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It knows which device is currently playing. Anything you do sends it to the currently playing device. You can pull up a list of all connected devices and select

by weavie 8y ago

It knows which device is currently playing. Anything you do sends it to the currently playing device. You can pull up a list of all connected devices and select which one you want to be playing. It then starts on the new device from where the old one left off. It works really well. I have my raspberry pi plugged into my amplifier, and play through that. I control it with my phone or laptop, whichever is nearer.

icebraining 8y ago
I think the question is about the media keys. What happens if your phone is playing something on Spotify, and your laptop is playing something on VLC, but also has Spotify open? Does pressing the skip media key make both players skip, or just one of them?
- weavie 8y ago
  Ah interesting question. This thread implies that there can be a war between apps fighting for control https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Media-keys-no-longer-work/td-p/807591. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Media-keys-.... I've never really used the media keys, so have no idea how it really works in practice. Might have a play when I get home later.
- phito 8y ago
  I think the media key interuption dispatching is handled by the OS and not the apps
- mnx 8y ago
  As other replies pointed out, this is handled by the OS. Seems to work well most of the time for me on Ubuntu.
- byte1918 8y ago
  On Windows VLC will swallow hot keys if it's on top, otherwise they are caught by spotify. If they are both in the background it's spotify. If there's another app that listens to the same hot keys, I think (pretty confident) that it's the last one to register for the hot key.
- midvar 8y ago
  On Windows hold shift then press the media keys to control a second (background) program. Found this out purely by accident in this exact scenario, VLC in foreground and Spotify in background!!!
strig 8y ago
Yeah it's actually really handy. I can send spotify to my chromecast from my phone, and as long as I have spotify open on my laptop, I can use the media keys to pause or skip.

by weavie 8y ago

icebraining 8y ago

I think the question is about the media keys. What happens if your phone is playing something on Spotify, and your laptop is playing something on VLC, but also has Spotify open? Does pressing the skip media key make both players skip, or just one of them?

weavie 8y ago
Ah interesting question. This thread implies that there can be a war between apps fighting for control https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Media-keys-no-longer-work/td-p/807591. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Media-keys-.... I've never really used the media keys, so have no idea how it really works in practice. Might have a play when I get home later.
phito 8y ago
I think the media key interuption dispatching is handled by the OS and not the apps
mnx 8y ago
As other replies pointed out, this is handled by the OS. Seems to work well most of the time for me on Ubuntu.
byte1918 8y ago
On Windows VLC will swallow hot keys if it's on top, otherwise they are caught by spotify. If they are both in the background it's spotify. If there's another app that listens to the same hot keys, I think (pretty confident) that it's the last one to register for the hot key.
midvar 8y ago
On Windows hold shift then press the media keys to control a second (background) program. Found this out purely by accident in this exact scenario, VLC in foreground and Spotify in background!!!

strig 8y ago

Yeah it's actually really handy. I can send spotify to my chromecast from my phone, and as long as I have spotify open on my laptop, I can use the media keys to pause or skip.