VS 2008 Get Current Master Volume (Audio) - Win7
Jun 1, 2011
It seems like this would be a very easy thing to accomplish, but, from what I can tell, it's most definitely not. My OS is Windows 7. All I need to do is get the current volume/audio level - the master volume. When you click the little speaker icon in the task bar and change the volume - I need that number. All I need to do is get the current volume and assign it to a label. So if the volume is at 74 when the application starts, I need my label to display 74. I've been searching for days now for a way to do this and I'm starting to get frustrated. I've looked everywhere. I've tried 3 different classes, at least a dozen different codes, assorted imported dll's- none of it even came close to what I need. From what I can tell, the current methods are all designed for windows xp. I need a way to do it in windows 7.
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Mar 26, 2012
Is there any way to adjust master audio volume directly using .net?
I can find C++ coding which, sadly means nothing to me. There's also quite a lot out there for VB4, 5 and 6 but I can't get any of that to relate to .net. Most of those seem to want to invoke the 'Slider' via the mouse which is not what I'm after.
I would like to be able to: -
Record the current Audio Volume setting,
Change it (up or down),
Play a *.wav file, then
Return it to it's original level.
I've had some success with 'AxWindowsMediaPlayer' but only with it's own increase / decrease functions. I can only get it to increase the volume as far as the main system volume is set, so if that's at zero I get no output at all. As for part one of my requirement, record the current level, I've got nowhere with that at all. I tried putting the one file I want to use in resources but can't find how to access it, I have had to put the file in a folder and call it from there, it works but it seems a little crude.
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Mar 28, 2012
Is there any way to adjust master audio volume directly using VB.NET ?
I can find C++ coding which, sadly means nothing to me. There's also quite a lot out there for VB4, 5 and 6 but I can't get any of that to relate to .net. Most of those seem to want to invoke the 'Slider' via the mouse which is not what I'm after.
I would like to be able to: -
Record the current Audio Volume setting, Change it (up or down), Play a *.wav file, then Return it to it's original level.
I've had some success with 'AxWindowsMediaPlayer' but only with it's own increase / decrease functions. I can only get it to increase the volume as far as the main system volume is set, so if that's at zero I get no output at all. As for part one of my requirement, record the current level, I've got nowhere with that at all. I tried putting the one file I want to use in resources but can't find how to access it, I have had to put the file in a folder and call it from there, it works but it seems a little crude.
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Nov 10, 2011
I would like to create a visualizer for the windows system audio. I'm looking for a way to sample the loudness of the sound currently being played. I don't need the actual sound unless required for computing the sound levels. My goal is to create something similar to the bouncing green level found on windows 7's volume control.
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May 6, 2009
How can I unmute master volume in vb.net. I know how to increase and decrease but if it is turned off it wont start any sounds.
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Sep 3, 2009
So I'm a bit new to the whole Vista/7 audio setup. My understanding is that a new "mixer" is created for each application. Is there some new .Net function which interfaces with these mixers? I'm actually trying to create an application which can adjust the MAIN system volume level as well as the mute function.
I was looking at the Endpointvolume API however I cant get it to work for me :(. Does anyone have a vb.net demo of how to harness this API?
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Apr 7, 2010
I'm trying to make a utility that will fade out the system volume (for when I fall asleep listening to my music). In XP and prior, controlling the system audio was very simple, however, in Vista and 7, I can't figure out how to do it. Because in Windows 7 each application has it's own volume control, lowering the volume doesn't affect the system overall - only the current app. Can anyone point me to a resource how to do this? Every forum posting that I've found on this topic is about XP, and doesn't work under newer versions of Windows.
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Aug 9, 2011
how to control windows 7 master volume. I would like to get the current volume / set the volume and also mute / unmute it.I've found lots of examples of pre vista volume control but only a single c# which is no good to me beings a major newbie with vb.net (I've play with vb6 before now)As far as I can see I need to do something with DefaultAudioEndpoint.. but what I'm not sure. I'm building a media player which is why I'm after controlling the master as well as my application.
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May 6, 2009
I am trying to make an application that is able to turn master volume on and off (Mute unmute). And what I have done so far is increasing and decreasing volume, but if sound is turned on mute then it wont start anyway. And that was really a lot of code to do that, so is there an easy way to mute sound or is it equally alot to do.
I have tried
SendKeys.Send(Keys.VolumeMute)
But with no effect, and I have tried using
chr(173)
instead of keys.volumemute. (I have a variable that looks if the sound was mute or not from start so it can be default afterwards).
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Jun 19, 2011
i found just this code but it works only for form1.
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
[code].....
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Mar 12, 2010
Can i change the Master Volume of my PC with a TrackBar in my form ?
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Mar 25, 2012
Is there any way to adjust audio volume directly using .net?
I can only find C++ coding which, sadly means nothing to me.
I would like to be able to record the current Audio Volume setting, change it (up or down), play a *.wav file, then return it to it's original level.
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Jun 25, 2009
How to equip the audio with a monitor level master (VUMASTER) of my pc. I have seen many examples in vb6 but few ones in vb.net acting. my objective is that of intercepting when no sound is emitted at the video mpg shown.
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Jan 9, 2011
how to get current volume of system sound device in windows 7 ?I looked up in google but every solution returned values like -1, 4686346, ...
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Apr 12, 2012
I have searched the web for code relating to changing the system volume, muting the system volume, and outputing the current level of the volume as an integer, using VB.NET.
All the code that I have found either doesn't work, or is very long.
