Would it be possible to add "Boss Mode"

[eddiespringer]

Hi i have recently tried a new media called the KMPlayer only due to the fact that it has a lovely little feature called Boss Mode.

What it does is if you press a certain sequence of keys or a mouse button the the whole media player is instantly paused sent to the tray as an icon.

This comes in very handy at work. i have always recommended Vlc as it is a very versatile media player with excellent features.

If possible i would like to see this in the future release as it is very handy indeed.

BTW: I am now back using Vlc due to KMPlayer screwing up my Codecs.

Keep up the good work

Eddie

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Yes, I could do that.

[eddiespringer]

Ill be looking forward to that.

Thanks again

All the best

Eddie

[nikokroko]

with MPC this feature (boss key) just reduce the window, it be so nice to have a feature that pause and minimize vlc near the clock in the tray

Sorry for my bad english

[schnorginator]

did this get added to VLC v1.0?

[VLC_help]

did this get added to VLC v1.0?

No bosskey is mentioned in Hotkey. So no.

[nikokroko]

But is it very hard to add cause, it's so useful for bad people like me watching a movie at the office and have sometime this need to go back to their duty very VERY VERY fast (if you see what I men ).
For example in Mpc I've set the boss key to the Space bar and it's very efficient believe me . But in my house I'm a VLC user I really would like to be able to use it everywhere.

So my question, do you think about it for the future of VLC?

See you

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I will add it for 1.1

[hilke]

I'm using vlc 1.1.1 but didn't found the so called boss key yet.
Should have been added in version 1.1
Can annybody tell me whre i find it?
kindest regards
hilke

[VLC_help]

No bosskey support.

[dramadeur]

Allright, at interface settings there's an option to make VLC's playback pause when minimized.

But why isn't there a single key to minimize VLC? There's no such command at "Configure Hotkeys" section of VLC preferences.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

There is now a boss key, in preferences. Set it.

[bosskey]

Under Windows i can kill VLC.exe with a mouse middle button click using X-Mouse Button Control application: http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMou ... ontrol.htm
Just set the program to run the following batch file when clicking middle mouse button:

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REM VLC_KILL.BAT @taskkill /IM vlc.exe /F >nul