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Geek Culture / iTunes and Media Keyboards

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JoelJ
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Posted: 26th Sep 2005 03:06
I use and love iTunes, and I have a nameless keyboard (no brand name or model anywhere to be found, go it off newegg), anyway, it has the typical media bar. Volume Up/down work fine because it ties right into the main volume control. But what i really miss is having the NEXT/PREV and PAUSE/PLAY etc keys working from when I used WMP.
Anyway, I now use the newest version of iTunes and I will not change for something like my media bar, but, does anyone have a good way to get the keys working in iTunes?

indi
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Posted: 26th Sep 2005 08:04
when you got it off new egg did you have any information or receipts in email or print form.?

as an alternative if you dont find a driver or plugin



these shortcuts should work for windows based itunes
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/shortcuts/

Action Shortcut

Play the selected song immediately Return

Listen to the next or previous album in a list

Option-Right Arrow or Left Arrow

(or Option-click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window)

Rewind or fast-forward to the next song in a list
Command-Left Arrow or Right Arrow

(or click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window)

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JoelJ
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Posted: 26th Sep 2005 17:45
thanks indi, but I want meh keys to work

found my keyboard again on newegg so I'll find the drivers when i get home from school

Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 26th Sep 2005 22:38
weeewwww i-tunes is teh best..........Why used win media player? I-tunes+Quicktime is all ya need

JoelJ
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Posted: 27th Sep 2005 23:20
sorry to pull this up, but

the only drivers i could find aren't for XP, because they install automatically so does that mean i cant change the settings of my keys then?

Darkbasic MADPSP
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Posted: 27th Sep 2005 23:24
might be i've got aireless keyboard on my pc and that has loads of stuff on it and xp compatible the best idea is to look for an xp compatible keyboard

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Phaelax
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Posted: 29th Sep 2005 03:11
hmm, im gonna try this now in my own iTunes. If I get it working, I'll make a download to my jTunes program.


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JoelJ
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Posted: 29th Sep 2005 03:55
see, I'm quite fond of iTunes, and I really don't want to download a clone, unless it's EXACTLY the same (look,feel, and everything under the hood)

If I could get my hands on pre-itunes 5, i could use a plugin that allows me to use my keyboard's shortcut keys...

ughhhhh

indi
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Posted: 29th Sep 2005 04:27
in mac land we have a site called www.versiontracker.com which enables you to find the version your looking for. that site might have a pc version as well. if not....

in the pc world try places like download.com and or tucows etc..

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Jess T
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Posted: 29th Sep 2005 06:15
I have the same problem, but with WinAmp and a sexy LogiTech keyboard...

( PS, I really dislike Quicktime ).

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indi
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Posted: 29th Sep 2005 08:07
dont phear it man


http://developer.apple.com/sdk/#QTWin

http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/

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Posted: 29th Sep 2005 15:06 Edited at: 29th Sep 2005 15:50
most keyboards are Logitech or Chicony by another name, my current keyboard is Chicony but it says Medion all over it, if you go to the main manufacturers websites and study them closely you will most likley find it there under another name, serial numbers are usualy a givaway, for example this one has the same model number as the Chicony version but starts MD (for Medion?), Chicony make most keyboards under different names, so you might want to check them 1st, they often make the thing another colour or something to make it look different, a panel may be in silver in the other version but otherwise the controls etc are the same.



ps: a closer look tells me this isn`t a multimedia keyboard (quick arent I?), so I don`t see what the problem is, if all the keys work then then any apps will too, if it isn`t multimedia then how do you expect to alter the volume unless the app has a shortcut?

pps: another thought, I have a Logitech on PC2 that "helpfully" adds extra functions to the function keys, so that if you want to use the function keys for normal software you have to press a key to toggle the extra functions off first, you don`t have something like that messing you about do you? (manys the time I pressed F5 to compile and nothing happens..eh?..oh! that dammed function toggle key!..whack!), you can`t set it to off by default either, I stopped buying Logitech cos they all do it now.

why do they say Aliens are gonna be friendly?, surely the agressive ones wipe out the peaceloving ones, so all you have left out there are crazed flesh eating interstellar monsters.
JoelJ
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Posted: 29th Sep 2005 22:17
Quote: "a closer look tells me this isn`t a multimedia keyboard"

woopsy, hahaha, WRONG keyboard, mine looks just like it but with a multimedia bar on it hahaha, silly meh!

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