Need helping making or finding a vu meter

[7121]

Hi guys, I need help with making a vu meter for the audio-out. I checked the forum threads, i even looked on google, and it either requires higher level of programming or not enough information was given.

I even looked into C++ ( I am NOT good at C++ at all) and it looks like it could get me somewhere but I really want to be able to get it on autoit.

Program Idea:

Go to a video website, play the video, DETECT IF ANY SOUND IS COMING OUT, if not, click on next video, else, activate full screen.

I saw something involving the mci from microsoft msdn, but it only involved audio-in.

I really just need the output, even a small little boolean would work. Just as long as I know there's either sound coming out or not.

Steer me in the right direction perhaps? I'm up for learning... just not so much though... =/

[JohnOne]

I dont know what a vu meter is.

Look

[UEZ]

You mean something like that?:

Br,

UEZ

[7121]

I dont know what a vu meter is.

Look

this is sort of what i'm looking for, except even though when i change my volume, it still says 100 (?)

A VU Meter is a volume unit meter. Technically, i should of phrased it as a volume monitor.

For example, on windows 7, every time you click on that speaker icon to see the volume, that green bar that keeps rising and lowering.

I want that output, but in numbers. So basically what i want is a sound monitor. Detect any sounds that are coming out, not in.

And UEZ, not the analog meters. I saw your other example though, it was able to open a audio file and play it with the visuals. I know you can do it. Is there any way to output the sound as numbers? WITHOUT opening a sound file and detecting it from the computer instead.

PS: I read around and it appears that i have to interact with the sound card? Couldn't the winmm.dll fetch the results?

Edited November 22, 2011 by 7121

[UEZ]

Look at Visualizer_Analog Meter - Special.au3. It uses the microphone as input device but I discontinued the development long time ago.

It should be in the AiO package but I'm not sure.

Br,

UEZ

[ripdad]

This might help - a simple code to get the numeric volume from MCI...

and, some more complicated on this page...