Autohotkey script for Play, Pause, Volume Up/Down, Next/Previous

Russ · Mar 11, 2018, 2:47 PM

I appreciate the feedback.

drosenth · Mar 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

Russ,

Great news - A simple search of AHK and RDP turned up others having the same issue. I'll find a workaround, for sure, and thanks again FOR AN AWESOME PRODUCT!!

Your solution is a best kept secret!!! Get the word out!! You have truly taken a great idea and developed nice add-on components that make if very usable (example, the Alexa piece is simple and cool, plus your subscription model - nice).

So, again, thanks and great work. I will figure this out.

And if you ever compile your code for Win7 32bit I would be glad to test. The GUI would be nice, but it works great as-is.

Thanks,
DaveR

Link to AHT and RDP issue:

https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/26749-running-ahk-with-remote-desktop-minimized/

Russ · Mar 17, 2018, 10:11 PM

Thank you @drosenth. I'll take any help I can get spreading the word.

username6 · Mar 18, 2018, 8:32 AM

Hi Russ, thanks for this.

I spent the last 5 hours setting up AHK commands for Kodi control and now I'm curious about backing up my triggers.

On a Windows machine, does backing up the AppData folder suffice?

If I reformat my PC or accidentally remove a trigger, will the triggers be saved in the cloud? Is there a way to make a backup of them? I created 120 of them and I really don't want to have to do that all again should the worst happen haha.

Regards.

Russ · Mar 18, 2018, 10:01 PM

@username6, good question. You take a copy of commands.json in the .triggercmddata folder in your profile folder (c:\users\username\.triggercmddata).

Concretesurfer · May 11, 2018, 7:39 PM

Hey Russ,

I have been having trouble with this. I tried getting the directory right but it either cant find the file without using "" or it just opens a CMD with the directory as the title and does not execute code.

Does the directory have to use \ before the media.ahk and can this be in another directory separate from the C:Drive?

I am new to this program and cant seem to get the AHK scripts working yet.

Russ · May 11, 2018, 9:45 PM

@concretesurfer, this might be the issue:

When I wrote "start C:\\autohotkeyscripts\\media.ahk stop" above, the context was the commands.json file, but if you're using the GUI Editor, you can skip the double \\'s.

Just use "start C:\autohotkeyscripts\media.ahk stop" in the GUI Editor.

Or "start G:\autohotkeyscripts\media.ahk stop", if you're using the G: drive.

Concretesurfer · May 12, 2018, 2:07 AM

@russ It works now! It must have been the spaces in my directory.

Russ · May 12, 2018, 2:07 AM

@concretesurfer, awesome. Yea if you have spaces you need quotes around your path.

SailorEffinMoon · Aug 1, 2018, 4:48 PM

First off, I apologize for any stupid things I may say I'm a noob to such things. I'm just trying to learn new and different ways I can control things with Alexa

I got autohotkey, made the script and made sure all commands are linked to the correct script. It didn't do anything even when I'd trigger it manually. I tried running the script and it just gives me an error "Target label does not exist" for "Gosub, %1%.

Did I miss something or do it wrong?

Russ · Aug 1, 2018, 4:48 PM

@sailoreffinmoon, I get that "Target label does not exist" for "Gosub, %1%." error if I run the ahk script with no parameter.

So maybe you just need to add one of the parameters, like mute to the command line.

Example command:

start C:\autohotkeyscripts\media.ahk mute

EDIT: I just learned that some scripts require you to run the AutoHotKey.exe directly instead of using "start", so the command would be:

"C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" C:\autohotkeyscripts\media.ahk mute

Russ · Aug 20, 2020, 1:04 AM

Another way to play/pause is to simulate pressing the space bar with a command like this:
wscript c:\scripts\space.vbs

The contents of c:\scripts\space.vbs would look like this:

Dim Wsh
Set Wsh = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Wsh.SendKeys "{ }"

Chabetico · May 8, 2021, 4:23 AM

So, I tell alexa to execute this command but open cmd and say that she couldn't find such a directory. I tried to do without the "start" at the beginning but nothing happens. If you can help me I would appreciate it, I am new to this branch of TriggerCMD, I started yesterday to tell the truth. sorry about my English

Chabetico · May 8, 2021, 4:37 AM

@Chabetico I tested it and triggercmd does not execute the command, I sent him to write a letter through AHK, but nothing came out

Russ · May 8, 2021, 4:36 PM

@Chabetico, please show me the command you're having TRIGGERcmd run.

You might need to specify the full path of the AutoHotkey.exe and your script, so your command would look like this:

"C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" "C:\autohotkeyscripts\yourscript.ahk"

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Laaderlappen · May 10, 2021, 7:58 PM

@Russ Hey, awesome skill to use with Alexa, I set it up with routines and it works like a charm!

I can manage to pause and play YouTube and Netflix without any issues but I run Plex Media Player from my PC as well and it can't pause or play Plex at all, do you know how can I achieve that? It's the only thing that I'm missing.

It's like it is not recognizing the play and pause command.

I wanted to try with space but don't know how to set it up.

Russ · May 12, 2021, 5:15 PM

@Laaderlappen, I use Plex alot myself. I just tested space and it was able to play/pause on my PC. There are a few ways, but this is how I did it.

This is my command:

wscript d:\tools\space.vbs

These are the contents of my d:\tools\space.vbs file:

Dim Wsh
Set Wsh = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Wsh.SendKeys "{ }"

Laaderlappen · May 12, 2021, 5:15 PM

@Russ Thanks for the quick reply!

Unfortunately it doesn't work.

It doesn't even pauses YouTube or Netflix.

I use the Plex Media Player app.

The regular pause command is working with YouTube and Netflix in the browser but the Plex Media Player app that has its own .exe doesn't recognize anything.