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Name: Media Volume Settings
Marketplace description:
Have you ever noticed that after opening some application or game, the volume for media playback (from zune for example) is higher or lower ? Or that some games have the volume too high ?
This application allows to fine tune that internal background media volume, separately from the main device volume. It can also be useful when an application or game has background music too loud or too soft.
Please note it DOESN'T work while connected to Zune, which restores volume to 100%. Also note it can't control in-call, device or notifications volume nor can keep the settings after a reboot due to WP7 features/limitations, about which I can't do anything.
Trial is ad-supported
Updated in 1.4:
- customizable presets
- better compatibility through the Dispatcher (should help ?)
- better interface, up/down buttons
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Please remember that you can't update a trial application in the marketplace at the moment. You have to uninstall and reinstall it.
Notes:
I've noticed many application that can alter background/zune music volume (Bowling xx is one) and also some others that had their internal volume too high, so that even at volume 1/30 it was annoying at night (Krashlander is one). Some of them are now allowing internal volume regulation in later updates. This application solves both problems. I'm also looking into adding live tile (with volume value), not sure about the possibility of it...
Available in English,Italian and German .
before reporting it doesn't work, please note:
- it doesn't allow to make general volume higher
- media volume is used by most application and zune to control background music and sometimes sounds too (so you can fine tune with this)
- there are applications that modify this volume at start. There are many of these that don't set it back when they exits (and that's one of the main uses of the application)
- at boot, you always have 100% media volume
- when connecting to zune or synching wirelessly, it resets media volume to 100%
- while connected to zune, you can't alter volume
- it can't control in-call, notifications, alerts, ringtones, or door bell volume. I'm looking into controlling your dog bark, though
Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10881451
Zune Marketplace Link: http://social.zune.net/External/Lau...oneAppID=0774b6ec-f323-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
Please, anybody voting in the poll above, leave a comment with your phone model (and if it works). Thanks
Thank you !
That was my problem exactly, I had to restart my phone each time some application modified the volume especially when I wanted to use Zune and the music came out quite low. In fact I thought something was wrong with the speaker...
I’ve actually even used it with a game which had very loud background music.
Thanks, I'm going to release a free, ad-supported version in some days.
Trial updated to ad-support
The application has been updated with ad-supported, unrestricted use, trial version. Buying removes the ads. Please remember that you can't update a trial version in the marketplace at the time, you have to uninstall and reinstall it.
I've also found out that comparing two omnia7, both coming from germany, that one is quite louder than the other, even on max volume (both media and main device volumes at 100%). I've also checked the device gain in through diagnosis codes and they are the same. However I'd say the quiter one is already loud enough.
Or maybe that's to point on the fact that the louder one has been debranded by flashing a new rom ? (warranty repair, came broken from an extremely rude german internet shop which refused to replace it ! If you are going to buy one in Germany I can pm his name, so you can avoid what I've been through)
You should add all the different volumes settings to it... like system volume, notification volume, etc. Then it could be a one stop place to change volume for all aspects of the device.
thesecondsfade said:
You should add all the different volumes settings to it... like system volume, notification volume, etc. Then it could be a one stop place to change volume for all aspects of the device.
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To the best of my knowledge, the wp7 toolkit doesn't allow you to manipulate device (system) volume. There is also no separate notification volume in windows phones, it uses the same as ringer/device volume.
link to zune market place
first of all nice application!
can you please tell me how to get the link to the application in marketplace once the application is uploaded. The only way i thought to view the application is search in zune software.
Thanks.
Thanks.
I got that problem too. First thing I did was trying to get something out of the assembly, but right in the middle of it I discovered the appropriate command.
I'm on the wrong computer now and can't remember what it is, but I think it's something that sound like OpenMarketPlacePage. If I remember correctly, you don't need to get the id, call the link, etc.
Version 1.3 with german localization
I've just pushed the update to 1.3 to the testing process. Besides adding localization for our german friends (who apparently couldn't understand what the application does), there are some interface tweaks.
Most importantly, I've found out that connecting the phone to Zune has the effect of resetting the media volume to 100% and keeping it there while connected.
Regarding managing other volumes, at the moment I can't see a way. I guess there are three volumes at least: device (main), in-call, and media volume.
thanks....
There are some reviews on the market which just say that it won't work. If anyone noticed that it fails to regulate the volume, please indicate which model of phone is tested on and maybe the carrier/nation as well as it's also weird it didn't work for 2 out of 2 australian users...
as of now:
Success on:
2 omnia7
1 dell venue
2 focus
2 hd7
5 unknown
Failed on:
1 surround
2 focus
1 hd7
2 unknown
Do you think you could control ring volume separately ?
Works on my Focus, although resets on reboot.
