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    [Solved]Opera stealing media keys

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    • mmichel
      mmichel last edited by leocg

      Hello,

      It may come from chromium, but it looks like Opera steals the media keys hook and don't release it until closed.

      For reference: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/Media-Keys-Don-t-Work/m-p/4828158/highlight/true#M19062

      I confirm the same behaviour. Opera, after playing a video on facebook inhibited the media keys for Spotify.
      Closing/reopening Opera fixed it. Even by playing a youtube video, Spotify keep its hook to the media keys. I don't know if it is easily reproducible, though.

      Any confirmation ?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @mmichel last edited by

        @mmichel As already mentioned in other similar topics, try disabling the following Chromium flag:

        opera://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling

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        • mmichel
          mmichel last edited by

          Hi Leo,

          Thanks

          I don't know how I forget to search the forums before asking...

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