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Volume maxnanigans

LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunchesModerator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
edited December 2006 in Help / Advice Forum
I just recently reformatted and reinstalled Windows, and this bug is a first: whenever I skip forward or backward along the track of a video file in Media Player Classic (Windows Media Player as well), it maxes out my computer's volume.

Anybody ever heard about something like this before or have any suggestions on what it could be? It's a pain in the ass but I'm also too lazy to go through another Windows installation, so I'd rather just try and get this fixed.

I'm not actually expecting a solution, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask in the hopes that someone's gone through this before. Or that someone here is omniscient. Whatever comes first.

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  • robaalrobaal Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Maybe try changing the default output device (in the control panel)?

    Update/install drivers for the sound card/on-board audio chipset?

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2006
    Hmm, onboard sound as default seems to work out just fine. Which would suggest that it has something to with my sound card (the previous default).

    I'll frig around with the settings and drivers. Thanks.

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Does the volume slider in windows actually move from its previous position when you do this? Or is it just the speakers cranking.


    If you have Altec Lansing PC speakers, they seem to be notorious for randomly cranking to max volume at random times. Mine do it because apparently World of Warcraft sounds generate the natural resonance frequency of the volume knob or something.

    As a matter of fact, I was at Target a few weeks ago and the demo speakers for Altec Lansing there did the same exact max volume thing.


    So. If you have AL speakers, it may be them, not your software.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2006
    The volume slider stays in place, it's just the speakers cranking. But they're not AL, and it only happens when my output audio is using the Audigy 2 card and not the onboard sound.

    See, I just installed a new WinXP Pro CD with SP1 and SP2 slipstreamed onto the disc to get around WGA. I think this different version combined with a very old divx codec I installed has something to do with it, especially after I found this. Except now I can't figure out how to uninstall the stupid codec. It's not in the list.

    I'll probably just reinstall Windows again tomorrow and work things out one at a time from there.

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Have you tried turning your speaker volume all the way down to zilch and attempt to replicate the problem?

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  • robaalrobaal Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I think the CCCP Insurgent can unregister codecs.

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