How one may add support for media keys (play, stop, previous and next buttons) in Lubuntu? Solution provided at http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Questions#What_about_the_Play.2C_Stop.2C_Previous_and_Next_buttons.3F is not working.
2 Answers
Modify ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml
(it may be copied from /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
)
Inside the <keyboard>
element add the following to support Clementine (or equivalent to support other music players):
<keybind key="XF86AudioPlay">
<action name="Execute">
<command>clementine --play-pause</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioStop">
<action name="Execute">
<command>clementine --stop</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioNext">
<action name="Execute">
<command>clementine --next</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioPrev">
<action name="Execute">
<command>clementine --previous</command>
</action>
</keybind>
and run openbox --reconfigure
to reload configuration files.
based on http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Questions#What_about_the_Play.2C_Stop.2C_Previous_and_Next_buttons.3F and http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1183
Although its an old question: the small tool playerctl
allows to control various players, including spotify and youtube.
see: https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/fix-media-keys-not-working-on-linux/