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Azurren
As per the topic title is this an intended "feature" or a bug / oversight in Windows 8?
Joining or starting a call using any major voice application (Skype Desktop, Steam, Google Hangouts via the Chrome browser) will cause windows to vastly decrease the volume of Metro Apps.
Ending the call causes the apps to return to there original volumes
Things I have tried:
Result: Works perfectly for desktop apps as it did in Windows 7. Completely Ignored for Metro Apps.
"Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" - Disabled.
I've even tried the "Steam Fix":
Result: As expected, it did nothing..
So.. Bug, "Feature" or Oversight? Or am I missing something obvious here? Like a setting in the Metro Control Panel or perhaps a gesture which involves three hands and a banana? But in all seriousness this is frustrating the **** out of me
Also.. Formatting is lost when posting from the Google Chrome browser. Had to reformat this again using Internet Explorer
As I'm sure no one wants to read a massive block of text
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Joining or starting a call using any major voice application (Skype Desktop, Steam, Google Hangouts via the Chrome browser) will cause windows to vastly decrease the volume of Metro Apps.
Ending the call causes the apps to return to there original volumes
Things I have tried:
- Right-click on the Speaker icon located in the notification tray (located at the end of your taskbar)
- Select Playback devices
- Select the Communications tab
- Select Do nothing
- Select Apply
- Select OK
Result: Works perfectly for desktop apps as it did in Windows 7. Completely Ignored for Metro Apps.
"Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" - Disabled.
I've even tried the "Steam Fix":
- Go to Steam > Settings > Voice tab and check the "Use a push-to-talk key to transmit voice".
- Restart Steam and Audio app and you're done!
Result: As expected, it did nothing..
So.. Bug, "Feature" or Oversight? Or am I missing something obvious here? Like a setting in the Metro Control Panel or perhaps a gesture which involves three hands and a banana? But in all seriousness this is frustrating the **** out of me
Also.. Formatting is lost when posting from the Google Chrome browser. Had to reformat this again using Internet Explorer
As I'm sure no one wants to read a massive block of text
Continue reading...