Thanks - Multi-Media Keys Work!!

bellyman · 5th April 2004, 05:28

Of the biggest pains was my MS Keyboard MM keys not working with Winamp 5 under the Modern Skin.

Hats off to the team for fixing this but also to a great product that has really just improved immensely over the years.

(Ahem, I will not say anything about WA3 -- whoops!

)

Cheers all and continued success with your winner!

belly

F|00pyD!sk · 5th April 2004, 23:20

Hmmm.

Did not help me, I must have a plug-in for my MS Multidedia Naturals Keybord.

Strange.

BKDotCom · 5th April 2004, 23:34

did you go into the plugin and configure it for you're multimedia keys?

DJ Egg · 6th April 2004, 00:11

Prefs -> Global Hotkeys -> Restore Defaults
Your Play/Pause, Stop, Next, Previous keys should now be listed & working.

bellyman · 7th April 2004, 05:13

Quote:

Originally posted by DJ Egg
Prefs -> Global Hotkeys -> Restore Defaults
Your Play/Pause, Stop, Next, Previous keys should now be listed & working.

Agreed - that is what I had to do. When I upgraded to 5.03 all the ORIGINAL settings (and kludges I had) were there and no multimedia. So I followed the above and BOOM, they appeared and work fine.

(If it is worth anything... MS Natural Keyboard Pro)

Cheers!

rguy84 · 17th May 2004, 08:35

didnt work for me

rseiler · 20th May 2004, 21:21

5.03 works with the multimedia keys fine...except it added an odd behavior that never happened in the old days: Whenever you use the Pause key to start or stop a track, and Winamp is minimized, it will raise itself from the tray. Why? When you use the Pause key, all you want to do is stop or start a track, not interact with Winamp in any way. Perhaps there's a way to workaround this?

gas-attack · 21st May 2004, 12:35

Something similar here. Having minimized WA (still in taskbar) and pressing the button for "Playback: Play" (former "Launch Mail" button), I see that WA resizes... not beautiful... and really annoying while you're playing certain games

lwells · 3rd June 2004, 13:22

Quote:

Originally posted by DJ Egg
Prefs -> Global Hotkeys -> Restore Defaults
Your Play/Pause, Stop, Next, Previous keys should now be listed & working.

I kiss you! You have not idea how much this has pissed me off

LW.

Dr. Drum · 22nd August 2004, 23:47

First of all, registering for a winamp account is extremely frustrating

and I want to destroy these f&ckers for making me spend like 1/2 hour just trying to respond to this god d&mn thread.

... and now my message might not even get posted for the profanity.

I'm using Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard 1.0a and Intellitype Pro 5.2. Here's how I got the damn thing to cooperate with Winamp:

Winamp Prefs -> Global Hotkeys (under General Preferences) -> Enable -> Restore Defaults
Now set your Winamp skin to a Classic skin (Hey winamp guys, fix that please)

In IntelliType Pro 5.2, use the defaults for play/pause, stop, etc.

Now that the keyboard controls everything, get the Winamp icon out of the task bar. To do this:

Winamp Prefs -> General Preferences -> Check "System tray" (under 'Show Winamp in') -> Uncheck "Taskbar"

Download the latest Intellitype software here:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mo.../Download.mspx

And if you're sick of the

icon, change it to another one of its very limited and terrible icons options.
(Hey winamp guys, seriously. These are the same icon picks we had in version 2!)

DJ Egg · 23rd August 2004, 03:14

Lovely! . . :/

Pixar · 27th August 2004, 22:38

Just a short note saying that I salute you for the work done!

Just attached my new desktop and it works perfect - after restoring defaults for global hotkeys as instructed. Using W2k SWE and Intelli-something 5.2.

