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Sennheiser MM 400: How to use headset controls

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I've successfully connected my Sennheiser MM400 bluetooth headset, and it's playing everything over them. Now I'm using spotify to listen to music, and I tought it would be nice to control spotify via the controls on the right side of the headset.

Only problem: While volume keys (up and down) do work, I can't use the previous and next keys (left and right). When I press one of them, the following appears on my screen:
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Anyone got an idea how I could make the controls work?

Thanks!

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answered 2 Years ago ditery · Accepted Answer

The behaviour you observe indicates that these controls are not implemented in your Spotify client.

Media key control via a Bluetooth headset is transmitted via DBus MPRIS protocol to the player to be further processed there.

You can test this by running Rhythmbox which should have a full implementation of the MPRIS standard (but unforutnately a Spotify plugin seems not easy to get). On my system here I am able to control the Rhythmbox playback including fast forward and rewind buttons from a Bluetooth headset. But I am unable to do so with a player that does not support MPRIS (e.g. Audacious) where I also get the warning sign you posted in your question.

You may need a fully MPRIS complatible media player that comes with a Spotify plugin. You may try if Clementine meets your needs.

Sadly however in 13.04 the Clementine Spotify plugin seems to be no longer supported so you will need an earlier Ubuntu version.