Keyboard controls (play, pause, skip, etc) no longer work

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Keyboard controls (play, pause, skip, etc) no longer work

user1432 opened this issue 6 years ago · comments

Hey guys, just updated my mac to macOS Mojave and realized that keyboard controls no longer work. When I go hit pause or skip, it just brings up iTunes instead. I'm thinking probably because of the new OS? Could we get a fix for this?

Emad Gohari · Answer 1 · Mon Oct 01 2018 07:30:18 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi, I am also experiencing the same issue. The media control buttons (play-pause/next/previous) not working anymore after upgrade to macOS Mojave.

Márton Salomváry · Answer 2 · Wed Oct 10 2018 17:12:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks for reporting this! I’m on my way back from holidays, will hopefully have time to address Mojave bugs in a couple of days. #solomaintainer

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Márton Salomváry · Answer 3 · Fri Oct 12 2018 19:34:55 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Created a pre-release with latest Electron here: https://github.com/salomvary/soundcleod/releases/tag/v1.4.1-pre.0

As I have not upgraded to Mojave yet, please test and send feedback whether this version fixes the problem.

Johan Bergström · Answer 4 · Fri Oct 12 2018 21:31:14 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

please test and send feedback whether this version fixes the problem.

Nope, still broken. I think we should wait for upstream here since I think it's related to #175 as well.

Travis Winn · Answer 5 · Thu Oct 18 2018 00:12:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I am not a programmer, but noticed it when I updated to Mojave on a work computer as well, my guess would be that it is something to do with the new permissions/sandboxing part of the OS that requires explicit permissions in order to have hardware access to anything (such as camera/microphone, etc.). Will keep my eye open on this feed as I love this app sooooo much!!!!

webhamsterz · Answer 6 · Fri Oct 26 2018 22:09:17 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I found the solution on a Deezer forum. Just follow the steps and replace "Deezer" by "Soundcleod" and it will work again. ;) (At least it worked for me)

You have to allow Deezer some accessibility rights.
When I restarted Deezer a second time (...), a security alert warned me that Deezer needed to have "acessibilty" rights. I enabled it and now it works back to normal.

In case the alert does not show, go to
Sytem Preferences
Security and Privacy
Privacy tab
Choose "Accessibility"
Add "Deezer" to the allowed software
(You'll have to unlock the configuration by clicking on the lock and enter your password)

Márton Salomváry · Answer 7 · Mon Oct 29 2018 01:47:03 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@webhamsterz Thanks for the workaround, I can confirm it works! Documented the workaround on the README and https://soundcleod.com/ until we find a better solution.

Simon Lantinga · Answer 8 · Wed Jan 09 2019 02:22:43 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@webhamsterz's solution worked for me, however a note to others: you'll have to restart SoundCleod for it to work

Márton Salomváry · Answer 9 · Tue Apr 30 2019 17:57:20 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

So I added a dialog that is shown on macOS every time you start SoundCleod and don't have media keys permissions enabled. Will be available soon in the next release.

LaptopTheOne · Answer 10 · Sat Nov 09 2019 02:48:13 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@webhamsterz it worked for me on Catalina :) thx a million :)

Daniel Serodio · Answer 11 · Mon May 18 2020 22:05:35 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Not working for me on Catalina (10.15.4). Should I file a new issue?

Márton Salomváry · Answer 12 · Mon May 18 2020 23:18:53 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@dserodio There will be a new release soon(ish) addressing all sorts of issues on Catalina.