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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 ...
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Bad sound through bluetooth headphones
I have a problem with the sound quality of a pair of Acoustic CHP600BT Solutions Bluetooth Headphones - Black.
When I connect these headphones to my phone (Samsung S2 plus), the sound quality is ...
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How do I play audio through a Bluetooth headset in Windows 7?
I recently did an in-place upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 RTM. For the most part, things have gone brilliantly. The only issue I've been facing is regarding my Bluetooth headset, a Dell BH200. The ...
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How do you mute the ding sound in Google Chrome when find on page returns no results?
In Google Chrome, on Windows 7, if you hit Ctrl+F and you type in random letters, you will hear a ding sound. I want to mute that sound.
How would I go about doing that?
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Computer volume drops when USB deviced plugged in
This is really an odd issue. When I close the laptop (I use it on a docking station; it doesn't leave the docking station when this issue occurs) or when I open iTunes, the volume output on the ...
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How to make the PC speaker beep from the Windows 7 command prompt?
I'm running some lengthy video encodes using the Handbrake command line interface. After all my encodes are done, I would like to have the PC speaker beep, as I usually turn my large external speakers ...
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How to use two audio devices simultaneously with Windows 7?
I have an audio connector on board (Asus P8H67-I) and an USB audio card (Teufel). How can I use the two devices simultaneously?
As far as I can see I have to set one device to the standard output ...
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Turn volume up over 100% in Windows 7
I find that for some applications, even turning the volume up to 100% on their application or the master volume just isn't enough. Is there some setting somewhere where I can push the limit?
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How to create a virtual audio device and stream audio input with it
Here's my concrete problem:
I am broadcasting a game via XFire and it uses the Windows audio device to capture any audio I receive. As I am broadcasting, other users who watch the video stream are ...
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Windows 7 lowers applications' volume automatically
Every time I run some of my games, if the media player is open and playing, Windows 7 lowers the volume of both applications (the game and the player). All other applications are not affected. I tried ...
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How to enable remote microphone on remote desktop
I just directly connect my thin client (with embedded OS) to a remote machine (Windows 7) via RDP.
The problem is, once I try to test the audio via Skype, it seems that the audio/microphone of the ...
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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 ...
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What's the differnce between "Set as Default Device" and "Set as Default Communications Device" in the Sound configuration in Windows 7?
I noticed that there are two similar options in the "Sound" (Soundcard Configuration window->playback tab in the context menu) window in Windows 7.
What is the difference between these two options?
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How do I manage multiple audio playback devices on Windows Vista/7?
I've got speakers (audio in) and headphones (USB headset with it's own soundcard) connected to my desktop computer. Under Windows 7, I can right-click the Audio Mixer and select Playback Devices and ...
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Assigning programs to specific audio outputs in Windows 7
In Windows XP I could, for instance, play music on my speakers then have a game play on my headset via this clunky method:
Set default sound output to speakers
Run music player
Set default sound ...
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Cannot play sound: device being used by another application
I tried to change my speaker setup and every time I click "test" I get this error message on Windows 7 SP1. I tried running "sndvol" to view the applications list but the list is empty.
Since I tried ...
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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 ...
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How do I disable microphone volume auto-adjusting?
My coworkers started yelling at me today because apparently I started screaming in their ears during a Google hangout. And sure enough, when I go to the Microphone settings dialog, I can see the level ...
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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 ...
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How do I test the microphone in Windows 7?
I attached a microphone to my computer, and it was detected. It's all setup, now I want to test that it's actually working, and that it's working well. I tried sound recorder, but it didn't record ...
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On windows 7 my volume icon is missing from the system tray
So unexpectedly my volume control is missing from the system tray on Windows 7. I goto the start menu and type volume and choose "Show or hide volume (speaker) icon on the taskbar" and it's disabled ...
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Virtual audio driver for Windows? [closed]
Is there any (possibly free or open-source) virtual WDM audio driver for Windows, with additional processing plugins, which would add one more layer between windows applications and actual sound card'...
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How to reset per application volume setting in Windows 7 and Vista
I've altered per application volume settings for my applications. I want to reset every individual volume setting so that all apps use the global volume settings. How should I do that?
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Windows not remembering default audio device?
I prefer the audio output on my computer to use the standard audio jack output due to volume issues. But I am using a monitor with HDMI. I have chosen to set the default audio device to be "Speakers"
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What is Stereo Mix supposed to be used for in Windows?
I have added Stereo Mix to my recording devices on my laptop running Windows 7 after I have installed the driver for my soundcard (the sound was working until then with the driver from Microsoft, but ...
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Easy way to switch default sound output device
I want an easier way to change my default sound device from my sound card to my usb headset.
Currently it takes a very precise right click, a left click, another right click, and two more left clicks....
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Can audio go to both the speakers and a bluetooth headset simultaneously
I have a hearing impaired person in the house and want to equip her with a bluetooth headset while the rest of us listen over the speakers. I am able to connect the headset and get it to play by ...
