Independent OpenAL volume control
Prevc Urban <[email protected]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:33:35 +0100
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--===============1558371425== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_176574_972680134.1358001215093" ------=_Part_176574_972680134.1358001215093 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Battlefiled 2 is an OpenAL video game that enables selection of "Creative X-Fi" as a sound option. When it is selected OpenAL drivers bypass all the windows drivers and talk directly to the sound card. My problem with that is that I can't set Battlefield 2 volume independently form other applications/ master volume. I've been searching and searching for independent OpenAL volume control but I can't seem to find it. However I have come across 'OpenAL Mixer' which seems to promise some of the things I'd like, but I have no idea how to use it (instructions/ explanation wanted). Link to OpenAL Mixer project: http://openalmixer.sourceforge.net/ I also came across OpenAL Output for Foobar2000 (media player). Foobar2000 acts a lot like BF2, when set to OpenAL Output it doesn't respond to Volume Mixer in Windows 7. However newer versions of it feature "added OpenAL volume control through foobar2000 volume control." Unfortunately this only enables volume control for Foobar2000 with OpenAL and not all OpenAL applications. Still, this tells me that independent volume control is possible. Link and changelog: http://sourceforge.net/projects/foobar-openal/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/foobar-openal/files/foo_dsp_openal/binary/v0.06/ In the end what I'm looking for is setting up hot-keys that would control the volume of Battlefield 2 (or all OpenAL applications) without interfering with other applications (most importantly TeamSpeak and Mumble). The only way I can do that now is to press escape and use the slider in audio options which is very impractical and I can't figure out how to set up hot keys for it. If anybody has any idea on how to achieve this or has any feedback at all please respond. Thank you for your time and take care, Urban Prevc ------=_Part_176574_972680134.1358001215093 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head>= <meta content=3D"text/html;charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type"></h= ead><body ><div style=3D'font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica= ,sans-serif;'>Hello,<div><br></div><div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb= (255, 255, 255);">Battlefiled 2 is an OpenAL video game that enables select= ion of "Creative X-Fi" as a sound option. When it is selected OpenAL driver= s bypass all the windows drivers and talk directly to the sound card. My pr= oblem with that is that I can't set Battlefield 2 volume independently form= other applications/ master volume. I've been searching and searching for i= ndependent OpenAL volume control but I can't seem to find it. </div><d= iv style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style=3D"= background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">However I have come across 'OpenAL M= ixer' which seems to promise some of the things I'd like, but I have no ide= a how to use it (instructions/ explanation wanted). Link to OpenAL Mixer pr= oject:</div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://ope= nalmixer.sourceforge.net/</div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255= , 255);"><br></div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I a= lso came across OpenAL Output for Foobar2000 (media player). Foobar2000 act= s a lot like BF2, when set to OpenAL Output it doesn't respond to Volume Mi= xer in Windows 7. However newer versions of it feature "added OpenAL volume= control through foobar2000 volume control." Unfortunately this only enable= s volume control for Foobar2000 with OpenAL and not all OpenAL applications= . Still, this tells me that independent volume control is possible.</div><d= iv style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Link and changelog:</div= ><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://sourceforge.ne= t/projects/foobar-openal/</div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255= , 255);">http://sourceforge.net/projects/foobar-openal/files/foo_dsp_openal= /binary/v0.06/</div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b= r></div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the end wha= t I'm looking for is setting up hot-keys that would control the volume of B= attlefield 2 (or all OpenAL applications) without interfering wit= h other applications (most importantly TeamSpeak and Mumble). The only way = I can do that now is to press escape and use the slider in audio options wh= ich is very impractical and I can't figure out how to set up hot keys for i= t.</div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div= style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">If anybody has any idea on= how to achieve this or has any feedback at all please respond.</= div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div sty= le=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thank you for your time and ta= ke care,</div><div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Urban Pr= evc</div></div></div></body></html> ------=_Part_176574_972680134.1358001215093-- --===============1558371425== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Openal mailing list [email protected] http://opensource.creative.com/mailman/listinfo/openal --===============1558371425==--