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[zaldwaik]

When I started using GBPVR two months ago, I had to establish a mechanism to show a volume meter on screen when the volume is changed from the remote. I did some research and solved the problem as follows:

1. Obtain freeware that can control volume, show onscreen meter, and accept hotkeys (this is usually hardware based, but there are software that can do it too)
2. Disable volume control in remote.ini from GBPVR
3. Create hot keys for volume UP, DOWN and MUTE
4. Program hot keys in remote.ini in the Default application section

You are basically controling the system volume regardless of the application running. GBPVR may lose focus when volume is changed, but that can be solved through the Power button discussed elsewhere in this forum.

If you are interested in specifics, let me know and I can post more details.

[reven]

have you found any freeware app that can do this? if so can you post a link.

[reven]

well after about 30seconds of googling in found this
http://www.reallyeffective.co.uk/sc_down...tails.html
works pretty well, would prefer a mute icon to "Mute" being displayed, so ill keep googling for something else...

[MaBo]

Or just the windows built in app:
sndvol32 /tray
Its windowname is Volume Control

I've mapped the func key to start sndvol32 /tray, then with up and down or mute I can control the volume. Hitting func again closes the sound applet.

Greetz,
MaBo

[reven]

that app i posted listens for hotkeys so you dont need to close the app. i just added the hotkeys in the gbpvr and default section of the irremote.ini file.

[jsteele]

If you are using Girder it can handle Volume Up/Down/Mute and display these on the screen.

[zaldwaik]

I am using sound control from http://www.reallyeffective.co.uk/ it works great and is highly customizable.

[elricfate]

I did exactly that. Used Sound Control from over at ReallyEffective.

Works beautifully, AND I get to keep my visualizations.