Comments on: Controlling the volume of applications in Windows?

Question: Controlling the volume of applications in Windows?

callmejay — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:08:29 -0800

Is it possible to control the volume of individual Windows applications (or Firefox windows/tabs?) Also, is it possible to boost the volume of (e.g.) a YouTube video?

By: judge.mentok.the.mindtaker

judge.mentok.the.mindtaker — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:38:45 -0800

Not that I am promoting M$ Vista (although I do use it on one of my PCs). But the new vista sound mixer provides individual sliders for /every/ application.

Very, very handy for screening youtube at work. Too bad the OS is so flawed.

By: chorltonmeateater

chorltonmeateater — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:58:02 -0800

It costs money, but IndieVolume can apparently do this on XP. I've not tried it myself, but it could be what you're after.

There's also a Lifehacker thread on this very subject (which is where the idea for IndieVolume came from), but no good freeware alternatives seemed to be forthcoming.

By: callmejay

callmejay — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:23:42 -0800

Thanks judge.mentok.the.mindtaker. I actually use Vista, so I feel kind of stupid that I never figured that out. Must not have tried on my new machine.