Targetting And Windows Media Player

[Ron]

The WMP 6.xx works in such a weird way that it is impossible to remote control it fully. I think the new (7+) versions works better. Maybe you can go with Zoomplayer though, this has excellent remote support and is a great player.

[Ron]

Sorry I don't have WMP 8, maybe someone else can step-up and help us here.

[levyshay]

When WMPlayer is in the foreground, this just works perfect. Now, I want to add targetting so it works even if it is in the background or minimized.


I Remmeber having this problem also in the past, I think that WMP doesn't do actions when it's not foreground. I don't remmeber if using Command ( You should try this ) works, but anyway a simple solution would be to switch WMP to be a foreground window before controling it.

Shay Levy.

[Simo Bk]

Hi all,

Well, I am REALLY NEW to Girder. Actually, I downloaded it yesterday at 2.30 AM and played around with it till 4.00, and I started playing around again with it today since 11.00 PM til now 2.40 AM

I could find how to make most of my things work, but I got a problem with Windows Media Player.

I created 3 simple commands for Windows Media Player wich are Pause/Play , Previous, and Next. I'll just use the Pause/Play button for the example.

The way I did it is by going to the "Keyboard" tab, and checking "Control", and writing "P" in the sentence box. The shortcut for Pause in WMPlayer being CTRL+P

When WMPlayer is in the foreground, this just works perfect. Now, I want to add targetting so it works even if it is in the background or minimized.

I first did it by pressing the "Target" button, then clicking "Windows Media Player" in the top list. I then checked "Only send to first match", "Match invisible Tasks". I unchecked Name, Class Name, Child Name and Child Class leaving only the "Executable" box checked, pressed OK, and minimized all Windows (including Windows Media Player). The buttons didn't work anymore.

I then did it "the simple way", by just clicking target, and then dragging the target to the Windows Media Player window, leaving everything as set by default. Still doesn't work.

I could get Winamp buttons to work with targetting, but can't get anything with Windows Media Player.

Can anyone help? If not, thanks for at least taking the time to read :roll:

PS: Apologies for my english, it's not my native language

[Simo Bk]

Hi RonB,

First, thank you for answering as fast

I actually have WMP version 8.00.00.4477.

I will try the Zoomplayer, but If there is any possiblity to make it work with WMP, I'd prefer not to change...

Thanks everyone

[Simo Bk]

Thanks Shay for your suggestions,

I will try it as soon as I have some time, and tell you the results.