Re: LUG: VLC and Multimedia Keyboard keys - Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:28:25 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: VLC and Multimedia Keyboard keys

From : bfritter@ncsu.[redacted]

Date : Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:28:25 -0400

Ed,

I use Kaffeine and QJoypad. QJoypad allows me to use my PlayStation 2
controller I have hooked up to my computer as a remote, a mouse, etc...
It simulates button presses from other devices. I can send you my
layouts, if you want to try that route. Also, VLC will play some formats
that the other ones can't, so keep VLC around for them.

Bryan Ritter
bfritter@ncsu.[redacted]

RE:

> I'm having some trouble getting my multimedia keyboard's keys (stop,
> play, next, etc) to work with VLC media player. I've googled it and
> found lots of other people with the problem but no real solutions. If
> you have experience with this, then maybe you can tell me how you got
> it working. But I'm not holding my breath to find a solution to that
> here.
>
> Instead, what I probably ought to do is look for a new media player
> that does what I need, namely:
> - supports multimedia keys (directly or through other helpers)
> - supports streaming online radio (like http://di.fm)
> - is somewhat stable
>
> Rhythmbox supports the features, but is unfortunately not very
> stable... crashes, hangs, is slow loading streams, does weird things
> sometimes.
>
> Lots of other media players don't support streaming audio like I need.
>
> What media players have you run across that might be what I'm looking for?
>
> Ed
>