#Hacks

SetPoint/iType – Media Keys

06 Jul

by Anthony Steiner 28

I’m sad to say one of my favorite audio players ever had its sunset notice earlier last month. (OutcoldPlayer)

It was a Google Music Player that used the internal API and its own machinations to make sure the DRM audio is protected as would be on the actual Google Play Music service.

I’m stuck using the crappy Google Chrome Web Application for Google Play Music again… blek! I’m not a huge fan. While Google DID make the media-keys Global (meaning if your keyboard has play, stop, next, previous media keys… they should work) some time ago… Logitech (the main brand of keyboard I buy) hasn’t really bothered to fix their obvious bugs in SetPoint. A wrapper of sorts for the drivers of their devices. It works well enough, I’ve personally never had issue with it outside of Media Keys.

Well I have found a solution that… sadly may get smashed on the next update of SetPoint, but should help folks in similar circumstances needing their Logitech to work with Google Chrome’s Global Media Keys.

There is a file in a directory:
C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPointP\players.ini
and this is where 100% of the magic happens for this little hack of ours.

This file has a large amount of Media Players already configured for it… and since my hack is mainly functioning guesswork you should tack the following edits near the bottom of each [Section] of the INI file.

[Players]
GooglePlayMusic=key,chrome.exe,Chrome_WidgetWin_1,xxx,xxx,&0xB3,&0xB3,&0xB2,&0xB1,&0xB0,0,1,Google Play Music

[Players.Run]
GooglePlayMusic=path,%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Applications\_crx_icppfcnhkcmnfdhfhphakoifcfokfdhg\Google Play Music.ico

[Players.Display]
GooglePlayMusic=Google Play Music

[Players]

GooglePlayMusic=key,chrome.exe,Chrome_WidgetWin_1,xxx,xxx,&0xB3,&0xB3,&0xB2,&0xB1,&0xB0,0,1,Google Play Music

[Players.Run]

GooglePlayMusic=path,%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Applications\_crx_icppfcnhkcmnfdhfhphakoifcfokfdhg\Google Play Music.ico

[Players.Display]

GooglePlayMusic=Google Play Music

REMEMBER: You’re going to want to take each one of those and put them at the bottom of each respective section of the existing players.ini file.

Result should look something like this:

#List of supported players
#{btn|key|msg|emg|cmd|wac},exeName,wndClass,wndCaption,xxx,play_delayplay,pause,stop,prev,next,remove_flags,ShowOSD,menu_item
#special char --> ^ ctrl;+ shift+ctrl; $ ctrl (no translation); * alt (no translation); @ ctrl+alt (no tanslation); & (no translation) 

