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mutata posted:I just formatted and reinstalled, upgrading from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate, and now I have to manually switch my default Sound device from speakers to headphones (via Control Panel>Sounds panel). I made a shortcut, but I would love a program to run in the background that I could just hit a key combo and switch them. I'll do this for you. I need the names of your sound devices in the sounds panel. For example, the two sound output devices I switch between are called "Speakers" and "Headset Earphone".
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mutata posted:"Speakers" and "Headphones" is what they're listed as. Thanks a ton! Let me know how this works. I'm a lazy sort of guy and didn't make any sort of configuration for it. Each time you press Ctrl-Alt-Enter it will switch between "Speakers" and "Headphones". At least it's supposed to...
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Oct 13, 2008 23:34
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mutata posted:Brilliant! An editable config for it would be awesome, but this is still ace! You're my hero. This has an editable config file and thus should work for anyone wanting hot-key access to switching between playback devices. Pretty self-explanatory...I think. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Oct 20, 2008 01:13
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evil_bunnY posted:Can anyone do this one? There's already a request for a RSS parser that will put a list of links in a file, so maybe you could combine them. See if you can use John's Background Switcher to do what you need. It's made for rotating wallpapers, and it can do it from an RSS feed. It also has the option to save the photos to disk, so you may be able to work something out. If not, post again, and I may take a look into what it would take to do this for you.
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Nov 12, 2008 20:11
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Lum posted:I've made a .GRF file in graphedit that takes an input from one (virtual) soundcard, runs it through the FFDShow Audio Processor and then outputs to another soundcard. I know nothing about GraphEdit, but this sounds like a job for AutoIt.
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Nov 27, 2008 21:12
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mick6468 posted:I would love a quick windows xp program that simply has an option to change the default audio playback device. I change between headphones and speakers at my desk and it would be great to be able to quickly change without going into control panel. Previous page. :p I haven't tested it on XP, let me know if it has problems.
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Jan 21, 2009 21:13
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mick6468 posted:Sorry I only checked up to about page 31 before I posted. That is exactly what I requested but doesn't seem to work on XP. It constantly says 'Script Paused' and each time I press Crtl+Shift+Enter it creates a new icon in the taskbar, which also flashes 'paused' with an X icon. The names of the devices on my computer are "SoundMAX HD Audio" and "Logitech USB Headset" if that is helpful. I'd also be interested in the source code if at all possible. Thanks The post I linked to has a version which doesn't require the names of your devices. It has an INI file you edit with the number of each device you want to switch between with the number corresponding to it's position in the Sound playback list. This doesn't meant there isn't problems with it on XP, though. Once you try that out let me know if there's still problems and I'll put XP on virtual machine and figure out whats up.
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Jan 21, 2009 22:54
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mick6468 posted:I had fiddled around with the INI file ... Alright, I'll dick around with XP later.
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Jan 22, 2009 02:30
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Balzac Jones posted:I hope this counts as tiny: Does it have to use Thunderbird? What if it just fetches the email direct from the server? If this is ok, then I imagine this could be coded in like 20 lines of code.
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Feb 12, 2009 18:02
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Balzac Jones posted:No, it does not have to use Thunderbird. Grabbing the email straight from a POP3 or IMAP server would fine, as long as it doesn't interfere with the email showing up as normal in Thunderbird as well. Our particular ISP uses POP3 for incoming email. A solution that runs in Windows XP/Vista would be vastly preferable to a Linux solution, though. I'll whip up something this evening or tomorrow.
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Feb 13, 2009 17:38
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Balzac Jones posted:No, it does not have to use Thunderbird. Grabbing the email straight from a POP3 or IMAP server would fine, as long as it doesn't interfere with the email showing up as normal in Thunderbird as well. Our particular ISP uses POP3 for incoming email. A solution that runs in Windows XP/Vista would be vastly preferable to a Linux solution, though. Here you go. You'll need to install Python on the system you're running it on. (Link goes to Windows installer) Just open test.py in a text editor and fill in your server, username, password, and the file where you want to store the subject lines. I'd test it on another email account or something to be sure it's leaving the emails on there. I tested it on mine and it worked fine. If I were you, I'd just set up a scheduled task in windows to run 'test.py' once a minute or something like that.
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Feb 16, 2009 04:27
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Biggest Disaster posted:http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1234898279 You mean a web server that you have FTP access to, or something else?
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Feb 18, 2009 00:35
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Biggest Disaster posted:Oh, yeah. Probably FTP would be the best. I'll do this this weekend. Or at least, I'll look into doing it. :p Is this for Windows?
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Feb 18, 2009 04:31
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mick6468 posted:http://tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1232515631 I forgot you were having problems with the one I coded. I'll look over it again. The problem is that I don't have an XP machine to test it on, but I may be able to work something out...
