Questions tagged [volume-mixer]
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Is there a way to restart audio without restarting a Windows 7 computer?
Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting the computer?
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Windows 8 turns program sound volume down randomly
I recently upgraded to Windows 8 from Win 7 64 bit and have started to encounter a strange issue.
When I have any program running which plays sound, such as a game or spotify, after a random interval (usually around 5-10 minutes) the program sound…
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Microphone volume at maximum yet too quiet
I have got a reasonbly basic desktop microphone, however for reasons that I don't understand it is extremley quiet. I dual boot, both systems run Windows 7, one system is working just fine although the other system, after I restarted the computer a…
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Windows 7 / 8 tool for amplifying sound / equivalent to pavucontrol?
I'm watching live streamed videos, but the volume sometimes is barely loud enough.
With Windows, I can only turn the system volume and the flash volume up to maximum, and then bad luck if that's still not loud enough.
On Linux, on the same notebook,…
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Windows 7 Audio Too Loud
In Windows 7 (64-bit, Ultimate) the default audio output is extremely high. This has been an issue for a while but I was able to get around it as my previous headphones took more power to drive so it actually worked in my benefit.
However, now I…
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Unknown glyph symbols on the Volume Mixer
I get these symbols on the volume mixer. It seems to happen at the end of every line. This is a nearly clean install of Windows 7 x64 (only Chrome and Firefox installed).
Any idea where this could be coming from? The system is using all the default…
user73728
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Volume Low in Chrome Browser
Volume for audio and video sounds too quiet in Chrome, e.g. on YouTube. I have tried restarting it (via the actual exit option) and then I tried restarting the computer.
Running Windows 8.1.
Volume mixer looks normal.
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How can I sync all sources in Windows volume mixer?
I have a problem with the Windows volume mixer where some applications run at a lower volume than others.
I know that this is because Windows volume mixer allows individual apps to run at different volumes, but adjusting the volume seems to be…
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What does the grey peak mean in Volume Mixer?
In Volume Mixer I can tell the green bar shows the loudness, but what does the grey bar mean?
What is the significance of it being clipped by the user-set volume level?
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Where did the volume control options go in Windows 7?
XP's sndvol32 sound mixer used to feature individual volume controls such as Wave, SW Synth and CD Player, PC Speaker or PCM SPDIF among others. These could be set hidden or visible under it's menu Options / properties / (device) / playback .
With…
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How to make Windows 7's volume mixer save individual volumes again?
Possible Duplicate:
Where are the Vista/Win7 Volume Mixer settings stored?
Windows 7's volume mixer is normally saving the volume levels for individual programs, as long as the exe file doesn't change.
However, for some reason, this functionality…
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Why don't device and app sound mixers match?
My question is specified in the title, to be more exact I would like to show this particular screenshot of the sound mixer:
As you can see here, the volume of the IE reached the maximum level, but the device volume barely exceed the middle.
There…
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Windows 7 lowering volume without my consent
Sometimes when several system sounds play at once, Windows 7 will forcibly lower their volume even though I have disabled automatic volume reduction in Sound -> Communications.
In my case, I have sounds set to play when a program opens or closes.…
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Set default volume for new apps in Windows 10 mixer
My headphones (HyperX Cloud 2) are normally way too loud for most apps with any volume above 10%. However, I want certain apps such as Teamspeak to be 50%. The problem is new apps default to the max/master volume, which is physically painful.
Is…
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How can I prevent volume changes by the playback manager?
The problem is that starting a Skype call in the Modern UI app lowers the volume of anything else I have running, including other apps that are running in the foreground alongside it. I already know about the option in Control Panel > Sound >…
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