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How to tell what is using an audio stream?
I've noticed that my computer doesn't want to stay in standby or go to standby after x minutes (as set in my Power Options). Running powercfg -requests tells me that my audio driver is keeping my ...
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Windows 7 - Open the Volume Control popup from the command prompt
I would like to open the Volume Control popup directly without using the mouse or keyboard. Currently, I am using AutoHotkey to press Win+B to focus on the system tray, Left to highlight the Volume ...
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Mute a program/an application windows 7
Is there any way to mute only one program while listening to an audio file in VLC (for example) on Windows 7?
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Play audio over network with Windows 7?
I have seen software for Linux systems that allows me to send the audio from one system to another over the network, is there such a software (a driver likely) for Windows, specificly XP but Vista and ...
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How to redirect sound to USB headset when plugged in?
I often have to switch between audio output from my speakers and my headset (P5Q mobo with integrated sound and Microsoft headset). I've already got it so that when my headset is plugged in, sound ...
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How do I find out the audio format of a wav file?
In Windows XP, I used to use sndrec32.exe (Sound Recorder accessory) to open a wav file and the get properties on the file. This would display the length, data size, and audio format (e.g. GSM 6.10 8....
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What process is making that sound?
My Windows 7 system makes an intermittent ding sound (like a single chime, or bell). I don't know which process does it. So, my question is: Is there software/method out there that can tell me which ...
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Per-application audio control that works in Windows 7 64 Bit
Added: Last item that I could not gain (per-app) control of is "System Sounds" I do not know what executable or window to "talk to" to control this item.
On Windows 7, I'm still looking for a per-...
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Windows 7 tray app to easily switch between audio sources?
I'm looking for a Windows 7 tray app to easily switch between audio sources, i.e. speakers, HDMI, USB headset etc.
Any suggestions?
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Change the audio output device in Firefox
I'm trying to play music through Ventrilo and currently I use Virtual Audio Cable. The way it works is that in foobar2000 (a music playing program) I set the output device in preferences to Virtual ...
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MME, Windows DirectSound or Wasapi
so im using Audacity and was wondering wich recording device/system I should use for the best audio quality? There is MME, Windows DirectSound and Wasapi.Im on a Windows 7 laptop and I tried them all ...
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How can I record the sound output from programs in windows 7? [closed]
I would like to record the sound output from specific programs in windows 7. On osx I'm aware of programs called audiohijack and soundflower. I'd like to find something similar.
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How can I access volume levels from the command line on Windows 7?
What I need
I'm looking for a tool or a script that allows me to access the Windows volume levels from the command line. Ideally it would allow me to get and set all volumes including application ...
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Lower volume level below 1
I just bought headphones that are really loud. When I plug them into my computer, they are too loud for my ears.
How can I lower the volume mixer below 1 (1>x<0).
I know that using VLC Media ...
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Playback Identical Audio to Multiple Devices
Facts:
I use Windows 7
I have an ASUS mobo w/realtek built in audio w/front & rear jacks.
I have a Logitech USB headset w/microphone.
I have ?20? sets of headphones.
The Realtek HD Audio manager ...
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Add .mp3 to the end of file names
I moved all my songs off my phone to a flash drive. Then I uploaded them to my new phone, only when they were stored to the flash drive they come over missing the ".mp3" so they are seen as "file". If ...
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Bluetooth Headset pairs and appears in Sound Devices, but shows as Disconnected?
Edit: A random crash and a restart fixed this. Probably a restart would have sufficed.
I recently got a TrueBlue TB-100T3 and tried pairing it with my computer (Windows 7 64-bit). At first it ...
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Windows: How can I redirect sound coming in from the mic to the speakers output
Scenario - I want to use my mic plug as a "line-in" input that will get mixed with the other audio being output to the speakers. How can this be done on Windows 7 / Vista?
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How can I prevent sudden audio peaks while gaming?
While playing intense first-person-shooter games often a grenade goes off near my head. The problem, is that I want to maintain my longer hearing while still hear the guy who sneaks up behind me.
Is ...
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Volume randomly turning itself down on Windows 7 64-bit
This is the weirdest issue I've ever encountered with my PC. Every so often, my sound will start playing back at a lower volume. This happens when watching video, listening to music, all independently....
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How to find out which program a default beep is coming from in Windows 7?
There's a "default beep" (as defined in System Sounds) that emanates from my computer every so often.
It kind of goes like this (where each number is a "default beep" sound): 1, 2, ...
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Windows 7 volume On Screen Display?
I just upgraded my PC to Windows 7. I'd like to get back the on screen display (osd) for volume. With XP I used to see a horizontal band of green bars on the screen that showed the volume level when I ...
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How do I enable multiple audio outputs on Windows 7?
For Windows 7, 64 bit: I have a digital SPDIF output to my stereo, which controls speakers in other rooms. I also have a set of speakers connected to the regular audio jack at the computer. This ...
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