[Players]
MusicMatch7=wac,MMJB.EXE,MMJB:MAINWND,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,MusicMatch
MusicMatch=cmd,MMJB.EXE,xxx,MusicMatch Jukebox 4,xxx,0x101F4,0x18059,0x101F5,0x101F6,0x101F7,0,1,MusicMatch
MDesktop=wac,MDesktop.exe,MediaDesktopClass,Media Desktop,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Media Desktop
PowerDVD=key,PowerDVD.exe,xxx,CyberLink PowerDVD,xxx,0x0d,0x20,S,P,N,0,1,Power DVD
WinDVD=wac,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,Player,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Win DVD
WinDVD4=key,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,InterVideo WinDVD 4,xxx,0x0d,0x20,0x23,0x21,0x22,0,1,Win DVD
WinDVD5=key,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,InterVideo WinDVD 5,xxx,0x0d,0x20,0x23,0x21,0x22,0,1,Win DVD
WinDVD6=key,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,InterVideo WinDVD 6,xxx,0x0d,0x20,0x23,0x21,0x22,0,1,Win DVD
WinDVD7=key,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,InterVideo WinDVD 7,xxx,0x0d,0x20,0x23,0x21,0x22,0,1,Win DVD
iTunes_104=wac,iTunes.exe,ITWindow,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,iTunes
iTunes=wac,iTunes.exe,ITunes,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,iTunes
MSMedia9=wac,wmplayer.exe,WMPlayerApp,Windows Media Player,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Windows Media Player 9
MSMedia7=wac,wmplayer.exe,WMP Skin Host,Windows Media Player,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Windows Media Player 7
MediaCenter=wac,ehshell.exe,eHome Render Window,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Windows Media Center
WinAmp3=key,studio.exe,STUDIO,xxx,xxx,X,C,V,Z,B,0,1,WinAmp 3
WinAmp3d=key,winamp3.exe,STUDIO,xxx,xxx,X,C,V,Z,B,0,1,WinAmp 3d
Rhapsody=key,Rhapsody.exe,xxx,Rhapsody,xxx,^P,^P,^S,^B,^F,0,1,Rhapsody
#YahooMusicEngine=key,YahooMusicEngine.exe,YMPFrame,xxx,xxx,^ ,^ ,^S,$0x25,$0x27,0,1,Yahoo! Music Jukebox
YahooMusicEngine=key,YahooMusicEngine.exe,YMPFrame,xxx,xxx,^ ,^ ,^S,$0x25,$0x27,0,1,Yahoo! Music Jukebox
RealOne=wac,realplay.exe,GeminiWindowClass,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,RealOne Player
WinAmp5=cmd,winamp.exe,Winamp v1.x,xxx,xxx,40045,40046,40047,40044,40048,0,1,WinAmp 5
MediaLife=key,Medialife.exe,MediaLife Frame class,Logitech MediaLife,xxx, , ,S,P,N,0,1,MediaLife
MediaLife4=wac,Medialife.exe,MediaLife Koan GDI Class,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,MediaLife
PLAYDVD=key,PlayDVD.exe,PlayDVD Frame class,Play DVD,xxx, , ,S,P,N,0,1,PlayDVD
Nero=wac,NeroHome.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,NeroHome
Nero2=wac,ShowTime.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,ShowTime
Nero3=wac,Nero.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Nero
BaoFeng=key,storm.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx, , ,$0x53,&0x21,&0x22,0,1,Bao Feng
Koowoo=key,KwMusic.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,$0x74,$0x74,$0x75,?0x25,?0x27,0,1,Koowoo
TTing=key,tting.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,@0x4f,@0x4f,@0x4f,@0x25,@0x27,0,1,TTing
GooglePlayMusic=key,chrome.exe,Chrome_WidgetWin_1,xxx,xxx,&0xB3,&0xB3,&0xB2,&0xB1,&0xB0,0,1,Google Play Music

[Players.Run]
MediaCenter=path,$WINDOWS\eHome
WinAmp3=reg,HKLM,SOFTWARE\Classes\Winamp3.File\DefaultIcon,,2
Rhapsody=reg,HKCR,rhap\DefaultIcon,,5
WinAmp5=reg,HKLM,SOFTWARE\Classes\Winamp.File\DefaultIcon,,2
YahooMusicEngine=reg,HKCR,TypeLib\{2C5EBFB1-9174-4FE8-88DB-D1F460A9E83B}\1.0\0\win32,,
Koowoo=reg,HKLM,SOFTWARE\Classes\kwfile_ksf\shell\open\command,,5
GooglePlayMusic=path,%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Applications\_crx_icppfcnhkcmnfdhfhphakoifcfokfdhg\Google Play Music.ico

[Players.Display]
MediaCenter=Windows Media Center
RealOne=RealOne Player
WinDVD=WinDVD
WinDVD4=WinDVD4
WinDVD5=WinDVD5
WinDVD6=WinDVD6
WinDVD7=WinDVD7
MediaLife=MediaLife
PLAYDVD=PlayDVD
GooglePlayMusic=Google Play Music

#{btn|key|msg|emg|cmd|wac},start,end,repeat start,,Donot send Play appcommand at end of FastForward operation 
[Players.Seek]
MusicMatch7=cmd,22861,xxx,1
MediaLife=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0
MediaLife4=wac,xxx,xxx,0,1
PowerDVD=wac,xxx,,0,1
MediaCenter=wac,xxx,xxx,0,1
PLAYDVD=key,F,,0,1
iTunes_104=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0
iTunes=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0
WinDVD7=key,F,0x0d,xxx,0
WinDVD6=key,F,0x0d,xxx,0
WinDVD5=key,F,0x0d,xxx,0
WinDVD4=key,F,0x0d,xxx,0
WinAmp5=cmd,40060,xxx,1,1
MSMedia9=wac,xxx,xxx,0,0
RealOne=key,^],,2,1

