Media keys (play, prev., next) does not work in Audacious 4.2-1 (Debian 12 - stable package)

[slrslr]

By default my keyboard's playback keys does not work in Audacious 4.2-1 (Debian 12 + KDE - stable package).
It works in a Clementine player, maybe due to me using my system "Media Controller" Shortcuts to map these media keys to a Clementine. Doing the same for Audacious does not work. "Global hotkeys" plugin of Audacious does not recognize/map the key when pressed. Other, regular key shortcuts are mapped.

LANGUAGE=en_US:en
language map/layout is: cs/cz (non-english)
Model is: generic 101 key PC

After messing with the Keyboard shortcuts (system settings configuration) it started working. Possible steps inside Shortcuts configuration of my system:

• remove media keys assignment from other media players
• export working media app (in my case it was Clementine) scheme and adjust its copy to work for Audacious:

[audacious.desktop][Global Shortcuts]
next_album=Shift+Media Next
next_track=Media Next
play_pause=Media Play
prev_track=Media Previous
stop=Media Stop

and apply changes

• find Media controller, assign play key
• Restart Audacious
• try next/previous track media key, inside system notification popup (showing track details), click Play button.

then the play/pause media key started working in Audacious.

[pityalvarez]

Just fresh installed linux mint, installed audacious and have the same thing happen to me, so you're not alone.