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    xps m1730's media buttons and itunes

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by isaralaa, Jul 12, 2008.

  1. isaralaa

    isaralaa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Although it works fine with windows media, the media buttons cannot control my itunes when it's playing music (only when my itunes is minimized).


    I can still control the volume of the system just fine, but I just can't control the music with the media buttons provided in the front of the xps m1730...

    Does anyone know what I should do, or is it always like this for the m1730? :(
     
    isaralaa, Jul 12, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Download this file. Its a global hotkey plugin.

    and unzip it on this location:

    C:\Users\your user\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes Plug-ins

    Restart iTunes
     
    flipfire, Jul 12, 2008
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  3. 72hundred

    72hundred Revolutions-Per-Millennia

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    Cheers, I didn't even know that could be done!
     
    72hundred, Jul 12, 2008
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  4. isaralaa

    isaralaa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wow, it works! Thanks so much! :p
     
    isaralaa, Jul 12, 2008
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  5. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    I figured this would also work for XPS media keys.

    If you use winamp (like me), you can just enable Global Hotkeys in the options
     
    flipfire, Jul 13, 2008
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  6. cg123

    cg123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks flipfire, works great!
     
    cg123, Jul 14, 2008
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  7. balance101

    balance101 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks was looking for the same thing for my new m1330 w/ winamp

    searched for answer and this post came up :D

    thank you again
     
    balance101, Sep 11, 2008
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  8. robbiexps

    robbiexps Newbie

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    good work bro, actualy works :D
    thanks, u just made my m1730 better, thats a hard task to do
     
    robbiexps, Oct 24, 2008
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  9. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Isn`t it awesome? I just wished the 1730 had touchscreen buttons instead, that would make it even cooler ;) , like in the HP dv new series or the Studio series...
     
    eleron911, Oct 25, 2008
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  10. jdogg6590

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    ...that was easy
     
    jdogg6590, May 31, 2009
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  11. MattXPS

    MattXPS Notebook Geek

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    i love you...
     
    MattXPS, Jun 3, 2009
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  12. Meetloaf13

    Meetloaf13 fear the MONKEY!!!

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    Yeah, I thought I'd send some more love for this little gem.

    Back on Itunes until MediaMonkey figures out iPod 3.0 OS
     
    Meetloaf13, Jun 30, 2009
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    cgmodeler Newbie

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    Thanks a lot, i can confirm that it worked with my Studio Xps1340 media controls as well.

    iTunes version 8.2.1.6
     
    cgmodeler, Sep 4, 2009
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  14. Ole man

    Ole man Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh, this is great for my M1530! But is there a way to get them to work in FireFox?
     
    Ole man, Sep 4, 2009
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  15. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    thank you works wonders.. now i need an app like coversutra I had on my mac and things would be perfect.. where I can hot-key ratings and popup what's playing now while in another application.. any ideas?
     
    aznguyen316, Sep 22, 2009
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  16. Meetloaf13

    Meetloaf13 fear the MONKEY!!!

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    Azn, I recommend uninstalling the .dll and installing ItunesKeys, it will take care of all of what you want.
    http://www.mattberube.com/software/iTunesKeys/
     
    Meetloaf13, Sep 22, 2009
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  17. the1one1scorpio

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    Thanks, this is genius. No problems at all. I'm using Windows 7 32-bit on an M1530, if that helps anyone.
     
    the1one1scorpio, Jan 18, 2010
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