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raven-gm
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:51 am Post subject: Vista Sound questions |
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So I have a bit of a weird question...
I have vista, and it has some cool sound options, one of which is to have headphones and speakers plugged in, and then switch between which ports are being played to. (not sure if this was in XP, never found it if it was...)
But my case is not cool enough to recognise when I have headphones plugged in, and so it thinks I have both in, all the time.
I have solved this by switching between the two using the interface but it is a lengthy process and I wondered if I could automate it with a DllCall.
Any suggestions/tips/other things?
Also, this is a bit of a side-question, but is it possible to use Autohotkey to set Vista Sound settings for individual applications?
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Lexikos
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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Location: Australia, Qld
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: |
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See my post in the topic [Select sound source].
| Quote: | Also, this is a bit of a side-question, but is it possible to use Autohotkey to set Vista Sound settings for individual applications?
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It may be possible through WASAPI (Windows Audio Session API, specific to Vista.) It would at least require knowing the GUID of the application's default audio session. Unfortunately I don't know how to access this information, but since Sndvol does it, it should be possible...
Edit: Seems not; see Accessing/Enumerating Audio Sessions. As with other parts of Vista's new audio API, MS decided the user must love the default user interface, so they (intentionally, it seems) do not provide an API that would allow third-party developers to emulate or replace it...
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Democratus
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Some pranksters were probably making people go deaf or something.
God knows I would.
With Vista, I couldn't even get my sound handles to respond at all, not even the master volume, so I'd say good luck with that. |
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Lexikos
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:34 am Post subject: |
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Master volume is easy. Use Vista Audio/Volume Control Functions, or SoundSet/SoundGet + XP-compatibility mode.
| the manual wrote: | | On Windows Vista, SoundGet retrieves the script's own settings, not those of the active window. This may be resolved in a future version. To work around it, in the properties dialog for the file "AutoHotkey.exe" (or a compiled script), change the compatibility setting to "Windows XP". |
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Democratus
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:53 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. The only reason I hadn't researched the topic is due to the fact that I don't really need a volume control that much. However, I'm creating a media player that will be used by some Vista users, so I may have to implement such a feature after all.
However, it says that when you don't run in compatibility it still manipulates the volume for the macro, and I kind of like that idea (even though it was clearly and accident), but I don't notice a difference in volume when I use it in a script. |
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