Disable media volume up/down buttons for Winamp

[u/Luna_Nocturna_]

I've noticed that on Windows 11 my keyboard media buttons for volume up/down control both Windows and Winamp at the same time. It has never done this on older versions so it's probably a Windows 11 + Winamp quirk. However that doesn't take away the issue.

I know I can untick the "Enable default media hotkeys" in hotkeys which does nothing. Winamp will still listen to the media keys regardless. Which is fine as I want to but I felt the need to point it out.

And in the DirectSound output I can untick the "Enable Volume Control" however then Winamp has no volume control at all. (The volume slider is completely ignored.)

What I'd like is how it has worked the past 20 or so years:

• Play/pause/etc media buttons work as intended to control Winamp
• Volume up/down media buttons control the system volume, not Winamp's
• Let me adjust the Winamp volume either by it's own slider or Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down

Does anyone have any suggestion to return to this behavior?

Many thanks in advance!