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    • GameBook
      GameBook last edited by

      Let me say this before my rank/question, I did a lot of searching and while a lot of problems seemed similar to mine, I could not find any that fixed my problem, with either the flag not there or a different base problem. Now, to start, my play/pause key isn't working, not on my keyboard or on my mouse keybind. It was working an hour ago, I got up to do some work, and now it doesn't do anything. I tried restarting opera, the keybinds, even rebound the key and restarted my computer. I doesn't work on youtube, it doesn't work on player. And I still want it to work on both those things (a lot of other people's problem under the same name didn't want it to work on youtube). I'm open to any suggestions and will even try flags again in case I missed something. Plz and thx

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @GameBook last edited by

        @gamebook It doesn't work even when you click on it?

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        • GameBook
          GameBook @leocg last edited by

          @leocg If I physically click on the video they play and pause, but the bind isn't working.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @GameBook last edited by

            @gamebook And it works in other browsers?

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            • GameBook
              GameBook @leocg last edited by

              @leocg Yup, it works on the spotify app, chrome, basically anything besides Opera

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              • BeboBaba
                BeboBaba last edited by

                i've had this same issue since i first downloaded opera gx and im hoping a solution was found

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                • Puffer64
                  Puffer64 last edited by

                  a year later and it is still a problem for me

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                  • CrackersCandy2
                    CrackersCandy2 last edited by

                    Bump. End of November 2023 and still no word here? Re-installing didn't work, and disabling shortcuts and re-enabling didn't work. Can't find anymore posts here or reddit about this issue.

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                    • sgunhouse
                      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @CrackersCandy2 last edited by

                      @crackerscandy2 Try changing this flag:

                      chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling
                      
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                      • CrackersCandy2
                        CrackersCandy2 @sgunhouse last edited by CrackersCandy2

                        @sgunhouse I've seen the posts with these flag fixes, and none of them have worked (locking and media-key). I've disabled and re-enabled all shortcuts in the settings as well. I've sent a support ticket in to Opera, so maybe that'll grab some more attention. Appreciate the help of course 👍

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                        • Flaresrpr
                          Flaresrpr @CrackersCandy2 last edited by

                          @crackerscandy2 Not sure if this would work for you or anyone above I had the same issue but fixed by going to the games .exe file, then right clicking the .exe going to properties and then compatibility, once in compatibility check the box near the bottom that says "Disable Fullscreen optimisations" hit apply restart the game and it should work (at least that is what worked for me). hope this helps![alt text]fs opti.png

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                          • SohamBGTA
                            SohamBGTA @Flaresrpr last edited by

                            @flaresrpr TF bro we are not discussing about games here

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                            • Gimbli
                              Gimbli @GameBook last edited by

                              @gamebook for me disabling the browser music and restarting fixed it

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                              • Veegaa
                                Veegaa @sgunhouse last edited by

                                @sgunhouse Had the same issiue that my keyboard play/pause and other devices were not able to do it on opera but setting it from default to enable, then restart opera gx and it works now.
                                Thanks! Crazy that nobody confirmed it yet.

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                                • bobyindaclub
                                  bobyindaclub last edited by

                                  Ok guys i had the same issues for months and i found a way to fix it :
                                  Launch the music player on the opera sidebar, then play manually your youtube video by clicking on it and then the play and pause buttons will start to work. I think it' caused by a conflict between the music player and other players inside opera gx.

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