Sound Isolating Individual programs?

Jingo · 11-12-2008, 18:29

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

LeperousDust · 11-12-2008, 18:52

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...

Jingo · 11-12-2008, 19:35

Hmm what is it called exactly please? It sounds ideal but I would need to find some form of XP plugin for similar

Daz · 11-12-2008, 20:33

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.

kaiowas · 12-12-2008, 09:41

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?

Mark · 12-12-2008, 09:54

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.

Daz · 12-12-2008, 11:15

Yep, I did the same Mark. Tell Windows to use card A as the primary, and tell Ventrilo to use card B for comms

Jingo · 12-12-2008, 17:54

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*

LeperousDust · 12-12-2008, 18:37

This is one of the major improvements of vista, the fact the sound and network stack have been completely rewritten.

Jingo · 14-12-2008, 13:51

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

11-12-2008, 18:29	#1
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	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 __________________

11-12-2008, 18:52	#2
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	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... __________________

11-12-2008, 19:35	#3
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	Hmm what is it called exactly please? It sounds ideal but I would need to find some form of XP plugin for similar __________________

11-12-2008, 20:33	#4
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	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. __________________ apt-get moo

12-12-2008, 09:41	#5
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	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? __________________ Anal Fish Porn

12-12-2008, 09:54	#6
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	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.

12-12-2008, 11:15	#7
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Yep, I did the same Mark. Tell Windows to use card A as the primary, and tell Ventrilo to use card B for comms __________________ apt-get moo

12-12-2008, 17:54	#8
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	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 __________________

12-12-2008, 18:37	#9
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	This is one of the major improvements of vista, the fact the sound and network stack have been completely rewritten. __________________

14-12-2008, 13:51	#10
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	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 __________________