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Jun 11, 2009
Im trying to capture the audio played on my laptop. so i have searched the internet and found a source code for doing exactly that. the problem i have is that my audio device is not listed in the dropdown box (see picture) but it does when its run on windows xp (im running windows 7 x64) the goal of this application would be to capture my friends radio stream and save the individual played mp3's to a loction on my hard drive.(yes i have permission) i have included the source code so perhaps some 1 could have a look at it. (source code)[URL]
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Jan 28, 2010
I'm developing a standslone system for my school project. I'm developing an audio management system which allow user to add audio files itself into database together with the audio information such as artist name and album year. I just started it few days ago and face some problems.. my song in the playlist wont continue to play after 1 finished and i need some idea on how to store the audio files into database ... in blob types may be?
Heres the screenshot and codes
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles bt_add.Click
[CODE]............................
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Jun 6, 2011
I know the propertys transparency key and opacity. It isnt what I am looking for. I need to have my form to have the same Glass Effect the as win7 does while runing under win7 plataform. Like, if i have glass effect in the top I should have it in the background.
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Mar 13, 2009
I just want to ask or I need some idea on how to convert wav files to mp3 and compressed the file to make the size smaller. I've search on the internet and find vorbis.dll as a reference object and lame.exe for converter. With regards to the audio compression, i downloaded monkey's audio software but doesnt have an idea on how to incorporate it.
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Feb 26, 2007
make a VU meter for Audio to monitor audio input devices volume level such as microphone and etc?
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May 20, 2009
I have a database application developed around Access with VBA,I have used the Speech SDK and developed an application that in conjunction with MSCOMM 6.0 library calls into a remote IVR system.It sends in the credentials and queries information in response to that IVR's verbal requests. All seems successfull except for one problem;I'm using a shared SR engine and its using the system microphone as its audio input, this in turn gets the sound from the speakers which are routed to the telephone line through the modem. Of course this has a number of disadvantages - noise added to the sound from the environment and sound quality degredation as well as speaker volume dependency.
I would like the SR engine to take its audio input from the modem in paralell with the sound that goes to the speakers (so we can listen in to the call as well). This means that I must route the system audio output to the SR engine audio input. It seems that I must use an InProc SR instance - however in VBA that type is not recognized - since the shared SR uses the microphone as input by default. there is some statement to the effect that it is difficult in Microsoft's Help file. I'm unable to set the SR audio input to the modem output stream in VBA.As needed I can accomplish the C++ interface using an ActiveX object or a DLL to expose the missing API to VBA?
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Apr 13, 2011
I created an application for Windows XP, now it needs to run on Windows 7. I have had some issues to resolve, but rather small ones. I am now stumped on this one... Here is my code block
vb.net
Private Shared Sub RenameFileAfterDownload(ByVal File As String)
Try
[code]....
The code works perfectly for Windows XP, but the ftpRequest does not work in Windows 7 for renaming. That said, the code runs that entire sub becaues WriteToEventLog get's written, but seems to ignore the ftpRequest lines.
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Dec 22, 2009
I have an app developed in VB that works fine on Vista machines but fails on Win7. The offending line of code merely references a variable stored in a module. Evidentally, something is quite different on Win7. How to I find and fix this behavior?
The code is very straightforward. The error occurs in the Application Startup event.
Public Sub MyApplication_Startup(ByVal sender As Object,
ByVal e As ApplicationServices.StartupEventArgs) _
Handles Me.Startup
[Code].....
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Jan 19, 2012
I have a sub that I just discovered does not work for my windows 7 users but works fine for my windows XP users. This is basically a sub for a ping monitor to ping devices on a timer. What happens is that when the windows 7 user tries to ping, it always reports "down" on a windows 7 whether actually up or down. But, windows xp will report correctly with "up". 3 different windows 7 boxes, users say it worked before. Can't quite debug correctly as i'm on xp myself and it works just fine. Also, I haven't changed anything in the code in quite awhile and this is a recent bug that just started.
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
Dim itm As Object
Sec = Sec - 1
If ListView1.Items.Count = 0 Then Me.Close()
If Sec <= 0 Then
[Code] .....
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May 13, 2009
I ma playing an audio file using: My.Computer.Audio.Play("C:soundsmouseclick2.wav", AudioPlayMode. Background). I want to specify the volume, all i need to be able to do is enter the number via code, i don't need to use any sliders etc. Is there anything simple like: (this is an example of course) [Code]
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May 11, 2010
I am trying to create a basic application that will allow me to open a .wav file and let me adjust the volume of the actual file: like raise the volume by 30% or 10% or some type of other measurement.
I'd like to then re-save the .wav file with the adjust volume.
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Feb 7, 2010
How can I make it so a command button or whatever you'd like to use can mute the computers volume, then unmute it?
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Oct 4, 2009
I have 2 trackbars (scrolling things) and i have a song playing in a media also but what i want is it to get the left speaker volume in 1 trackbar and the right speaker volume current in another, so when the song is playin it will adjust automatically and display the current left & right speaker volume (example: when the media goes louder the trackbar will probably increase) ive seen it in many programs.
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May 16, 2012
I develop my VS2010 project in my laptop with SQL 2008 Standard. In my laptop everything is working good, using the following connect string as global public string when the main form loads:
[Code]...
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Dec 20, 2009
I am trying to write a countdown timer I finally succeeded with MSDN. I get to work whatever I wanted, but this drives me nuts: How can I read and set the volume control? I want, once my timer is run down to zero, read out the current system setting, then play a system sound using
Media.SystemSounds.Exclamation.Play()
Over time I like to ramp up the volume to 80% or until one clicks the Alarm off button (then stop the timer, no sound, and reset volume).
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