Media Keys and the Sidewinder X4

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

As far as I know, the latest drivers for the Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Keyboard only function with Windows Media Player. I use Nightingale to manage my music so it was either me or keyboard that was going to have to adapt. At first, I installed a plugin for “command-line” support so I could run bind the media keys to shortcuts with command-line switches, but that would always cause the program that I was currently in to lose focus. That wasn’t normally a problem unless I was in some sort of full-screen application, especially ones with 3D environments like Max Payne 3.

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Media Keys and the Sidewinder X4