Build Status

Linux	Windows

NOTE: AFTER 52 VERSION FIREFOX DROPPED LEGACY ADDONS SUPPORT, AND DIDN'T GIVE NEW API TO PROPERLY SUPPORT GLOBAL HOTKEYS! Please see this issue.

Description

Lets you control various media sites using the media keys on your keyboard without having the Firefox window active. Supported Sites: youtube, pandora, spotify, bandcamp, google play, yandex, soundcloud, tidal, deezer, plex, vk and more.

Your media keys should work without the Firefox window active for Linux (w/ Gnome) and Windows but please let us know if this isn't the case by providing us with the version of your operating system, and model of keyboard or laptop you're using.

Please find us on GitHub if you'd like to request features, post issues or contribute to the project.

Supported Sites: youtube, pandora, spotify, bandcamp, google play, yandex, soundcloud, tidal, deezer, plex, vk, subsonic, jamstash, overcast.fm, music.amazon.co.uk, music.amazon.com, di.fm, netflix.com, and tunein.com.

Support on Linux

After v.1.0

Now this add-on uses XCB to capture key presses.

Requirements: libxcb-keysyms library (libxcb-keysyms1 package for deb-based distributives, xcb-util-keysyms for yum-based ones)

If you don't have media keys, you can simulate them by these commands:

xdotool keyup alt keyup super keyup a key XF86AudioPlay - play/pause, where you must add keyup [key] for all keys of your hotkey (this example is for super+alt+a)

xdotool keyup alt keyup super keyup x key XF86AudioNext - Next, example for super+alt+x

xdotool keyup alt keyup super keyup z key XF86AudioPrev - Prev, example for super+alt+z

Before v.0.7.9

This add-on listens for global media key presses on Linux via DBus and as such, requires the glib, gobject and gio shared libraries to be installed and available to Firefox. On Ubuntu, these can all be installed simultaneously by installing the libglib2.0-0 package, if not already installed.

This feature has been tested on Ubuntu 15.04 with Firefox 40.0a2.

Some desktop environments (Xfce, Openbox) uses DBus too, but they can't work with media keys properly. As a workaround, you can use mediakeys-daemon script to make needed DBus service:./mkd.py -d. Additionally you must use any keybinding app your DE have to run mediakeys-daemon script on media key press:

  -p, --play      send play event to all listeners
  -a, --pause     send pause event to all listeners
  -s, --stop      send stop event to all listeners
  -n, --next      send next-track event to all listeners
  -b, --previous  send previous-track event to all listeners

If you don't have media keys and want to use hotkeys, you can use it too.

Development Environment

This add-on utilizes jpm, the Jetpack Manager for Node.js, for building, testing and packaging. npm install will set it up for you provided you use the npm scripts included in package.json or have ./node_modules/.bin in your PATH.

More details about jpm can be found at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm.

Testing

You must setup the jpm_firefox_binary environment variable and point it to an install of Firefox Nightly, Unbranded, or Developer Edition in order to test add-ons.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#Install_a_different_version_of_Firefox

To run all tests simply use the npm test command.

To start the browser test environment without running tests, use npm run firefox.

Pandora, Youtube and Spotify also can be launched in the test environment. e.g. npm run pandora

To test a media player that requires authentication we recommend using the instructions at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#Developing_without_browser_restarts

On Linux you can use dbus-monitor --session to debug DBus work.