F8 (play/pause) button triggering iTunes and VLC player on 13" MBP

[petrucci666]

I got my new 13" MBP two weeks ago and I've been using the F8 button solely for playing and pausing songs in iTunes. I think it's great to have this because I can easily stop my music when I want to watch a youtube video and the audio is coming from somewhere else and not iTunes for example

The problem is, whenever I press the F8 button now, it stops the song in iTunes but it starts playing a video in VLC...I checked both system preferences and VLC preferences but couldn't find anywhere to control what the F8 button controls.

I would like it only to be connected to iTunes...any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[hazza.jockel]

i had this problem as well. The only solution I know of is to close VLC player completely.

 

[petrucci666]

I figured it out!

It's in the VLC preferences, it must have slipped my eye when I was looking for it. Anyway, I'm using VLC 1.0.2. "Goldeneye" and under 'preferences' you have 'input', then uncheck 'Control playback with media keys' and make sure to click Save in the bottom right corner of the preferences page to make sure it saves the command because it's not like some apps where you just click something and it's automatiically saved.