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Is there a way of allowing a selected application (that is trying to output sound), to only be able to output when no other applications are outputting sound?

Usecase scenario

Some people listen to ambient music while on the computer (e.g. while surfing or coding). When watching or listening to something else, there is therefore a need to turn off the ambient music, turn on the media that is to be consumed, and when done, turn the ambient music back on.

It would be great to be able to select an application in the Windows 10 "Volume Mixer"Volume Mixer, let's say, and only allow that application to output when no other applications are active. This would remove the need to turn the ambient music player on and off, repeatedly. Is this possible?

I'd be open to using a broad number of tools (Powershell, WSL, .NET, Python, VB-Audio software, other third party applications etc).

Is there a way of allowing a selected application (that is trying to output sound), to only be able to output when no other applications are outputting sound?

Usecase scenario

Some people listen to ambient music while on the computer (e.g. while surfing or coding). When watching or listening to something else, there is therefore a need to turn off the ambient music, turn on the media that is to be consumed, and when done, turn the ambient music back on.

It would be great to be able to select an application in the Windows 10 "Volume Mixer" and only allow that application to output when no other applications are active. This would remove the need to turn the ambient music player on and off, repeatedly. Is this possible?

Is there a way of allowing a selected application (that is trying to output sound), to only be able to output when no other applications are outputting sound?

Usecase scenario

Some people listen to ambient music while on the computer (e.g. while surfing or coding). When watching or listening to something else, there is therefore a need to turn off the ambient music, turn on the media that is to be consumed, and when done, turn the ambient music back on.

It would be great to be able to select an application in the Windows 10 Volume Mixer, let's say, and only allow that application to output when no other applications are active. This would remove the need to turn the ambient music player on and off, repeatedly. Is this possible?

I'd be open to using a broad number of tools (Powershell, WSL, .NET, Python, VB-Audio software, other third party applications etc).

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Make selected application able to output sound only when no other applications are outputting sound

Is there a way of allowing a selected application (that is trying to output sound), to only be able to output when no other applications are outputting sound?

Usecase scenario

Some people listen to ambient music while on the computer (e.g. while surfing or coding). When watching or listening to something else, there is therefore a need to turn off the ambient music, turn on the media that is to be consumed, and when done, turn the ambient music back on.

It would be great to be able to select an application in the Windows 10 "Volume Mixer" and only allow that application to output when no other applications are active. This would remove the need to turn the ambient music player on and off, repeatedly. Is this possible?