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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1209161" data-attributes="member: 82144">No, it doesn't have to be. That's your preference. Sometimes you don't have a choice.We understand what you want. No need to explain again and again. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />No program can do this. There are only workarounds. For example, the PCM could be encoded with a format that can be bit-streamed. In MP you might be able to achieve this with codec settings, MPAR and/or post-processing.No, this is impossible.If you do some research you'll find that Microsoft have intentionally not provided APIs for changing certain audio settings. Apparently this is because they think that only people (not programs like MP) should be able to change those settings. There's no official API for changing the default audio device, speaker setup etc.. Programs that want to change those settings must resort to reverse engineering Windows, using undocumented interfaces, and/or automation scripts (which simulate user activity). You'll find various programs and scripts that can change various audio settings with keyboard shortcuts etc.. Why don't you try one of them?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1209161, member: 82144"] No, it doesn't [I]have [/I]to be. That's your [U]preference[/U]. Sometimes you don't have a choice. We understand what you want. No need to explain again and again. ;) No program can do this. There are only workarounds. For example, the PCM could be encoded with a format that can be bit-streamed. In MP you might be able to achieve this with codec settings, MPAR and/or post-processing. No, this is impossible. If you do some research you'll find that Microsoft have intentionally not provided APIs for changing certain audio settings. Apparently this is because they think that only people (not programs like MP) should be able to change those settings. There's no official API for changing the default audio device, speaker setup etc.. Programs that want to change those settings must resort to reverse engineering Windows, using undocumented interfaces, and/or automation scripts (which simulate user activity). You'll find various programs and scripts that can change various audio settings with keyboard shortcuts etc.. Why don't you try one of them? [/QUOTE]

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