#{btn|key|msg|emg|cmd|wac},start,end,repeat start,Donot send Play appcommand at end of rewind operation 
[Players.Rewind]
PowerDVD=wac,xxx,,0,1
MusicMatch7=cmd,22860,xxx,1,0
MediaLife=wac,xxx,xxx,1,1
MediaLife4=wac,xxx,xxx,0,1
MediaCenter=wac,xxx,xxx,0,1
PLAYDVD=key,B,,0,1
iTunes_104=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0
iTunes=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0
WinDVD7=key,R,0x0d,xxx,0
WinDVD6=key,R,0x0d,xxx,0
WinDVD5=key,R,0x0d,xxx,0
WinDVD4=key,R,0x0d,xxx,0
WinAmp5=cmd,40061,xxx,1,1
MSMedia9=wac,xxx,xxx,0,0
RealOne=key,^[,,2,1

#list of Burn UI players (available on Burn button)
[Players.BurnSupported]
MSMedia9=True
MusicMatch7=True
Nero3=True

#list of Record UI players (available on Record button)
[Players.RecordSupported]
MSMedia9=True
MusicMatch7=True
Nero3=True

#list of 10" UI players (available on remote button)
[Players.IsRemote]
MDesktop=Trues
MediaCenter=True
MediaLife=True
WinDVD=True
WinDVD4=True
WinDVD5=True
WinDVD6=True
WinDVD7=True
PowerDVD=True
PLAYDVD=True

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#List of supported players

#{btn|key|msg|emg|cmd|wac},exeName,wndClass,wndCaption,xxx,play_delayplay,pause,stop,prev,next,remove_flags,ShowOSD,menu_item

#special char --> ^ ctrl;+ shift+ctrl; $ ctrl (no translation); * alt (no translation); @ ctrl+alt (no tanslation); & (no translation)

[Players]

MusicMatch7=wac,MMJB.EXE,MMJB:MAINWND,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,MusicMatch

MusicMatch=cmd,MMJB.EXE,xxx,MusicMatch Jukebox 4,xxx,0x101F4,0x18059,0x101F5,0x101F6,0x101F7,0,1,MusicMatch

MDesktop=wac,MDesktop.exe,MediaDesktopClass,Media Desktop,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Media Desktop

PowerDVD=key,PowerDVD.exe,xxx,CyberLink PowerDVD,xxx,0x0d,0x20,S,P,N,0,1,Power DVD

WinDVD=wac,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,Player,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Win DVD

WinDVD4=key,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,InterVideo WinDVD 4,xxx,0x0d,0x20,0x23,0x21,0x22,0,1,Win DVD

WinDVD5=key,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,InterVideo WinDVD 5,xxx,0x0d,0x20,0x23,0x21,0x22,0,1,Win DVD

WinDVD6=key,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,InterVideo WinDVD 6,xxx,0x0d,0x20,0x23,0x21,0x22,0,1,Win DVD

WinDVD7=key,WinDVD.exe,WinDVDClass,InterVideo WinDVD 7,xxx,0x0d,0x20,0x23,0x21,0x22,0,1,Win DVD

iTunes_104=wac,iTunes.exe,ITWindow,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,iTunes

iTunes=wac,iTunes.exe,ITunes,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,iTunes

MSMedia9=wac,wmplayer.exe,WMPlayerApp,Windows Media Player,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Windows Media Player 9

MSMedia7=wac,wmplayer.exe,WMP Skin Host,Windows Media Player,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Windows Media Player 7

MediaCenter=wac,ehshell.exe,eHome Render Window,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Windows Media Center

