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)
- Plex desktop for linux does not support keyboard media keys (2023)
- HTPC flatpak and Media Keys support (2023)
- Voted Plex Media Player - Media Control Keys Support (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.
