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ACT TTS ignores windows volume settings #39

Closed xpdota closed 2 years ago

xpdota commented 2 years ago
  1. Install OverlayPlugin or anything else that would utilize ACT's builtin TTS.
  2. Mute ACT's volume in the windows volume mixer.
  3. Trigger a TTS.

Expected: You hear nothing Actual: You hear TTS, even though the volume is muted and the bar is grayed out: image

In addition, when merely altering the volume rather than muting, a TTS causes the volume to pop back up to its previous setting.

EQAditu commented 2 years ago

This is an artifact of the Windows Media Player API. It changes the host application's volume to the volume it is instructed to play a sound at. This cannot be fixed inside of ACT. You either need to use the volume sliders inside of ACT, or use a sound engine other than WMP API. (or see if Microsoft wants to fix it)

xpdota commented 2 years ago

Looks like this is fixed with the new SAPI setting, thanks!

EQAditu commented 2 years ago

Just be aware that playing sound files outside of OverlayPlugin's CEF process will still have this behavior. The only workaround is to use a different sound engine like Windows API or XAudio2.