Player control shortcuts don't work with Deezer on macOS Ventura

[andriichernenko]

I'm trying to install Beardie version 3.0.24.84 (installed via Homebrew) on an M1 MacBook Pro running macOS Ventura 13.1 to use it with the standalone Deezer app (version 5.30.500.148).

Unfortunately, player control shortcuts don't work (nothing is happening).

What I tried:

• Making sure Beardie is allowed to control the computer.
• Quitting Karabiner Elements to make sure there's no interference.
• Using a different keyboard combination as the shortcut.
• Disabling all controllers except Deezer.
• Checking logs in ~/Library/Group Containers/5F2QV47DGC.com.calm-apps.mac.beardie/Library/Logs. The only suspicious line there is

2023/01/22 14:07:03:584  Media key event tap was activated by blacklist

None of the above actions solved the problem. There's nothing about macOS Venture in README, so I assume it's supported.

Are there any other troubleshooting steps I can take? The logs mention debug mode (which is disabled), can I activate it?

[andriichernenko]

Update: the shortcuts work with the Music app.

When I enabled the controller for Music, I saw a warning dialog asking me if I wanted to allow Beardie to control Music. I tried disabling and re-enabling the Deezer controller, but didn't see a similar dialog.

[vityevato]

Some kind of incomprehensible story, in MacOS 13 the AXUIElementPerformAction call does not work as it should.
I did not find solution still.

Deezer app does not give API for controlling. I try to use MacOS accessibility mechanism and it doesn't work properly in 13 OS

[andriichernenko]

Thanks for the update, hopefully this issue will be resolved in a future macOS version.