SMPlayer Support Forum

Hello there,

I encounter a strange problem:

And this occurs only when playing audio files. (With video files all works well.)

When playing an audio file, initially the keyboard controls are working fine. But when I open and close some other window ... and SMplayer is the active window again ... the keyboard controls aren't working anymore. I have to close the player and open the file anew to get the keyboard controls to work again.

Is this a bug?

PS: I'm running Linux Mint 18.3 KDE.

Can someone confirm this bug?

It works for me fine.

Beforehand: Minimizing the player to tray and bringing it back up is enough to trigger the bug here.

Trying to find out, how it can be working for you, I discovered one case, where it is also working here:

If the player is still open and has been playing a video in full-screen(!) before ... if I then play the mp3 ... then the keyboard controls do work no matter what.

Having the player in full-screen-mode only once, blocks the bug for as long as the player is open after this ... no matter how many mp3's are being played.

Can you replicate this now?

What version of Qt is smplayer using?

Version: Qt 4.8.7

I got a new insight!

The bug only occurs if the option is ticked: "Hide movie window when only audio is played" ... otherwise the not.

Can you reproduce it now?

No, I'm afraid I can't reproduce it in my system.