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11-12-2008, 18:29
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Sound Isolating Individual programs?
Is there a way to mute the sound on a webpage or individual program? I enjoy listening to music/programs on the laptop whilst gaming/surfing etc but find I am unable to do this sometimes due to the infuriating noises produced from some websites etc...
I wish there was a simple "mute this window" button!  Any ideas boys & girls of BD? x
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11-12-2008, 18:52
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Bananaman
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Vista has this built in with its sound mixer
 I do exactly this i have webpages and msn and a few other things turned down to more of a background noise rather than an intrusion...
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11-12-2008, 19:35
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Hmm what is it called exactly please? It sounds ideal but I would need to find some form of XP plugin for similar
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11-12-2008, 20:33
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The Stig
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Cant be done in XP without some sort of pretty invasive third party driver (and maybe even hardware), the kernel just doesn't have anything like that sort of information.
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12-12-2008, 09:41
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The Stig
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I always wondered whether it was possible to run dual sound cards and have control over which programs output to which card so that you could have one card connected up to some proper hifi speakers for music and stuff whilst still having normal PC speakers for system sounds etc.
Guessing that's not doable either?
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12-12-2008, 09:54
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Screaming Orgasm
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PCI sound card/onboard sound combined with a USB sound card is very doable, but you need applications that allow you to specifically direct the sound output to make it work (Skype, Winamp, and several others will do this).
I do this all the time. Skype goes to a headset, everything else goes to the PC's onboard sound. |
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12-12-2008, 11:15
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The Stig
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Yep, I did the same Mark. Tell Windows to use card A as the primary, and tell Ventrilo to use card B for comms
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12-12-2008, 17:54
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See - that's what confuses me - When I'm skyping and I recieve a call - it comes through my PC speakers- even if i'm using a headset for everything else soundwise...
It seems like such a simple and useful ability to have/use but it's just not possible without alot of work!?  *puts on sulky pants*
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12-12-2008, 18:37
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Bananaman
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This is one of the major improvements of vista, the fact the sound and network stack have been completely rewritten.
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14-12-2008, 13:51
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Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it!
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well thanks for the responses
I'm currently stacking up the notes until they reach around a thousand in number and then getting a new desktop before my lappy kicks the bucket! I look forward to such tweaks in vista
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