Menu sounds randomly don't play, videos are fine (1 Viewer)

[tourettes]

I mean after playback sometimes MP menu sounds are disabled.

If MP wont release the DS graph peroperly then MPAR will keep the audio device busy. Please provide logs from such case.

 

[kiwijunglist]

@tourettes - no menu sound after up in the air (I'm pretty sure I had sound prior)

 

[tourettes]

@tourettes - no menu sound after up in the air (I'm pretty sure I had sound prior)

Cannot see anything in the logs that would cause it.

 

[FireAza]

I've been having a simular issue since i switched to Windows 8. On Windows 7 this was never a problem, but since Windows 8 i hardly heared any navigation sounds.
Installing the AVR Audio Guard fixed my issues

When Video card manufacturers started including onboard sound devices with their products, for the first time ever it allowed computer users to get Audio and Video to their A/V receiver, through one cable without the need for an seperate sound card. However, with this new technology, came a new problem.

A/V receivers have to switch to the appropriate mode every time an audio stream is presented to them. This in itself isn't a problem, but in Windows, when the sound device is configured with more than two channels, the receiver has to switch modes every time Windows plays a system sound, a video in youtube, an mp3 in Windows Media Player etc. Because it takes the receiver time to switch modes, this leads to the first second or two of the sound being missed, which in the case of system sounds, often means the whole sound is missed.

I installed that program you linked to. Hopefully it's not a coincidence, but the menu sounds worked! Still, I find it really odd that holding down the navigation button didn't create the same effect.

While it's nice that this has fixed the issue, it would be nice if there were a solution that didn't involving having to have yet another program running on my PC. Any suggestions?

 

[HomeY]

I installed that program you linked to. Hopefully it's not a coincidence, but the menu sounds worked!

No coincidence That's what this app was made for. It keeps the HDMI connection open.