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Title: Mute Gameplay
Post by: OnezerO on February 16, 2006, 10:35:02 pm

Is there a way to mute the sound during gameplay?  I want to be able to have my jukebox playing in the backgraound while I am playing a game and not be bothered by the game sounds.  I would like to be able to assign a cabinet button to mute the gameplay sound; using AHK or any other method.

I am curently using the DOS version of MAME v0.102

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Mute Gameplay
Post by: thebrownshow on February 17, 2006, 10:13:42 am

You could always just turn the volume down in MAME... I don't think there's a specific MUTE function.

Title: Re: Mute Gameplay
Post by: OnezerO on February 17, 2006, 07:28:19 pm

Thanks for the quick response "brownshow".  I have messed with the volume in MAME, but I have noticed that even with the volume turned all the way down you can still hear some sound, but more importantly using the volume is not a 1 button solution which is what I am looking for.

I have experimented with the ArcadeFX front end and I have noticed that you can turn the sound off completely using the admin controls and this only mutes MAME and not my juke box.  This is what I am looking for, but I would prefer to be able to activate the mute feature from within an active game with a single button.

An acceptable solution would be to activate mute with a single button from within the front end.  Since ArcadeFx is able to mute MAME I am sure that this function can be applied to other front ends as well.

By the way, if anyone is interested, I can post a simple AHK script that I wrote which will allow you to assign a single button that will switch between your jukebox program and your currently active game or if a game is not active between your jukebox program and your front end.

Title: Re: Mute Gameplay
Post by: thebrownshow on February 18, 2006, 09:16:58 am

Nice, thanks for posting the solution you're using.

Title: Re: Mute Gameplay
Post by: Howard_Casto on February 18, 2006, 10:51:15 am

Or you know, you could just turn your speakers off like a normal person. :)

Title: Re: Mute Gameplay
Post by: loadman on February 18, 2006, 05:15:59 pm

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Or you know, you could just turn your speakers off like a normal person.

  But that would not solve his problem. He wants to continue hearing the Jukebox. Quote:

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I want to be able to have my jukebox playing in the background while I am playing a game and not be bothered by the game sounds.

Unless you were exercising you quirky humour  ;D

IDEA: Can you Put in a second soundcard and get the Jukebox or mame to just use that? I've seen two soundcard set-ups before (for DJ/Radio software), so technically it could be possible.

Title: Re: Mute Gameplay
Post by: thebrownshow on February 18, 2006, 07:48:57 pm

See, that's what I thought, but I think his jukebox is a seperate machine... in which case, just cutting power to the speakers is the most logical choice.