Oddly enough it started Winamp directly when I pressed the Media-button, not Media player as I expected/feared. How the hell did it know that I wanted Winamp? Maybe it uses the file associations and noticed that they point to Winamp? Nevermind, it works with no fiddling around.

steamboat28 · 4th April 2005, 16:16

I'm having a similar issue with multimedia keys on the keyboard. I'm using a Media Center edition PC, and it told me how to configure all the other buttons, but not the media buttons. Then, I tried 3 different plug-ins and reset the global hotkeys to default, and winamp still won't respond to them. any suggestions?

whiteflip · 5th April 2005, 06:06

Quote:

Originally posted by BKDotCom
did you go into the plugin and configure it for you're multimedia keys?

What the duce? Your avatar is like my avatar.

Anywho, My MM keys for my M$ (LoL!!!) keyboard only work in Winamp when Winamp is in the task bar. Somethin' that I need to download or set so that it works when its in tray?

MaybeMemories06 · 5th April 2006, 16:39

Wow awesome my keys would not work, but once i upgraded the drivers, it finally works. Wonderful!

TheOne-UK · 9th June 2008, 23:29

At one point I did have winamp working properly with my microsoft digital media pro keyboard. However lately, not all the media keys fully function. I load up a saved playlist of a considerable number of tracks (this playlist was originally saved with winamp and I load it using 'favourites button 1') loading this playlist obviously automatically starts winamp. I am running version 5.531. I also downloaded and installed new drivers for my keyboard, and rebooted. I set everything to default. This is what happens:
-The play/pause button DOES NOT pause the track whether winamp is in view or not
-The play/pause DOES play a track from stopped
-Tapping the play/pause button twice DOES pause a track and go to the beginning of the track, but only once per track
-Stop button DOES work normally in all cases
-The previous track and next track buttons skip TWO tracks in the relative direction, whether winamp is in view or not

Nunzio390 · 10th June 2008, 03:07

TheOne-UK...

You've replied to a thread that's over 2 years old and no longer applies (last post prior to yours was way back on 04-05-2006).

Here is a more recent thread referencing your same keyboard and how to end the "itype.exe" process to allow it to work, if running into problems. The 2nd post in the thread breaks it down into steps...

Media control keys in winamp on Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard

Also, make certain that you've enabled Global Hotkey support in Winamp, as indicated in this screenshot...

5th April 2004, 05:28	#1
bellyman Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7	Thanks - Multi-Media Keys Work!! Of the biggest pains was my MS Keyboard MM keys not working with Winamp 5 under the Modern Skin. Hats off to the team for fixing this but also to a great product that has really just improved immensely over the years. (Ahem, I will not say anything about WA3 -- whoops! ) Cheers all and continued success with your winner! belly

6th April 2004, 00:11	#4
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,125	Prefs -> Global Hotkeys -> Restore Defaults Your Play/Pause, Stop, Next, Previous keys should now be listed & working. Playlist -\|- Twitter

20th May 2004, 21:21	#7
rseiler Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 39	5.03 works with the multimedia keys fine...except it added an odd behavior that never happened in the old days: Whenever you use the Pause key to start or stop a track, and Winamp is minimized, it will raise itself from the tray. Why? When you use the Pause key, all you want to do is stop or start a track, not interact with Winamp in any way. Perhaps there's a way to workaround this? Last edited by rseiler; 20th May 2004 at 21:42.

22nd August 2004, 23:47	#10
Dr. Drum Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1	Natural Multimedia Keyboard 1.0a First of all, registering for a winamp account is extremely frustrating and I want to destroy these f&ckers for making me spend like 1/2 hour just trying to respond to this god d&mn thread. ... and now my message might not even get posted for the profanity. I'm using Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard 1.0a and Intellitype Pro 5.2. Here's how I got the damn thing to cooperate with Winamp: Winamp Prefs -> Global Hotkeys (under General Preferences) -> Enable -> Restore Defaults Now set your Winamp skin to a Classic skin (Hey winamp guys, fix that please) In IntelliType Pro 5.2, use the defaults for play/pause, stop, etc. Now that the keyboard controls everything, get the Winamp icon out of the task bar. To do this: Winamp Prefs -> General Preferences -> Check "System tray" (under 'Show Winamp in') -> Uncheck "Taskbar" Download the latest Intellitype software here: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mo.../Download.mspx And if you're sick of the icon, change it to another one of its very limited and terrible icons options. (Hey winamp guys, seriously. These are the same icon picks we had in version 2!)

