One of my users has a strange problem.
Every few seconds, somehow the pause button is triggered.
No matter if it is something in the browser, Spotify or any other app, this makes playing something impossible.
But the most annoying thing about that issue is that his VoIP softphone will hang up because of that. We tried multiple stuff, from keyboard to headset to Spotify uninstall but nothing worked.
Is there any why to see what caused the pause command? I hope to track down the issue this way.
I think Visual Studio used to have a tool called Spyx to check for calls to sendkey events, but I was under the impression that only ever worked for .NET apps and idk enough about it to even know if it exists/works anymore.
Even if it is it might need VS installed so assuming that I’d probably start simple if I was in your position, the only things it could be in my mind is a startup item or service that you could disable through task manager or msconfig, which you can confirm with a safe mode start, but that’s just my 2 cents from diagnosing machines I wasn’t able to run outside apps on
Cheers, unfortunately I did not found out how Spyx would tell me who send these sendkey event.
I was hoping to see this maybe under the Windows event viewer, but also no luck.
Have you tried unplugging the keyboard? This is assuming that the keyboard is defective/shorted and periodically gives out the pause
The last time someone was diagnosing this problem here, it ended up being a Bluetooth speaker they had connected to and forgotten about.
Any new Bluetooth devices in your life lately?
Yeah, that’s my first suspicion as well.
Here was my reply the the other thread: Solved Help with a mystery! Video playback pauses every 1 minute 3 seconds - #36
Are you using bluetooth/wireless speakers/headphones/alexa/etc? If connected (even if not currently active) these can send pause signals, which I could see browsers obeying and VLC potentially ignoring.
Also try disconnecting the keyboard if there is one attached. These may have a media start/stop function, and I’ve seen rare claims before of possible issues resulting from this firing off for some reason, though that should be more of a random thing.
If disabling Bluetooth and/or unplugging the keyboard don’t change anything, then it gets difficult.
A loose audio connection can also do it. I had a loose speaker connection cause this once in certain apps that auto pause when the main audio output disconnects.
Thank you guys for your answers!
Since this happens only once in a while, I will report back as soon as it happens next time.
Bluetooth is on but no device connected.
Unplugging the keyboard is a great idea!