media play pause

!media play pause

using xbindkeys and xdotool

.xbindkeysrc

"mediapause.sh setmediawindow"
  Control+Alt+Mod2 + m

"mediapause.sh playpause"
  Alt_R
  

mediapause.sh

#!/bin/bash
# this script is ran from ~/.xbindkeysrc

# ctrl + alt + m
# save the current active window id
if [ "$1" = "setmediawindow" ]; then
	xdotool getactivewindow > ~/.mediawindowid
fi

# if r_ALT
# send a spacebar to the media window
if [ "$1" = "playpause" ]; then
	MEDIAWID=$(head -n 1 ~/.mediawindowid)
	CURRENTWID=`xdotool getactivewindow | head -1`
	xdotool keyup Alt_R windowactivate --sync $MEDIAWID key space windowactivate $CURRENTWID
fi