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Feb 18, 2009 20:37
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mick6468 posted:http://tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1232515631 Ok, try this out and let me know how it works. Since I'm running XP in VirtualPC I don't actually have any way to get more than one sound device to switch between, so some of my code is guess-work. Briefly, just edit the ini file with the positions of the two devices you want to switch between in the Playback section of the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box. Also, edit the hotkeys as described in the ini. After that it should switch between the two sources with a press of the hotkey. This version should work on Vista and XP. edit: I just fixed a bug, if you downloaded before now, just redownload. Thermopyle fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Feb 19, 2009 |
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Feb 19, 2009 16:33
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kri kri posted:I tried this on Win 7 but it doesn't work, I have the same hardware from vista. Any ideas on getting it to work? Yeah. I need to rewrite it to account for differences in each OS. In the meantime you can use the script I pasted in reply to your question in the Win7 thread. If you can't figure out how to use it, then you'll have to wait for my lazy rear end to do a rewrite.
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May 2, 2009 18:55
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Thermopyle posted:Yeah. I need to rewrite it to account for differences in each OS. In the meantime you can use the script I pasted in reply to your question in the Win7 thread. If you can't figure out how to use it, then you'll have to wait for my lazy rear end to do a rewrite. I've had several people ask me about this lately, so I'm going to repost it with some changes I've made: Soundswitch Edit the ini file. Run the exe. You now have a hotkey to switch between sound devices. For example a USB headset and your speakers. I've only seriously tested this on Windows7 64-bit. I have a routine in there that I wrote for XP, but I don't have an XP machine to test it out on. If people tell me what doesn't work, I'll try to fix it.
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May 4, 2009 17:53
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hambeet posted:I would like a quicker way from switching between 5.1 speaker configuration and headphones / stereo in the sound control panel in vista 64. Plugging my headphones into my computer, or my speaker doesn't channel just left or right into my headphones and I get very odd signals down left and right. So I manually everytime go into the control panel and change the configuration. One or two separate scripts would be fine for this. I'm not sure exactly what it is you're asking for...does Soundswitch (I posted it earlier on this very page) not do what you want?
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May 21, 2009 21:00
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m2pt5 posted:Speaking of Soundswitch, did you see my edit to my post earlier in the page asking for a small tweak? Yeah I saw it. Then I forgot about it. I'll see what I can do, but it'll probably be a week or so before I get a chance to work on it. hambeet: That's doable. I'll work it into Soundswitch for you.
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May 22, 2009 21:23
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Steakandchips posted:I really hope you're all making tons of money in your day jobs, you guys deserve it! I don't even work in IT. I own a residential construction company.
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May 24, 2009 20:09
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Swink posted:Also - High five for soundswitch! I thought I'd make a note for Soundswitch users: If you use Windows 7, sound output switches immediately. For example, if you're in a game and switch from speakers to headphones you don't have to restart the game. Same with any app outputting sound.
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May 25, 2009 18:40
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Avenging Dentist posted:And to think, if you were on a Unix system you could do this in one line! Or on a Win7 machine which has PowerShell. I'm not real familiar with PS, but I can't imagine it not being able to do this.
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May 29, 2009 20:40
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Mensur posted:You can download powershell for vista and I think xp too. True. I was just referring to the OS that has it "out-of-the-box" like unix-y type systems.
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May 31, 2009 02:05
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BrianBoitano posted:I've asked this question before but I didn't really get an answer... If you're just going to mainly be programming little automation stuff, I highly recommend AutoIT. I also extensively use python (use version 2.6.2), which has extensive documentation, is highly recommended for beginners, and is very powerful. This is a great book/tutorial for learning. Stop by the python megathread if you have any questions.
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Jun 1, 2009 02:24
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BrianBoitano posted:Thanks, I'll check out Python! I should assume that most learning schemes eventually get around to Windows executables/programs with nifty GUIs and I shouldn't jump too quickly to those sections, right? Right. Windows UI's have little to do with learning to program and just muddle up the learning experience. When I started out, I was miffed about this...now I find that I hardly ever write a GUI for anything.
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Veritron posted:My current favorite way of learning programming is using Visual Studio and modifying something that I found on http://www.codeproject.com/ to suit my needs. It's much easier to start off with an example program and make it do what you want then to write it from scratch - you can also do this with open source code. I know some like to do this, but personally I can't stand it, and have found that it leads to poor practices in some. I always just find it much easier to write what I want from scratch.
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Manky posted:I have a question about SoundSwitch, posted earlier in the thread. It's a great app, but is it possible to have to it actually go through the list of connected audio devices instead of just toggling between two? Sure. I've had a couple of requests for other features. I'll add this to the list. Maybe I'll get around to implementing them this weekend.
