Soundsetwavevolume bug?

[Champak]

I'm using this and its changing the position of the bar of the app on the mixer screen, however the actual audible volume level doesn't change until I actually click on the volume bar itself...not manually move the bar, just simply click it as if I'm activating it after this function actually moved it. In case it matters, I have my master volume set to half (I know this feature doesn't act on the master volume).

Windows 7 and the latest stable version of autoit.

Can anyone else verify this happens to them? Any thoughts?

[jguinch]

Works for me with this code, (launched in x64 an x86)

Run("sndvol.exe")
;Run("sndvol32.exe")

For $i = 0 To 100 Step 20
    Soundsetwavevolume ($i)
    SoundPlay(@WindowsDir & "\media\tada.wav", 1)
Next

Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 / AutoIt 3.3.10.2

[Palestinian]

Read the help file regarding Windows Vista, maybe thats your problem

[Champak]

I found the "problem", however it does seem like a bug to me if I understand correctly how this function is supposed to operate.

; SoundPlay("C:\Users\Lab\Music\Test\One Me.mp3")


 $OPLAYER2 = ObjCreate("wmplayer.ocx")
 $OPLAYER2.url = "C:\Users\Lab\Music\Test\One Me.mp3"



For $i = 0 To 100 Step 10
    Sleep(2000)
    Soundsetwavevolume ($i)
Next

It seems that the volume doesn't want to respond without clicking the bar if the audio is being produced by wmp object. It works fine with soundplay. Is this because in the back end soundplay and soundsetvolume work with a different engine than wmp so to say? But even if that is the case, why would the volume bar move while the wmp object is playing with no audible volume change?

Edited May 2, 2014 by Champak

[BrewManNH]

You can only change the volume for the script that's running. You can NOT change the volume of another program using that function, you can NOT change the master volume of the computer using that function either.

[Champak]

Where do you see me trying to change the master volume, or mention the master volume? The script example shows what I'm doing. It's all the same script I'm trying to affect.

[Champak]

Any thoughts on a workaround?

[iamtheky]

i would think that your loop would be a workaround to this if this didnt work, but it does  

For $i = 0 To 100 Step 10
    $OPLAYER2.settings.volume = $i
    Sleep(2000)
Next

[Champak]

Doing that is fine for the actual media player portion of the app, but here is the problem.

1/ I'm also using text to speech object in the app which is strictly based on the mixer volume level.

2/ even if I use that to set the actual wmp volume, the overall wmp volume is subject to the volume level of the app set in the mixer. Think of it like the mixer is the amp gain and the wmp volume is the stereo volume. If the amp gain is changed everytime you turn on the radio it will mess everything up.

[iamtheky]

Wouldn't you just set the voice volume with the sapi object?

Edited May 22, 2014 by boththose