WinAmp3=key,studio.exe,STUDIO,xxx,xxx,X,C,V,Z,B,0,1,WinAmp 3

WinAmp3d=key,winamp3.exe,STUDIO,xxx,xxx,X,C,V,Z,B,0,1,WinAmp 3d

Rhapsody=key,Rhapsody.exe,xxx,Rhapsody,xxx,^P,^P,^S,^B,^F,0,1,Rhapsody

#YahooMusicEngine=key,YahooMusicEngine.exe,YMPFrame,xxx,xxx,^ ,^ ,^S,$0x25,$0x27,0,1,Yahoo! Music Jukebox

YahooMusicEngine=key,YahooMusicEngine.exe,YMPFrame,xxx,xxx,^ ,^ ,^S,$0x25,$0x27,0,1,Yahoo! Music Jukebox

RealOne=wac,realplay.exe,GeminiWindowClass,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,RealOne Player

WinAmp5=cmd,winamp.exe,Winamp v1.x,xxx,xxx,40045,40046,40047,40044,40048,0,1,WinAmp 5

MediaLife=key,Medialife.exe,MediaLife Frame class,Logitech MediaLife,xxx, , ,S,P,N,0,1,MediaLife

MediaLife4=wac,Medialife.exe,MediaLife Koan GDI Class,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,MediaLife

PLAYDVD=key,PlayDVD.exe,PlayDVD Frame class,Play DVD,xxx, , ,S,P,N,0,1,PlayDVD

Nero=wac,NeroHome.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,NeroHome

Nero2=wac,ShowTime.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,ShowTime

Nero3=wac,Nero.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0,1,Nero

BaoFeng=key,storm.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx, , ,$0x53,&0x21,&0x22,0,1,Bao Feng

Koowoo=key,KwMusic.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,$0x74,$0x74,$0x75,?0x25,?0x27,0,1,Koowoo

TTing=key,tting.exe,xxx,xxx,xxx,@0x4f,@0x4f,@0x4f,@0x25,@0x27,0,1,TTing

GooglePlayMusic=key,chrome.exe,Chrome_WidgetWin_1,xxx,xxx,&0xB3,&0xB3,&0xB2,&0xB1,&0xB0,0,1,Google Play Music

[Players.Run]

MediaCenter=path,$WINDOWS\eHome

WinAmp3=reg,HKLM,SOFTWARE\Classes\Winamp3.File\DefaultIcon,,2

Rhapsody=reg,HKCR,rhap\DefaultIcon,,5

WinAmp5=reg,HKLM,SOFTWARE\Classes\Winamp.File\DefaultIcon,,2

YahooMusicEngine=reg,HKCR,TypeLib\{2C5EBFB1-9174-4FE8-88DB-D1F460A9E83B}\1.0\0\win32,,

Koowoo=reg,HKLM,SOFTWARE\Classes\kwfile_ksf\shell\open\command,,5

GooglePlayMusic=path,%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Applications\_crx_icppfcnhkcmnfdhfhphakoifcfokfdhg\Google Play Music.ico

[Players.Display]

MediaCenter=Windows Media Center

RealOne=RealOne Player

WinDVD=WinDVD

WinDVD4=WinDVD4

WinDVD5=WinDVD5

WinDVD6=WinDVD6

WinDVD7=WinDVD7

MediaLife=MediaLife

PLAYDVD=PlayDVD

GooglePlayMusic=Google Play Music

#{btn|key|msg|emg|cmd|wac},start,end,repeat start,,Donot send Play appcommand at end of FastForward operation

[Players.Seek]

MusicMatch7=cmd,22861,xxx,1

MediaLife=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0

MediaLife4=wac,xxx,xxx,0,1

PowerDVD=wac,xxx,,0,1

MediaCenter=wac,xxx,xxx,0,1

PLAYDVD=key,F,,0,1

iTunes_104=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0

iTunes=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0

WinDVD7=key,F,0x0d,xxx,0

WinDVD6=key,F,0x0d,xxx,0

WinDVD5=key,F,0x0d,xxx,0

WinDVD4=key,F,0x0d,xxx,0

WinAmp5=cmd,40060,xxx,1,1

MSMedia9=wac,xxx,xxx,0,0

RealOne=key,^],,2,1

#{btn|key|msg|emg|cmd|wac},start,end,repeat start,Donot send Play appcommand at end of rewind operation

