar is running, it takes priority over other applications that grab WM_COMMAND messages, when it isn't running, the media keys on your keyboard will control which ever application is active and can make use of them (WMPlayer, PowerDVD, others).

Pants.

- Jaxon

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Reply #3 – 2004-03-02 13:50:12

Wouldn't that require foobar's main window to be always open? Not necessarily in focus but it can't be minimized into the tray.

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Reply #4 – 2004-03-02 16:06:36

Nope, it only doesn't work when foobar is closed.

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Reply #5 – 2004-03-02 18:02:39

Global hotkeys work no matter where FooBar is as long as it is running.

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Reply #6 – 2004-03-02 20:27:18

Just use executable file name instead of class name in girder's "target selector" window.

Should work.