hello,
big problem: my pc is always connected to my video recorder. when my wife
watches a movie i get the sound on my speakers... i have to switch off the
complete sound in the taskbar. even when i go to the device control and pull
down the volume at the line-in panel - nothing happens. please give me back
the old mixer where i have all devices...mic, line in, stereo mix and so
one.... with a button to switch on or off. the sound control in vista doesn´t
work and i dont´want to go to the device control every time ...can you fix
this please?

what sound card are u using???? by chance if its ac'97 go to realtek site
and d/l the latest vista beta drivers. that problem was fixed about a month
a go. and the newest one fixed some volume issues. I know I was very upset
when I first tested vista I went back to xp because of the problem u mentioned

"olli" wrote:

hello,
big problem: my pc is always connected to my video recorder. when my wife
watches a movie i get the sound on my speakers... i have to switch off the
complete sound in the taskbar. even when i go to the device control and pull
down the volume at the line-in panel - nothing happens. please give me back
the old mixer where i have all devices...mic, line in, stereo mix and so
one.... with a button to switch on or off. the sound control in vista doesn´t
work and i dont´want to go to the device control every time ...can you fix
this please?

"Alec" wrote:

what sound card are u using???? by chance if its ac'97 go to realtek site
and d/l the latest vista beta drivers. that problem was fixed about a month
a go. and the newest one fixed some volume issues. I know I was very upset
when I first tested vista I went back to xp because of the problem u mentioned

"olli" wrote:

hello,
big problem: my pc is always connected to my video recorder. when my wife
watches a movie i get the sound on my speakers... i have to switch off the
complete sound in the taskbar. even when i go to the device control and pull
down the volume at the line-in panel - nothing happens. please give me back
the old mixer where i have all devices...mic, line in, stereo mix and so
one.... with a button to switch on or off. the sound control in vista doesn´t
work and i dont´want to go to the device control every time ...can you fix
this please?

the problem is NOT fixed. i have an ac97 sound chip on my asus board with
nforce chipset. i tried several drivers...from my mainboard cd, from the
nvidia site and at last the vista beta drivers from realtek. every time i get
fine sound but no possibility to switch something off or tune the volume of
the line-in.
and even if it would have been fixed...to remove the mixer and just leave a
mini-volume panel in the taskbar is not very comfortable.

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:33:02 -0700, olli
wrote:

the problem is NOT fixed. i have an ac97 sound chip on my asus board with
nforce chipset. i tried several drivers...from my mainboard cd, from the
nvidia site and at last the vista beta drivers from realtek. every time i get
fine sound but no possibility to switch something off or tune the volume of
the line-in.
and even if it would have been fixed...to remove the mixer and just leave a
mini-volume panel in the taskbar is not very comfortable.
That is odd, because my Nvidia/AC97 allows this. IT IS REALLY BURIED.


Right click the speaker in the tool tray.
Select "recording Devices"
Highlight Line In
Click "Properties"
Select the "Levels" tab
Adjust away

that´s what i did...but there was no reaction. just sound on full volume.
i think i will reinstall vista again...sometimes old driverparts are the
problem.
thx.

after the re-installation of vista:
i used the vista driver from realtek...excellent sound but still no mixer
and no chance to switch off the line-in.
fix that bug please. and please no comments like "look for drivers and the
manufacturers website. the driver works. the windows sound control doesn´t!

If you Google for Vista sound mixer you will find some options that
you might not be aware of..

"olli" wrote in message
...


after the re-installation of vista:
i used the vista driver from realtek...excellent sound but still no mixer
and no chance to switch off the line-in.
fix that bug please. and please no comments like "look for drivers and the
manufacturers website. the driver works. the windows sound control
doesn´t!

google found one result searching for "vista sound mixer".
i tried the realtak sound manager with a right-click in the taskbar where i
have the following options: media player (works), audio recorder (works),
sound control (no reaction....).
it is sad that a standart tool that worked since win95 is not to use...
vista is still a beta and microsoft should fix such essentials problems
instead of creating software like dvd maker, defender and such things that
other companies are doing better. microsoft in my opinion is an operating
soystem...no all-in-one solution. sorry for that but at this time vista is
useless for me. i am doing a lot of video-producing and getting access to all
sound in- and outputs is more important to me than a sidebar with weather
reports.
thx for your suggestions.

"JW" wrote:

If you Google for Vista sound mixer you will find some options that
you might not be aware of..

"olli" wrote in message
...


after the re-installation of vista:
i used the vista driver from realtek...excellent sound but still no mixer
and no chance to switch off the line-in.
fix that bug please. and please no comments like "look for drivers and the
manufacturers website. the driver works. the windows sound control
doesn´t!

forgot the last thing:
in the systemcontrol at sound / devices / recording... the line-in shows me
a little equalizer who visualizes the sound that i hear with green lights...
so it works as far...but the volume panel is at "0" and there is no chance to
switch off...even when i deactivate. that is my problem.