Would highly appreciate it if you could make the app run without premium AKA without spotify's api for free users

Describe the bug
Windows Security is blocking the app from starting. I can allow the app to run under Actions and it will start, as a workaround.

Describe the solution you'd like
Being able to use Windows key to hold in as you push another key instead of ctrl/shift/alt. So, win+ins for play/pause for example.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Mapping some keys to those shortcut keys available like win+ins with autokey to ctrl+shift+alt p etc. But too much indirection.

First off, thanks for the project, I've been looking for a working Toastify replacement for a while now!

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I've used Ctrl+Shift+Z/X/C/V/B for global multimedia controls ever since WinAmp (and later Toastify) and while I'm able to use these with BeatBind as well, I quickly noticed that the hotkeys "leak" or get propagated and for example in Chrome whenever I CTRL+SHIFT+C to pause my song, the Chrome Dev Tools start inspecting and CTRL+SHIFT+B brings up the bookmarks bar.

Describe the solution you'd like
Make the hotkey "neutral" or somehoe stop the keypresses from being propagated.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

Back when I used Toastify, I sometimes utilised the option to go to the beginning of a song by pressing the "previous song" keybind (it would rewind to the start if more than 3 seconds of the song have elapsed, and go to the previous song otherwise).

I noticed that in this app this isn't a thing, so my feature request is to add that as a toggleable setting.

Describe the bug
Downloaded and working great yesterday. Today, did not launch when PC turned on. Was not displaying in system tray as it was yesterday either. Opened from the file location, and app would open then immediately close. Tried many times, and finally was able to click in the app fast enough, but it would close just a moment after. Hotkeys that were working yesterday are not working either.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to app
2. Click on open/run
3. Scroll down to '....' (N/A)
4. See error

Expected behavior
Able to launch the app on startup, or even just when I open it as normal.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• Version v1.1.0

• I filled the ClientID, ClientSecret and Port fields according to the instruction
• After clicking Get Devices button the browser opens and I receive the following error in a few seconds.

In the browser I receive an error: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

I've tried several different free ports but the problem remains. Also I've tried running Chrome in safe mode but that didn't helped.

• OS: Windows 10
• Version 1.3.0

Describe the bug
Each morning that I turn on my PC, the BeatBind window pops up and I must redo all of my settings including the client ID and device ID, as if starting BeatBind for the first time.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Add the client ID, client secret, click on get devices and select my device. Then I unselect 'shift' in the modifiers for play/pause, previous track and next track. Then I update the play/pause key to be 'up'. Then I check 'start on windows startup' and 'start minimized'. Then I click 'save' and then I click 'start & close'.

Expected behavior
I expect my settings to save.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11 Home, 22H2, Build 22621.3155
• Version 1.3.0

I downloaded your program, i did everything you said but it didnt work, when i press the hotkey it doesnt do anything. Does it need to download something else besides your program ?

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Not a problem but a small inconvinience for people who already have media controls on their keyboards like Corsair K95 and Razor Huntsman

Describe the solution you'd like
Media keys already present on many keyboards can be used as 1 button binds but the program fails to register media keys for keybinds, this includes Play/Pause, stop, next /prev track and Volume roller/dial/bittons.

Describe alternatives you've considered
for now i used AHK to make a workaround to this by binding keyboard media keys to the shortcuts bound in the program but its yet another process running in the bg..

Additional context
Would really appreciate if you could honor this feature request, was looking for a program like this for the longest time and 90% perfect the way it is. i want to thank you for taking the effort to make something like this!

I use another program called SimHubDash that also runs a local process on port 8888. Is there any way to change the port without having to edit the source code and re-compile?

Error message:
This localhost page can’t be found
No webpage was found for the web address: http://localhost:8888/callback?code=xxxxxxxx......

Describe the bug
If you use any special characters for hotkeys, such as the Scandinavian "æ", "ø" and "å", then the app will not start when pressing the "Start & Close" button. It fails silently with no shown error, and I was not able to find any kind of logfile. Replacing the characters with non-special characters made the program start up succesfully.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Set any hotkey to use any of the special characters I mentioned.
2. Click on "Save" button.
3. Click on "Start & Close" button.
4. Notice app fails to start.

Expected behavior
I expected the app to start.

Screenshots
Not applicable.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11 23H2, build 22631.3447
• Version 1.5.2 (I also checked with version 1.5.1)

Additional context
Here is the hotkey settings taken from beatbind-config.json:

    "hotkeys": {
        "play/pause": "control+\u00e6",
        "prev_track": "control+alt+\u00e6",
        "next_track": "control+\u00f8",
        "volume_up": "control+shift+\u00f8",
        "volume_down": "control+shift+\u00e6",
        "mute": "",
        "seek_forward": "",
        "seek_backward": ""
    }

Describe the bug
Beatbind doesn't launch on startup despite the registry key possessing the correct path, the task being enabled in the startup tab in task manager, and startup set to true in the config json.

To Reproduce
Not really applicable because I'm not getting an error message but:

1. Launch Beatbind
2. Tick "Start on Windows startup" and "Start minimized"
3. Click "Save"
4. Restart PC
5. Beatbind doesn't start with windows

Expected behavior
It should launch on startup.

Screenshots
From config.json

From the registry key that holds the path to the executable:

From task manager>startup tab:

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC
• Version: 21H2

Additional context
N/A but even though this feature isn't functioning correctly at the moment, I am grateful that you created this utility.

I started using this tool just recently and it works well, but one thing I noticed is that each time I press a set hotkey combination, be it pause/play, next track or volume control, there's always a very noticeable delay between the button press and the action. This is particularly... annoying when I need to lower the volume significantly and quickly (for example when a song in a playlist sound much louder than a previous one), so I start smashing the volume down combo and the delays kinda start stacking leading to a sudden significant volume drop a second or two later, after my button presses register. I'm not sure if this delay is a bug or a feature, but it would be nice to have an option to have your hotkey presses have an instant effect without any delay, if it's possible. I know BeatBind is it's own program so not comparing the two, but I've been using a similar tool called Toastify before it for years (until as it stopped working for me completely just recently) and the hotkey presses were always registering instantly with it, so I'm guessing it would be possible to implement this on BeatBind as well, right? Perhaps as a separate option? Thanks.

I previously used Toasify to control Spotify via keyboard binds. I use a joystick controller (aurdino) to control a button/knob for audio volume +/- and I would love to also be able to push the button to MUTE Spotify.

In Toastify, I bound the three to keyboard actions, which is fine and would work for me, but really I would love to be able to use a Joystick device to control Spotify. You can download a great Joystick emulator to test out here: https://github.com/shauleiz/vJoy
There's newer forks that you can access from the original page.

So my feature request is to add a MUTE feature.

Describe the bug
Keybindings still work even if some extra buttons are pressed.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Set the Play\Stop binding as Ctrl+P
2. Save
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+P or Ctr+Alt+P or any other combination, but it must include keys which are specified in key binding
4. Play\Stop actions work

Expected behavior
Keybinding should work when and only when keys in the binding are pressed. So if Play\Stop is bent to Ctrl+P, it should not work when Ctrl+Shift+P or any other combination, only when exactly Ctrl+P is pressed.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• Version v1.2.0