README.md

Web Media Controller Windows (wmc-win)

wmc-win is a native Windows extension for controlling media playback within web browsers. It uses the Web Media Controller browser extension to interface with Firefox (Mozilla Add-on) and Chrome/Chromium.

Installation

A Windows MSI package is available on the GitHub releases page. Run the MSI to install wmc-win and configure web browsers to find it. Don't forget to install Web Media Controller into your browser!

Usage

wmc-win is a native extension started by Web Media Controller in the web browser. Currently, wmc-win listens for the following keys:

• VK_MEDIA_NEXT_TRACK
• VK_MEDIA_PREV_TRACK
• VK_MEDIA_STOP
• VK_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE

Notes

Continuous Integration

PRs, master and tags are built on Appveyor. Tags get packaged with cargo-wix and deployed to the GitHub release page.

Native Messaging

Firefox and Chrome/Chromium locate native messaging binaries from the Windows registry, via JSON manifests. Set the appropriate registry keys with the following:

reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\NativeMessagingHosts\me.f1u77y.web_media_controller /t REG_SZ /d C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\wmc-win\me.f1u77y.web_media_controller.firefox.json
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\me.f1u77y.web_media_controller /t REG_SZ /d C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\wmc-win\me.f1u77y.web_media_controller.chromium.json

Make sure the path in the JSON manifest does point to the binary location.