Keyboard shortcut to forward / rewind XX seconds in Spotify?

[Phat^Trance]

Is there a way to be able to forward / rewind XX seconds with keyboard shortcut in a song on spotify, even when the spotify window is minimized?

 

[BrianBaughn]

The "Seek Forward" menu command works when the Spotify window is minimized. It just doesn't work if Spotify isn't the app you are currently "using" (Spotify name on menubar).

There might be a method to control Spotify in the background using a third-party app such as "Keyboard Maestro" but I'm not sure.

 

[Phat^Trance]

The "Seek Forward" menu command works when the Spotify window is minimized. It just doesn't work if Spotify isn't the app you are currently "using" (Spotify name on menubar).

There might be a method to control Spotify in the background using a third-party app such as "Keyboard Maestro" but I'm not sure.

That is what i want, to be able to seek forward on spotify while im browsing the internet via Chrome etc

 

[Phat^Trance]

Man, ive been searching for a solution for this for a while now, not sure if im bad at searching or that there arnt any.

Any one knows if there is a plugin or app that allows me to fast forward / rewind XX seconds in Spotify via keyboard shortcut globally on mac?

 

[BrianBaughn]

I think it might be possible with scripting (one for FF and another for RW) and jumping through a LOT of system permissions to let the scripts control things. Then…assigning key combos to run them.

Maybe someone can run this down. I know that these scripts will actually do the FF and RW…when given permission:

FF:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Spotify"
    click menu item "Seek Forward" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Playback" of menu bar 1
end tell

RW:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Spotify"
    click menu item "Seek Backward" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Playback" of menu bar 1
end tell