If you’re a music lover, then you know that assigning keyboard media keys to work in Winamp can be a challenge. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. In this article, we’ll show you how to assign keyboard media keys to work in Winamp so that your music playing experience is improved. First, open up the Winamp window and click on the “Keyboard” tab. Under “Keyboard Media Keys,” you’ll see a list of all of the media keys that Winamp supports. To assign a key to work in Winamp, simply click on the corresponding key and press the “Enter” key. Now that you know how to assign keyboard media keys to work in Winamp, it’s time to start enjoying your music playing experience!
Turns out it’s incredibly simple, and on most installations will be already set by default, but might not be enabled. If yours are not working, then you need to follow these instructions.
Open up the Winamp Preferences and the browse down to General Preferences \ Global Hotkeys.
The first thing you should check is whether the “Enabled” hotkey is checked. If it’s not, then select that and most likely that will fix your issue.
If you need to manually change the settings instead, select the Action in the list, and then click inside the Hotkey textbox. Press the media key on your keyboard representing the function you are trying to do. For instance, I selected the Playback: Play/pause action in the list, so I pressed the Play button on my keyboard, which shows up as Play/Pause in the hotkey box.
Make sure you click the Set button when you make the change.
