Possible to mute individual programs?

[therealbiglou]

Is it possible to have EventGhost mute individual programs like you can do through Windows 7's volume mixer? I can only see actions for toggle mute, mute on, and mute off. I would like to be able to mute WMC so that closed captioning is on but still be able to listen to music.

[yokel22]

You could use the MCE plugin to mute WMC. Mute action will toggle mute.

[therealbiglou]

Unfortunately, this mutes all system audio.

[kkl]

Check the AudioEndpoint plugin to see if it does what you need. Otherwise, this is a bit of a kludge, but I think you can do it using the NIRCMD utility. Explanation here. You could use the EG Windows Command to execute. Haven't tried this exact thing myself.

[therealbiglou]

Thanks! The NIRCMD utility works great! My only problem is running the command from EG. I don't see an action for running windows commands.

Here's what I want to run:

C:\NirCmd>nircmd muteappvolume ehshell.exe 2

Any tips on how I can run this in EG?

[kkl]

Add Macro or Add Action -> System/Windows Command. You might need to experiment with the options. There's also System/Start Application if Windows Command doesn't work.

[therealbiglou]

I don't see an action called Windows Command under system. Also, how do I set up Start Application to run a command line script? I see the Command Line Options field, do I just paste my command there?

EDIT

Nevermind, I was able to figure out. I had the executable open nircmdc.exe and in the command line options, I put: nircmd muteappvolume eshell.exe 2

Thanks!