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Topic: Foobar Hotkeys do not always work when playing WOW (Read 989 times) previous topic - next topic
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Foobar Hotkeys do not always work when playing WOW

I have tried all the main media players out there and Foobar by far is the most miserly in using cpu time.

This is a good thing as it means I can listen to music of my choosing while playing World of Warcraft and not
worry about the media player sapping game performance.

I have been enjoying Foobar and really appreciate the no nonsense GUI and built-in visualizations, however
I have one problem, when I create hotkeys in Foobar, they work fine when Foobar has the focus, but
do not always work if one of my games like WOW has the focus.  I used to use Winamp and Spider Player
and their hotkeys always worked when a game had the focus.

Is there a setting or something that will make it so Foobar can play in the background and be controlled
by hotkeys from games like World of Warcraft?  Any one else use Foobar while playing WOW, and do
you have a way to use Foobar's hotkeys while playing WOW?

Thanks,

Re: Foobar Hotkeys do not always work when playing WOW

Reply #1 –
I such a ninny.  I overlooked the "global" checkbox on the hotkey setup page.

When I mark my hotkeys as global, they work just fine while playing WOW.

I know, I know, RTFM.

Still thanks for a great media player!