Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 105389
Physical media buttons do not change WMP when in Open Office Org (specfically OOW)
Last modified: 2014-01-24 12:25:58 UTC
Whenever I'm in the Writer (haven't tried any other apps yet, will get to it if needed) I can't change what's currently playing in Windows Media Player with the physical play/pause/etc buttons on my laptop, including volume controls. I can do that fine in any other program (for example, I just changed the song in Firefox while writing this). It impedes me a bit because I do a lot of essay writing, and it's nice to have my music too :). I'm running Window 7, but this was a problem even before I upgraded. Not sure if it's because Open Office is Java based? We'll see, eh?
This is still a problem, the problem seems to be catching any of the media button calls and not forwarding them through to be handled by windows. Rather annoying…