gHacks technology news » volume http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 OnScreen Display For Mute Status http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/06/onscreen-display-for-mute-status/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/06/onscreen-display-for-mute-status/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:26:44 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8774 Are you someone who likes to listen to music on his computer but gets regularly interrupted by phone calls, chats or other things? Do you mute the music for that time then instead of stopping the playback? If you do you might also be someone who forgets about the mute or simply forgets to disable it at a later time unless you notice that there is not any music playing.

If you are that kind of user you might like the little script I found at the Donation Coder forum that displays a customizable mute message on the computer desktop. The idea is basically to display a test alerting the user to the fact that the music has been muted on the desktop.

The script has been modified several times by user requests so that it is now possible to customize it extensively. The position of the display can be changed as well as the font and style of it.

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It can be downloaded as a portable software executable or as a Auto hotkey script. The scripts options are available in the system tray after right-clicking on the program’s icon.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/06/onscreen-display-for-mute-status/feed/ 3 Skinnable Volume Controller 3RVX http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/01/skinnable-volume-controller-3rvx/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/01/skinnable-volume-controller-3rvx/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:01:41 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5779 Some users willingly give up Megabytes of RAM to skin and beautify their system. One area that is often overlooked is the volume controller. The software 3RVX (via Shell Extension City) tries to change this by offering a skinnable volume controller that adds some very nice effects to the system.

It comes with seven great looking skins that use alpha blending and fade effects. A total of six hotkeys can be set in the application which comes with three pre-configured ones to lower and raise the volume plus to mute the sound totally.

Each time a hotkey is used the volume control skin will be shown, the changes are made visible and the volume control fades slowly away if there is no further user input.

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The program options provide access to some interesting features. A custom change amount for the volume sliders can be chosen by entering a percentage value in the program. That could be interesting if you want to fine tune the volume of the music.

The Fade Delay and Speed can be changed in the options but more interesting than that is probably to select a custom sound mixer.

3RVX looks definitely nice and could be an option for users who like stylish little applications. The Microsoft .net Framework 3.5 is required to run this application.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/01/skinnable-volume-controller-3rvx/feed/ 1 Control the volume of your sounds easily http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/18/control-the-volume-of-your-sounds-easily/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/18/control-the-volume-of-your-sounds-easily/#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:50:58 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/18/control-the-volume-of-your-sounds-easily/ Sounds on my computer seem to be different depending on the application that is used to play the sounds. Sometimes I have almost silent video playback and loud intros when playing games. What’s the matter with the differences ? Volumouse gives you immediate control of the volume on your computer making it possible to alter it without leaving the application that you are currently working with.

Once installed you can configure up to five rules that define when and how you are able to control the volume with your mouse wheel. By default two rules are already in place. You can change the volume with the mouse wheel by pressing ALT or by clicking the left mouse button. You might want to change this behavior if you want to use volumouse in games for instance. ALT and left mouse are often used for other actions and this could pose problems.

It is very easy to change the key that is used to change the volume or define other actions (program window must be active..). This is a very good way to use on conjunction with your video player. The rule could be: When my videoplayer is active I want to change the volume with the mouse wheel.

Very easy and simple to use, works with all windows operating systems starting with windows 98.

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