Windows 7 and Steam Games (sound problem)

urahonky

Hey all!

I have a problem, sorta. See whenever I play Steam games for some reason they get really, really quiet! Then when I go to the volume mixer(right click speaker icon -> volume mixer) Steam shows up but the bar is near the bottom (somewhere near 10%). I drag it back to 100% but when (like in L4D2) it loads a new level, Windows puts it back down to 10% again.

Is there a way to turn this shenanigans off?

FunkyWaltDogg

The first thing I'd try: in Windows, go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound: Manage Audio Devices, bring up the Communications tab, and set it to "Do nothing" when Windows detects communication activity. If that doesn't solve the problem (which it might not; I haven't experienced this precise issue), poke around through the properties of your playback device(s), and probably your microphone as well (could be some kind of weird interaction).

urahonky

Holy shit that's exactly what it was! Thank you so much man!

I'd kiss you if you weren't so Funky.

SyndicateBrothers

Hey, i'm having a audio problem too, with Dungeon Defender and Castle Crashers whenever i launch the game, if i have a video playing in the background it will make all my sounds come out of my speakers even if i have headphones in and i dont know how to fix it or where to post this because i literally just made this account because i really want this solved, any help is appreciated, thanks!