[Players.Rewind]

PowerDVD=wac,xxx,,0,1

MusicMatch7=cmd,22860,xxx,1,0

MediaLife=wac,xxx,xxx,1,1

MediaLife4=wac,xxx,xxx,0,1

MediaCenter=wac,xxx,xxx,0,1

PLAYDVD=key,B,,0,1

iTunes_104=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0

iTunes=wac,xxx,xxx,1,0

WinDVD7=key,R,0x0d,xxx,0

WinDVD6=key,R,0x0d,xxx,0

WinDVD5=key,R,0x0d,xxx,0

WinDVD4=key,R,0x0d,xxx,0

WinAmp5=cmd,40061,xxx,1,1

MSMedia9=wac,xxx,xxx,0,0

RealOne=key,^[,,2,1

#list of Burn UI players (available on Burn button)

[Players.BurnSupported]

MSMedia9=True

MusicMatch7=True

Nero3=True

#list of Record UI players (available on Record button)

[Players.RecordSupported]

MSMedia9=True

MusicMatch7=True

Nero3=True

#list of 10" UI players (available on remote button)

[Players.IsRemote]

MDesktop=Trues

MediaCenter=True

MediaLife=True

WinDVD=True

WinDVD4=True

WinDVD5=True

WinDVD6=True

WinDVD7=True

PowerDVD=True

PLAYDVD=True

You’ll have to close SetPoint from the task manager or exit it from the context-menu via the notification icons on your Windows Taskbar.

Open “Mouse and Keyboard Settings”, should be a green icon. Open up the Keyboard menu, you’ll see Google Play Music in the list of media players.

Note: I couldn’t get the dang thing to open Play Music directly; but this little hack will allow you to use your keyboard’s Media Keys with SetPoint running and should work with both Windowed and Tabbed instances of the Google Play Music.

Now… for Microsoft.

I found that you can actually assign macros to keys. So using the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center, is set the macros to the corresponding files in the
%UserProfile%\Documents\Microsoft Hardware\Macros\ directory.
(Download Zip with mhm files)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Macro>
    <KeyBoardEvent Down="true">57360</KeyBoardEvent>
    <DelayEvent>10</DelayEvent>
    <KeyBoardEvent Down="false">57360</KeyBoardEvent>
</Macro>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Macro>

</Macro>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Macro>
    <KeyBoardEvent Down="true">57369</KeyBoardEvent>
    <DelayEvent>10</DelayEvent>
    <KeyBoardEvent Down="false">57369</KeyBoardEvent>
</Macro>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Macro>

</Macro>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Macro>
    <KeyBoardEvent Down="true">57378</KeyBoardEvent>
    <DelayEvent>10</DelayEvent>
    <KeyBoardEvent Down="false">57378</KeyBoardEvent>
</Macro>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Macro>

</Macro>

Enjoy, and leave comment if this helped you out!

Comments (28)

bobbadook Aug 15, 2015 at 4:38 pm Reply

Holy hell, thx for the macros. I’ve been stuggling to get the media keys working on my sidewinder x4 for years (ever since swapping over to gMusic from my music player). As a note, I replaced Microsoft’s Mouse & Keyboard app with Microsoft’s IntelliType. Once completed, I opened intellitype and selected each macro for the specified media key and it worked like a charm. thanks a bunch…no more ending the itype process or running chrome in admin mode!!!!
chrishaw Aug 25, 2015 at 4:14 pm Reply

Thank you for the Logitech fix. I’ve been looking for the right solution for quite some time. This works very well.
ralf Sep 18, 2015 at 11:32 pm Reply

wow tank you so much just what i was searching for work very well
Dox Oct 15, 2015 at 6:22 am Reply

Brilliant, thank you! Worked great on my MS Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 with MS Mouse and Keyboard Center under Win8.1 Enterprise (details in case it helps any other readers).
azigorrgor Oct 21, 2015 at 4:52 pm Reply

Thank you, this goodmethod working perfectly in Chrome tab Win10, Logitech K360. But NOT working if Google Music open in new windows. Is it possible change string?
1. Anthony Steiner Oct 21, 2015 at 8:21 pm Reply
  
  The reason it likely isn’t working with Google Music opened in its own window (assuming you’re using Chrome of course) is likely because you need to enable the Google Music extension found here.
  
