Button or something to reclaim media keys

[kjg]

After using another app that uses the media keys (Such as Instacast) there is no way to get the media keys controlled by chrome again.

[msfeldstein]

If you start playing music in chrome again it doesn't work?

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, Kevin Glowacz [email protected] wrote:

After using another app that uses the media keys (Such as Instacast) there
is no way to get the media keys controlled by chrome again.

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[kjg]

Just going to Google Music after using Instacast doesn’t make the media keys work. However if I quit Instacast, then the media keys start working in Google Music. Re-launching Instacast makes the media keys fail to work in Google Music again.

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Michael Feldstein wrote:

If you start playing music in chrome again it doesn't work?

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, Kevin Glowacz <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> wrote:

After using another app that uses the media keys (Such as Instacast) there
is no way to get the media keys controlled by chrome again.

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[msfeldstein]

If you go to google music then start playing something does it start
working again? This is a very tricky thing to get right, apple doesn't
provide a real api for this.

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Kevin Glowacz [email protected]
wrote:

Just going to Google Music after using Instacast doesn’t make the media
keys work. However if I quit Instacast, then the media keys start working
in Google Music. Re-launching Instacast makes the media keys fail to work
in Google Music again.

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Michael Feldstein wrote:

If you start playing music in chrome again it doesn't work?

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, Kevin Glowacz <[email protected]
(mailto:[email protected])> wrote:

After using another app that uses the media keys (Such as Instacast)
there
is no way to get the media keys controlled by chrome again.

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[kjg]

Yeah, I understand. I think this might be instacast specific. After un-toggling the "Enable Apple Media Keys" preference in Instacast, Chrome Media keys works again (while still in the middle of a song playing).

Interestingly, it seems like there are times when something other than Instacast gains control like Quicktime or something (after playing a video) in which I need to toggle that preference in Instacast to get it to regain control.

I've also modified my rcd a la https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2122639?start=270&tstart=0, but I don't think that would affect this.