23rd August 2004, 03:14	#11
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,125	Lovely! . . :/ Playlist -\|- Twitter

5th April 2004, 23:20	#2
F\|00pyD!sk Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: BorÃ¥s, Sweden Posts: 9	Hmmm. Did not help me, I must have a plug-in for my MS Multidedia Naturals Keybord. Strange.

5th April 2004, 23:34	#3
BKDotCom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Jenks, OK Posts: 100	did you go into the plugin and configure it for you're multimedia keys?

17th May 2004, 08:35	#6
rguy84 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 13	didnt work for me

21st May 2004, 12:35	#8
gas-attack Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The world's a** Posts: 1 divided by 0 Posts: 219	Something similar here. Having minimized WA (still in taskbar) and pressing the button for "Playback: Play" (former "Launch Mail" button), I see that WA resizes... not beautiful... and really annoying while you're playing certain games

27th August 2004, 22:38	#12
Pixar Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: South of France Posts: 1	MS W Desktop Elite works perfect Just a short note saying that I salute you for the work done! Just attached my new desktop and it works perfect - after restoring defaults for global hotkeys as instructed. Using W2k SWE and Intelli-something 5.2. Oddly enough it started Winamp directly when I pressed the Media-button, not Media player as I expected/feared. How the hell did it know that I wanted Winamp? Maybe it uses the file associations and noticed that they point to Winamp? Nevermind, it works with no fiddling around.

4th April 2005, 16:16	#13
steamboat28 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1	MM Keyboards.. I'm having a similar issue with multimedia keys on the keyboard. I'm using a Media Center edition PC, and it told me how to configure all the other buttons, but not the media buttons. Then, I tried 3 different plug-ins and reset the global hotkeys to default, and winamp still won't respond to them. any suggestions?

5th April 2006, 16:39	#15
MaybeMemories06 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3	Wow awesome my keys would not work, but once i upgraded the drivers, it finally works. Wonderful!

9th June 2008, 23:29	#16
TheOne-UK Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2	not quite working properly At one point I did have winamp working properly with my microsoft digital media pro keyboard. However lately, not all the media keys fully function. I load up a saved playlist of a considerable number of tracks (this playlist was originally saved with winamp and I load it using 'favourites button 1') loading this playlist obviously automatically starts winamp. I am running version 5.531. I also downloaded and installed new drivers for my keyboard, and rebooted. I set everything to default. This is what happens: -The play/pause button DOES NOT pause the track whether winamp is in view or not -The play/pause DOES play a track from stopped -Tapping the play/pause button twice DOES pause a track and go to the beginning of the track, but only once per track -Stop button DOES work normally in all cases -The previous track and next track buttons skip TWO tracks in the relative direction, whether winamp is in view or not

10th June 2008, 03:07	#17
Nunzio390 Nugatory Aluminator Look it up Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tharsis Ridge (Martian lowlands) Posts: 8,590	TheOne-UK... You've replied to a thread that's over 2 years old and no longer applies (last post prior to yours was way back on 04-05-2006). Here is a more recent thread referencing your same keyboard and how to end the "itype.exe" process to allow it to work, if running into problems. The 2nd post in the thread breaks it down into steps... Media control keys in winamp on Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard Also, make certain that you've enabled Global Hotkey support in Winamp, as indicated in this screenshot... Don't email or PM me concerning Winamp. Instead, either start a NEW TOPIC or post a REPLY in the appropriate thread in these forums. This will also benefit others who may have a similar question or problem. But before posting, please first Search the forums and read all FAQs and all Sticky threads. ORB Remote Broadcast [ Automated Jukebox \| Nunzio's Home \| Wacky Videos \| Solve the Prunella Puzzle! ] [ LINE RIDER! \| My Resume \| Virtual Chess \| Composite Sketch \| My Niece's Band ] [ Plugins by Joonas \| DrO's Winamp Plugins and Extras \| K-JÃ¶fol ]

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