  Once that is configured navigate to chrome://extensions/ and scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and click “Keyboard Shortcuts”. Find the Media Keys for Google Music and set them using your Logitech enabled media keys.
  
  I’ve been on Windows 10 for about a month now, and I have not had any problems with these SetPoint settings. Though that chrome extension is questionable some of the time.
dtbarne Dec 02, 2015 at 5:05 pm Reply

GREAT FIND! Thanks!
Anonymous Coward Dec 22, 2015 at 12:15 am Reply

lol, dude you can’t call yourself an “Expert Back-End Web Developer” if you use proprietary Windows and .NET garbage. Get a clue and stop taking advantage of your ignorant clients!
1. Anthony Steiner Dec 22, 2015 at 10:44 am Reply
  
  I know this will likely never get back to you, seeing as you used an invalid email.
  
  I separate my titles, because much like yourself I don’t feel that nearly 100% competence in .NET warrants a programmer the title of web developer, nor the merits of self-proclaiming such as an expert level understanding.
  
  I learned PHP and web-development LONG before I got into .NET, it’s always been a passion. I work .NET at my 9-5 then come home and work on PHP sites, NodeJS platforms and front-end frameworks. I’ve even bettered myself in recent years and picked up Python and RoR (though I would hardly qualify myself expert in either).
  Hell, I’ve even recently made a hybrid phone-app using Ionic which allowed me to apply my knowledge of AngularJS.
  
  Also, Mr. Anonymous Coward; .NET isn’t proprietary anymore, parts of it have become OSS, eventually all of it will be…
  
  ALSO, I don’t have clients. lol. The last client I had was… 2 years ago. I almost exclusively work on my own SaaS products that I plan on bringing to market in the foreseeable future.
Robbie Jan 05, 2016 at 10:47 pm Reply

I love you
NizZ8 Feb 23, 2016 at 5:46 pm Reply

Awesome man thanks for sharing, worked great with my msft natrual ergo 7000 keyboard. Where did you find the KeyBoardEvent Id’s used? I tried looking them up to assign macros for liking/disliking tracks but couldn’t find a lookup table to reference.
1. Anthony Steiner Feb 23, 2016 at 6:16 pm Reply
  
  There is no table that I could find either. I recorded a macro and went spelunking in the macro file for the keystroke value.
  
  Give that a try to bind your other buttons.
Gabriel Lawrence (@GabrielLawrence) Mar 09, 2016 at 3:10 pm Reply

Thanks so much!!!
Si Aust Apr 16, 2016 at 1:45 am Reply

In setpoint I don’t have a green icon for starters, it’s sort of blue, and there is no list of media players under the keyboard settings. Is this a newer version? I put the edits in the ini file but not sure if I used the correct spacing, or if that’s important? I couldn’t navigate the file very easily as I only opened it in notepad, so the layout wasn’t like the code above. Also had quite a few differences. Any help would be highly appreciated! Thank you.
1. Anthony Steiner Apr 16, 2016 at 9:43 am Reply
  
  Paste the contests of your ini file into http://gist.github.com and paste the link here or email it to me (asteiner@steinerd.com).
  
