Automatic Volume Control Issues in Windows 7
November 7, 2009 by Marc Liron MVP
Filed under Windows 7 Support
Question:
I have too much sound on my Windows 7 computer when I am trying to make a phone call using the PC.
What can I do to sort this problem out?
Answer:
OK, Windows 7 has a built-in feature for changing the system communication settings. Using this various settings, users can specify the desired volume control when they place or receive a telephone call in their PC!
Right-click the speaker icon on your taskbar > Select “Playback Devices”
Now select the “communications” Tab
As you will see in the following screenshot, any one of the following options can be set, by Windows 7, when it detects communication activity:
# Mute all other Sounds
# Reduce the volume of other sounds by 80%
# Reduce the volume of other sounds by 505
# Do nothing
Hope this help!
Kind Regards
Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
www.Win7Articles.com
I think this is a great feature, but this does not work for all applications?
By example with Foobar the sound is never muted, with Windows Media Player it works.
I tried using different foobar output settings.
In both scenario’s I use Office Communicator to place a call.
How is it possible that applications should implement this feature? The OS should dictate this?
apparantly this also doesn’t work for a radio stream in Internet Explorer with Windows Media Player plugin.
Does it only work for Windows Media Player?
Is there a way to regulate what software counts as communication? Ventrilo works for this for my friend, but not for me.
Good idea but annoyingly buggy.