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authorLaserEyess <lasereyess@users.noreply.github.com>2021-08-09 08:46:58 -0400
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options: clarify OS support for media keys
The previous wording gave the false impression that there was no media key support for OSes besides Windows and macOS. This is untrue, the option may only exist on those two platforms but it simply means that media keys will always be enabled on other OSes as long as they are supported.
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@@ -3926,8 +3926,15 @@ Input
Support depends on the VO in use.
``--input-media-keys=<yes|no>``
- (macOS and Windows only)
- Enable/disable media keys support. Enabled by default (except for libmpv).
+ On systems where mpv can choose between receiving media keys or letting
+ the system handle them - this option controls whether mpv should receive
+ them.
+
+ Default: yes (except for libmpv). macOS and Windows only, because elsewhere
+ mpv doesn't have a choice - the system decides whether to send media keys
+ to mpv. For instance, on X11 or Wayland, system-wide media keys are not
+ implemented. Whether media keys work when the mpv window is focused is
+ implementation-defined.
``--input-right-alt-gr``, ``--no-input-right-alt-gr``
(Cocoa and Windows only)