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Jun 3, 2009 05:53
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Polluxx Troy posted:Would it be possible to create a tiny program that takes the Album Date and Album name from the first music file (mp3, wma, flac, etc), and renames the parent folder in this format? I'm not going to do this for you, but I'll ask the question someone who does do it will want to ask you....What do you mean by "first music file"? First in what way?
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Jun 11, 2009 01:36
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hambeet posted:Instead of going into the control panel -> Sound -> Configure (on my primary device) and then switching between stereo and 5.1 manually each time, I was after a script that with a click of an icon, or a hotkey (soundswitch is perfect for this) It will switch to 5.1. Pressing the hotkey will put it back to the stereo speaker configuration. m2pt5 posted:I love you. Manky posted:I have a question about SoundSwitch, posted earlier in the thread. It's a great app, but is it possible to have to it actually go through the list of connected audio devices instead of just toggling between two? Done, done, and done but only for Windows 7 right now (Is that a small market or what?). Vista will come soon, I'm not sure if I'll bother with XP because I don't have any computers with XP on them. See here. Version 2 Notes I’ve added a good number of features in the latest version. All accessible through the .ini file. * “Scroll” through each enabled item in your Sound panel. * Hide the tray icon * Switch between two speaker configurations for your current active playback device * Switch/scroll just the default comm device, default playback device, or both * Hotkey to terminate the program Windows makes automating the sound devices very difficult. Thus, the method to automate this is quite "hacky". Please let me know if there's any problems. I would guess there are bugs as the number of lines to add these features went from like 20 to over 400. The only testing I've done is on Win7 x64.
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:Okay I've searched all over, tried a bunch of freeware garbage, and still can't find something that is as basic as I want. http://www.johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/ Everyone I point this out to seems to love it.
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Jun 17, 2009 00:13
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Soundswitch updated to work with Vista. Not really any need to upgrade from 2.0 to 2.01 unless you need Vista compatibility.
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Manky posted:It seems like the device switching isn't as smooth as it was in v.1, but it still works great. Thank you for the new features! No problems so far (running W7 64bit, natch). Yeah, it's not. It's got to retrieve the states (default, default comm, default device) of all the items since I added the new features. I'll probably do an update soon to use the old method of switching if you're only using the old behavior (toggling default between two items).
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Jun 17, 2009 21:04
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The Mattybee posted:I don't know if, strictly speaking, this counts as an app, so someone tell me before I put it up. This makes me idly curious. What do you want this for?
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Jun 24, 2009 21:20
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spoon0042 posted:alright, an excuse to mess around in qbasic qbasic....what memories. I wrote a whole text-based windowing system in qbasic once. That was fun.
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BangersInMyKnickers posted:I need a Win32 command line app that will detect if a user session is idle or not. Apparently the GetLastInputInfo call can be used for this, but I'm not a programmer so what the hell do I know? I only need it to work for the console session if that makes a difference. Something where I can input the number of idle minutes to check for and have it return true or false also with the appropriate errorlevel would be best, but something that returns the time that it has been idle would work as well. one minute...I'll have this in a jiffy... Here you go. It's simple and not what I'd call robust. code:Thermopyle fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Jul 1, 2009 |
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bloodsoup posted:Youtube is aggravating me. Maybe this is just useless bitching, if so I apologize, but here goes: I like this idea. Except, I'd rather it send the comment to the RIAA/MPAA/whatever douchebag organization was responsible. Then I wish the extension/plugin became hugely popular. Then I wish the organization responsible would explode from the number of emails/comments received.
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Jul 12, 2009 21:21
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VomitOnLino posted:Hey Folks, Look in to devcon.exe
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I originally posted about this in this thread, so here's an update. I've just finished an update that gets Soundswitch running on Win7 RTM. For those unawares, Soundswitch lets you switch sound devices on-the-fly with a hotkey. So, for example, you can switch between a USB headset and your speakers by pressing a hotkey instead of using the multiple clicks you've got to do without Soundswitch. Here it is.
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Zhentar posted:I'm looking for inspiration to develop it myself as much as an actual app, but I'm want an app that makes my computer irritating to use during certain time periods. Nothing that makes the computer unusable, just a little extra kick to say "come on, wrap it up, get going". Reposition your computer between your legs and make it open the cd drawer at random intervals. Failing that, something that drastically changes your mouse sensitivity at random intervals.
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FAG posted:Yeah, it didn't go up on tinyappz.com I don't think :/ I'm glad you like it!  I haven't worked on it in awhile, but if you have any suggestions or whatever, just post a comment on the blog.
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