I have a Logitech Internet Pro keyboard, which has the multimedia keys for Media (to launch player) and Play/Pause. How do I associate these keys to launch Foobar2000 and play/pause the song it is playing?
(This is on Windows XP.)
Foobar2000 – How to Associate Multimedia Keys
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Googling leads me to mmKeys.dll. I haven't tried this myself.
You need to bind your keys in VLC media player. Other answers were right on this, but they were missing a couple of details which I am pointing out here.
- Start VLC media player
- Click menu Tools → Preferences
- Click the Hotkeys section near the bottom left.
- Find the action you want to bind and double click in the "Global" column. If you double click anywhere else, you will be binding the wrong keyboard shortcut.
- Press your key. VLC media player should recognize it.
- Restart VLC media player. If you are binding global hotkeys, VLC media player must be restarted, so it can listen for them.
Best Answer
For Play/Pause:
File -> Preferences -> General -> Keyboard Shortcuts
Click Add New and setup the binding you want. Make sure to select Global Hotkey.
As for launching from a keystroke, when you edit the properties of a shortcut you can assign a Shortcut key.