Global shortcuts not always detected [#8030]

[alirezanoori]

Global shortcuts in MM are not always detected. When I was using Winamp before moving to MM, they would always work no matter which software had the focus. But in MM sometimes in some softwares it doesn't work and I have to click on taskbar and hit the global keyboard shortcut. Some of these softwares include: Most of the games, Visual Studio, Eclipse, etc.

Regards.

[nohitter151]

See here: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 15#p191828

[alirezanoori]

I added
PreferLLKeysHook=0 and PreferLLKeysHook=1 to MediaMonkey.ini and none of them helped.

[rusty]

alirezanoori,

Can you tell me what OS you're using?

Also, an example of a lightweight game that I can install that triggers this failure, if possible.

Thanks.

-Rusty

[alirezanoori]

Win7 x64, I don't have a game right now but I think eclipse would help you better. None of shortcuts works when it has the focus (for example ctrl+alt+x):
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packag ... rs/indigor

[rusty]

Now that's a nice lightweight package

[rusty]

fyi, can't replicate. Tested Win7 x64 with Eclipse package and global keys worked fine.

Are you sure that the keys are set to 'Global'? I've made the mistake of checking off 'Global' and clicking 'OK', but forgetting to click the 'Apply' button.

-Rusty

[alirezanoori]

Yes I'm sure. As I said it works in other softwares. If I click on taskar it works. Maybe you should run eclipse as admin. (Also note that my eclipse is Helios, one version before the version I posted the link) I couldn't find Helios' link. But I don't think that's the case.
One more thing, if I hold down ctrl+alt and hit 'b' a few times (to skip song in my settings), after a few times it won't work. I have to release ctrl+alt and hold them again.

[rusty]

One other question: What keyboard / driver are you using?

-Rusty

[alirezanoori]

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Microsoft IntelliType Pro

[rusty]

This isn't a fix, but a workaround would be to uninstall the intellitype software.

-Rusty

[alirezanoori]

But how come the Winamp works fine as well as some other software?
I closed MM, opened Winamp, set the exact SAME shortcust, opened Eclipse and hit the keys, they worked perfectly. Also there isn't any timeout for the keys. I could hold CTRL+ALT for hours and hit 'B' to skip song, they would always work. IMHO you should change the method you're using for global hotkeys. I don't know how they're implemented. I will create just a test software mysel for this and see if my approach would work. I don't think that IntelliType is the problem.

[rusty]

Sure--there's obviously room to improve the hotkey implementation. My point is that we're probably not going to make such a major change at this stage of the 4.0 development cycle, so I'm just offering a workaround until a proper fix can be implemented.

-Rusty

[alirezanoori]

Thanks. I just want MM to improve. I can live with current situation.

[jiri]

I have just tested on Win7 x64 and it works fine for me. It should work in the default configuration, i.e. without PreferLLKeysHook (or with it set to '0'), I'd expect it to fails with PreferLLKeysHook=1, since it can't intercept 64-bit processes then. You could try to create a debug log and e-mail it to me.

Thanks,
Jiri