  I might have forgotten to address it in the initial page, but you do have to end-task (kill the set-point process) and start it back up before Google will be in the Media Player list.
Sven Erik Larsen Apr 20, 2016 at 10:53 am Reply

Worked great with Logitech K800 wireless. Thanks for this, great work!
asher ernst Apr 28, 2016 at 11:53 am Reply

this worked really well. I just opened the players.ini file in word pad and pasted exactly like you said. I have a k360 keyboard and my setpoint software doesn’t have everything that you described. but when I closed setpoint and reopened it google play music worked fine after the hack. great work and thanks so much!
Jirrod Glynn (@jirrod) May 23, 2016 at 5:17 pm Reply

Thank you very very much! I figured it was the SetPoint software, and this just confirmed that. Working great again! Now.. back to work!
Piotr “Spaceman” Butkiewicz Dec 19, 2016 at 12:34 pm Reply

Great post! I’m managed partial success with my K330 keyboard. I was able to update the players.ini file to get “Google Play Music” listed in the Keyboard and Mouse Center and assigned to the Media Key (though it just opens and empty new Chrome window).

The other Media keys (Play/Pause, Next & Previous) buttons now register when I assign them to the Chrome Extensions Keyboard Shortcuts configuration menu. But they still don’t work to actually control the music playback.

I’ll keep troubleshooting. Advice welcome.
1. Anthony Steiner Dec 23, 2016 at 1:15 pm Reply
  
  I’m going to have to revisit this… the method only works in part now. I’m thinking of creating some sort of utility to inject the required registry values (with security-conscience alternatives) and the linesin the player.ini.
  
  I’m still thoroughly annoyed both Logitech and Microsoft don’t have enough forethought to support web-based music streaming. Hound me about this or I’ll forget. 😛
Mike Sep 28, 2017 at 6:18 am Reply

The settings for Logitech work fine. I had been in conversation with Logitech support to fix this problem and going through the usual investigative steps which were unlikely to discover the problem which should have been obvious to them, given how the .ini file works. Then I found this webpage. I have asked them (optimistically) to include this in a future release of Setpoint. I will pray every day! Meanwhile, thanks for a clear and easy fix.
Pere Noel Jul 17, 2018 at 5:58 am Reply

THX a lot
Jon Nov 08, 2018 at 9:47 am Reply

thanks very much for this! i was skeptical that it would work 3+ years later, but it absolutely did. i’m not sure why it worked out-of-the-box on Win7 without SetPoint installed, but Win10 required this hack.

either way, thanks again.
1. Anthony Steiner Nov 08, 2018 at 10:26 am Reply
  
  It’s because SetPoint “wraps” the keypress of a media key on their keyboards to be different then what Windows expects (namely Win10).
  The hack is just forcing the key to be Windows Media Key strokes in context to the Music App (when it’s open).
  
  Sadly, this is going to die off eventually because Logitech doesn’t seem to be doing much more with SetPoint. They’re using Logitech
  Options now, and it doesn’t seem to have this flexibility.
DBHarris May 18, 2019 at 1:46 pm Reply

Thanks for the Logitech hack for Google Play Music. It works great.
i’m running the up to date version of Windows 10, using a Logitech
K350 keyboard with SetPoint Control Center 6.69.126 (now Logitech Options)
I mapped the Google Play Music to the Music key (the one with two eighth notes)
https://play.google.com/music/
1. Anthony Steiner May 18, 2019 at 1:57 pm Reply
  
  Glad to hear that it still works. Sad to hear that Logitech is still broken 🙁
  I use: https://www.googleplaymusicdesktopplayer.com ; The devs and contributors put in a hook to the Windows Media API, so it _should_ work with media with or without this hack.
  Food for thought.
  1. Sarah May 01, 2020 at 7:23 pm Reply
    
    I’m using https://www.googleplaymusicdesktopplayer.com and a logitech keyboard. Unfortunately the media keys still are not working, so I’m trying your fix.
    
    However when I go to save the players.ini file, I get an error saying “You do not have permission to open the file. See the owner of the file or an administrator to obtain permission.” I don’t know if it matters, but I am opening the file with a .txt editor (notepad).
    
    Is this something I am doing wrong? or do you think logitech has now prevented this from working?
Sarah May 14, 2020 at 5:04 pm Reply

For anyone still having trouble with SetPoint preventing your multi-media keys from working properly, I came across this different solution. It essentially prevents Set-point from controlling the multi-media keys at all. It works great.

https://github.com/MarshallOfSound/Google-Play-Music-Desktop-Player-UNOFFICIAL-/issues/1306

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