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WAV audio volume stting keeps resetting to low setting

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Ron Hirsch

Flightless Bird
In my main machine, which uses the Realtek ac97 on board studio, the WAV
volume setting keeps dropping to a low level.

When I bring up the volume control window, which show the 6 settings, I can
reset the WAV volume to max. But shortly after, something resets the volume
to a very low setting, and I have to bring it up to max again.

I have all the setting in this window set at max, but the WAV doesn't want
to stay there. I can't figure out what keeps setting it back to a low value.

Anyone have any ideas?

Ron Hirsch
 
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R. McCarty

Flightless Bird
Usually it's a program that has it's own built-in volume control/slider.
Things like Media Player, QuickTime, iTunes...that may be overriding
the Windows mixer setting.

Set the Windows mixer and then one at a time open your media
players and note each one's individual volume control. Close the app
and then re-check the Windows mixer.

"Ron Hirsch" <ronhirsch1439(nospam)@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ulqi%2385jKHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> In my main machine, which uses the Realtek ac97 on board studio, the WAV
> volume setting keeps dropping to a low level.
>
> When I bring up the volume control window, which show the 6 settings, I
> can reset the WAV volume to max. But shortly after, something resets the
> volume to a very low setting, and I have to bring it up to max again.
>
> I have all the setting in this window set at max, but the WAV doesn't want
> to stay there. I can't figure out what keeps setting it back to a low
> value.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Ron Hirsch
>
 
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Ron Hirsch

Flightless Bird
Thanks for the reply. I agree that it may well be a media player of some
type that "takes over". I had tried opening and closing Windows Media
Player, and VLC which is my universal player for almost everything, but I
saw nothing happenning there.

Possibly, it is some "player" on an IE site or the like. I'll just try and
pay close attention to what was run when I next see this happen.

Obviously this is not a real "problem", but just a nuisance.

I can recall the same thing happenning on my prior machine, which would
certainly seem to indicate that it is an "external" cause.

Ron Hirsch
 
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dadiOH

Flightless Bird
Ron Hirsch wrote:
> In my main machine, which uses the Realtek ac97 on board studio, the
> WAV volume setting keeps dropping to a low level.
>
> When I bring up the volume control window, which show the 6 settings,
> I can reset the WAV volume to max. But shortly after, something
> resets the volume to a very low setting, and I have to bring it up to
> max again.
> I have all the setting in this window set at max, but the WAV doesn't
> want to stay there. I can't figure out what keeps setting it back to
> a low value.
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Ron Hirsch


Try setting the master volume to max then the wave volume as you wish. If
you don't have a master volume channel add it via options/properties.

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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
 
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Ron Hirsch

Flightless Bird
My master volume has always been set at maximum. And I just looked at the
master window again, and the volume was set way down. But I haven't used any
media player software since I last looked at the volume settings - very
strange indeed.

Ron Hirsch


> Try setting the master volume to max then the wave volume as you wish. If
> you don't have a master volume channel add it via options/properties.
>
> --
>
> dadiOH
> ____________________________
>
> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
>
>
>
 
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R. McCarty

Flightless Bird
Check your Control Panel ( Classic View ). Most all of the Audio driver
packages also installs a control applet. For my PC, I have an IDT Audio
control. Use this to set levels and monitor/check levels after a bit of use.

"Ron Hirsch" <ronhirsch1439(nospam)@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uMvbjh8jKHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> My master volume has always been set at maximum. And I just looked at the
> master window again, and the volume was set way down. But I haven't used
> any media player software since I last looked at the volume settings -
> very strange indeed.
>
> Ron Hirsch
>
>
>> Try setting the master volume to max then the wave volume as you wish.
>> If
>> you don't have a master volume channel add it via options/properties.
>>
>> --
>>
>> dadiOH
>> ____________________________
>>
>> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
>> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
>> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
>> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
>>
>>
>>

>
>
>
>
 
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Ron Hirsch

Flightless Bird
I neglected to include the word "WAV", when I said the volume was way down
again.
 
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three

Flightless Bird
I just figured out how to fix this problem. (at least what was causing
my machine to do this)
I use media player classic and this is the application that was
causing it for me.
In the settings for media player classic I went to internal filters
and then "audio switcher".
There was a box checked called "regain volume". After un-checking it
and re-starting the program, the wav volume stayed in place when
opening the media player. I only tried this because I read the post
above. Thanks for the help guys.
 
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