On 9 Jul 2008, at 04:21, Jason Bobier wrote:
I also need to determine the user's current mute and volume settings
and restore them after my alert plays, which is the other reason
that I was looking for something other than AppleScript.
Well it's still possible to do that with AppleScript,
I also need to determine the user's current mute and volume settings
and restore them after my alert plays, which is the other reason that
I was looking for something other than AppleScript.
Jason
On Jul 8, 2008, at 4:02 PM, I. Savant wrote:
But that isn't what the OP asked. The OP asks *h
lol.. I knew I should have specified that this is a product
requirement from users to avoid all of the worrying people are doing
about my app. :-)
Jason
On Jul 8, 2008, at 7:52 AM, Andreas Mayer wrote:
Am 08.07.2008 um 12:46 Uhr schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
2. Bring up an alert and after a
Thanks for the pointers. I'll take a look.
I should note that this isn't an computer emergency, this is a real
emergency, i.e. there is a hurricane coming and you need to be here.
Part of the requirements from the emergency first responders is that
this unmute any muted computers.
Jason
> But that isn't what the OP asked. The OP asks *how* to do it without
> AppleScript - not *whether* to do it without AppleScript. Furthermore, the
> OP is right that running an AppleScript from within Cocoa/Objective-C is
> noticeably slower than going thru CoreAudio. m.
Actually, the OP said,
On or about 7/8/08 10:56 AM, thus spake "I. Savant"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> AudioDeviceSetProperty() is of
> course more efficient but unless you're muting/unmuting the overall
> system volume fifty times per second, the user truly won't notice,
> therefore AppleScript will work **JUST FINE**. ;-)
> Always worthwhile checking the archives before posting. The technique is
> pretty well demonstrated here:
>
> http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2008/3/12/201211
>
Wherein I respond:
http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2008/3/13/201268
... and I stick by that s
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:25:34 -0400, Jason Bobier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Hey folks,
>
>Has anyone figured out how to control a machine's volume level
>(specifically muting) from code? I know that you can do it from
>Applescript, but running an applescript from code seems to be a rather
>clunky a
On Jul 8, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Matt Gough wrote:
To be fair to the OP, if his app really is going to try to warn me
of impending injury or potential loss of life then I think it is
silly to argue that he shouldn't turn the sound up as loud as it can
go and start telling me to run. I think you t
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:46 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. Give the user a preference setting 'Allow to override system
> sound level for critical alerts'
I don't think having a preference that essentially states "I am a
blathering idiot and you know better than me. When I mute my sound I
On 8 Jul 2008, at 1:52pm, Andreas Mayer wrote:
Am 08.07.2008 um 12:46 Uhr schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
2. Bring up an alert and after a set amount of time without the
user responding to it, then start making things louder.
Don't.
If I mute the sound, I don't want to hear a thing, even if th
Am 08.07.2008 um 12:46 Uhr schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
2. Bring up an alert and after a set amount of time without the user
responding to it, then start making things louder.
Don't.
If I mute the sound, I don't want to hear a thing, even if this
machine is going to blow up.
Should I ever
On 8 Jul 2008, at 6:24am, Phil wrote:
However, I would urge you not to mess around with the user's volume
control, even you think it is an "emergency"---the user may feel very
differently. Your application should play an alert sound, and trust
that the user's system output volume and alert volu
On 8 Jul 2008, at 10:25, Mike Abdullah wrote:
Search the archives, someone fairy recently open sourced a nice
NSSound category that allows volume control, just to make your life
easier.
That would be me :-)
The thread appears to be hard to find in the archives, so here is a
link:
http:/
Search the archives, someone fairy recently open sourced a nice
NSSound category that allows volume control, just to make your life
easier.
Mike.
On 8 Jul 2008, at 04:25, Jason Bobier wrote:
Hey folks,
Has anyone figured out how to control a machine's volume level
(specifically muting)
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Jason Bobier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone figured out how to control a machine's volume level (specifically
> muting) from code? I know that you can do it from Applescript, but running
> an applescript from code seems to be a rather clunky approach.
>
> Th
Hey folks,
Has anyone figured out how to control a machine's volume level
(specifically muting) from code? I know that you can do it from
Applescript, but running an applescript from code seems to be a rather
clunky approach.
This is for emergency notification, so I have to be able to cra
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