Server Version#: 1.42.2.10156
Player Version#: 1.112.0.359-0d79a49f
The Linux desktop player application does not have any media key support. This has been a long-standing issue, and I’m curious why.
I’ve seen several topics about this.
- Media keys on Linux (2025)
- https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-desktop-for-linux-does-not-support-keyboard-media-keys/857043 (2023)
- https://forums.plex.tv/t/htpc-flatpak-and-media-keys-support/826414 (2023)
- https://forums.plex.tv/t/voted-plex-media-player-media-control-keys-support/532226 (2020)
Someone even made a Qt wrapper for the web interface so that they can get media key support
Why is this still an issue after so many years? It’s a minor inconvenience, the web player has no problem with media keys, but the web player is not good for directly playing content without transcoding.