Laptop volume buttons hijacked by USB mic

Posted By: fivestrokes | Jul 8th, 2006 @ 5:05 AM
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#Jul 8th, 2006 @ 5:05 AM
fivestrokes
fivestrokes
brrrrm! brrrrm!

I installed a USB camera with built-in mic today and since then I could not adjust the volume using the volume buttons on my vaio. I checked the volume controls to see which slider was being moved and to my surprise it was the microphone volume Expressionless

Any tips on how can I regain control of my volume buttons to adjust playback device and not recording device? OS: winxp sp2.

#Jul 8th, 2006 @ 5:24 AM
W3bbo
W3bbo
The Master of Baiters
The volume control buttons on Vaio notebooks control the System Volume slider by default. Programs can install themselves and hijack the controls to change other volumes. For instance, if it's a Media Center PC, then the buttons control MC's volume (but only when MC is running), if you have Winamp, the buttons can be used to control only Winamp's volume, and not the computer's.

Perhaps the webcam's drivers you installed are hijacking the hotkeys?
#Jul 8th, 2006 @ 11:33 AM
fivestrokes
fivestrokes
brrrrm! brrrrm!

Sadly, there is no way around it. I downloaded the latest drivers, still hijacks. I have to unplug the USB cable from the laptop to have the buttons adjust the system volume - 'sigh' Embarassed

On the bright side, the cam is cool.

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