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Is it possible to assign Shift Button + Spinner = Computer Audio Volume control?
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SavannahLion:
I was trying to edit the mention of VB out for a similar reason you stated, but the changes refused to take. Internet Gods must be frowning on me. I even had a har time posting this response. QUICK! I need a chicken, salt and five black candles made from the fat of humans to break the curse!

That's the thing that really irritates the hell out of me. Functionality that should be (or was) trivial is made impossible because some skript kiddie ---fudgesicle--- wants to pretend to be a hacker. Especially when you get snubbed by more experienced developers when trying to achieve some measure of functionality. I can't count the times I've turned to actual virii itself just to figure out how to do something for less "nefarious" reasons. I've even lost time and money on jobs because MS decided to make fundamental changes in a feeble attempt to stave off disease negating months (in one case, years) worth of code.   :angry:

I think that's why I moved to Linux. Even though it's a mismash of techniques, I can at least regain some (if not all) of that control by making my own changes to the underlying code.
ahofle:

--- Quote from: SavannahLion on August 08, 2007, 02:00:26 pm ---ahofle, are you testing with a key combination capture or a single key capture?

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For the hotkey, I'm looking for a keydown event.  While that's still held down, I receive all other key and mouse events so all I need to do is wait for the keydown of the hotkey, set a boolean and wait for the other input to adjust the volume.  Once the hotkey is released, I get a keyup event and set the boolean back to false and continue listening.


--- Quote ---The other thing to be concerned about / aware of is Windows cross-platform compatibility, how upcoming changes in the way MAME collects input might affect the operation of said code, and so on.  Even the linked article states that 95/98 can only use application level hooking, not system wide.  So I guess my cab is out  Tongue
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I just noticed that too -- typical Bill Gates.  Having only recently been forced to upgrade to XP from 98 on my cabinet, I feel for you.  I'll see what else I can find for Win9X.
Molinero:
I actually use Volumouse and it works fine .. don't worry about any trojans. I planning on using it in my jukebox project. I hooked up a small test rig with a scroll wheel from a mouse and it works. It's not pretty though. Whether it works with MAME or not .. I have no idea.
ahofle:
If someone finds a volume program out there that:

1) allows a configurable 'hotkey'
2) allows mouse x/y axis AND/OR a configurable pair of keys to control volume
3) works with MAME

...please let me know so I quit wasting my time.  :P
Most of the programs I've found listen for windows keys or use the mouse scroll wheel which isn't very useful to the majority of people around here with cabinets.
RandyT:

--- Quote from: ahofle on August 08, 2007, 04:32:17 pm ---...please let me know so I quit wasting my time.  :P

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Please continue to waste your time.  And don't forget to include a configurable "volume" steps option.  Volumouse only works on Z, which is more sensitive at the desktop than the other two axes, and when coupled with a high-res spinner....well, you get the picture.  Even though this volume step option seemed to be present, it did not seem to work very well.

Also, Volumouse is the one I tested that failed under MAME.  While it looked like a nice program, it fell short on a few fronts.  I doubt anyone will find one that does what this community wants "out of the box."

RandyT
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