I like it, but I wish we could simply set the media volume level straight up (0-30) instead of fractions of the system volume. I'm assuming that's much harder to implement, though.
menger said:
Do you think you could control ring volume separately ?
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Unfortunately not at the moment. From the looks of it, the sdk only exposes a few stuff to manage that background music volume, probably in order to manage it in-game easily.
Even if with some complex way one could control other volumes, it wouldn't pass certification because it would probably not use standard calls...
mcorrie1121 said:
Works on my Focus, although resets on reboot.
I like it, but I wish we could simply set the media volume level straight up (0-30) instead of fractions of the system volume. I'm assuming that's much harder to implement, though.
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Glad you like it. Well, again, it would probably be nice to manage it that way, but at the moment the way media volume is designed completely forbid this. In fact at the beginning I was looking to implement something like this, but my guess is that this is how the volume settings work. After adapting a bit to it, it actually makes sense too.
At the beginning I was longing for an android-like, 6 channel volume mixer, but now I think they were too many and this is an easier way to manage volume.
The fact that it resets at reboot is another technical limitation/feature. The media volume is a 'soft' settings and I can't control what starts when the phone reboots. It's also a feature because if the volume got incorrectly set by some application (muted for example!) then you possibly wouldn't have a way to reset it.
What makes less sense is that it resets to 100% when connected to zune, which also stops the music. I'm sure there might be some explication behind it, it's just a tiny bit annoying...
maqwp7developer said:
first of all nice application!
can you please tell me how to get the link to the application in marketplace once the application is uploaded. The only way i thought to view the application is search in zune software.
Thanks.
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Forgot to clarify:
in order to open your app marketplace page, you can do this in the code:
MarketPlaceDetailTask task = new MarketPlaceDetailTask();
task.Show();
while otherwise to know the product id or even the link for the application, once published, you can see it in the app hub details page.
It doesn't work on my HTC HD7. ever try to play a game with sound on this device no volume at all the sound is so ,so low.
jabtano said:
It doesn't work on my HTC HD7. ever try to play a game with sound on this device no volume at all the sound is so ,so low.
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I'm sorry I'm probably misunderstanding you. Do you mean that you are trying to increase the general volume in a game using this application ?
Yes the overall volume on this device is bad in order to listen to tunes you have to use a headset otherwise there is no volume.
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However this app works great on my wifes focus. HTC HD7 has s volume issue HTC says to download there app that is much like this one it didn't work so I was hoping this one would.
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Hi:
I am looking for an app to filter calls. I would like to allow only certain numbers, and block or silence the rest. All the apps I have found do the opposite, they block only the numbers you ask them to, and it would be very impractical to have to add all numbers except for the 2 I want to allow.
The latest one I tried was call filter, which was great, and easy to use, but the same as the others, you could only block individual numbers, rather than allow only specific numbers.
Thanks!
You can use Tasker to do that. I had a Tasker profile that ran at night when my phone was on silent. It would ring only if calls came in from my children or my parents. You could use the same type of profile but have it active all the time.
Tasker is more complicated than your typical android app. But there are example profiles that you can download and modify.
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Hi Redger:
Thanks so much for your reply. I downloaded and installed tasker. You are right, it is complicated. I installed the sample profiles for Auto Sleep Mode with Exceptions (sounds like what you mentioned).
I made it as far as adding the numbers I do want to ring. I am wondering is there any way to activate it manually (maybe a one click home screen type thing), rather than right now it is set to start automatically at a certain time?
Basically what I would like to do, is have only 2 phone numbers able to reach me (for both voice and sms calls) while I am sleeping, and all other numbers to be completely silenced.. I don't really want it to start and stop at a certain time, because my bedtime varies greatly from one day to the next.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks again!
cincy1020 said:
Hi Redger:
Thanks so much for your reply. I downloaded and installed tasker. You are right, it is complicated. I installed the sample profiles for Auto Sleep Mode with Exceptions (sounds like what you mentioned).
I made it as far as adding the numbers I do want to ring. I am wondering is there any way to activate it manually (maybe a one click home screen type thing), rather than right now it is set to start automatically at a certain time?
Basically what I would like to do, is have only 2 phone numbers able to reach me (for both voice and sms calls) while I am sleeping, and all other numbers to be completely silenced.. I don't really want it to start and stop at a certain time, because my bedtime varies greatly from one day to the next.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks again!
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You can put a shortcut on the screen to tasker, and it will open to the tasks. Click on the real to turn off. 2 clicks I know.
I think the tasker forums can tell you how to make the task into a "program" like you want.
Edit. Try long pressing on the screen and go to task. It might be there.
Download the generic toggle widget. You can put the widget on your home screen and program it to toggle your sleep mode profile. Remove the time constraints from the sleep profile and set it up to work with the toggle widget.
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I am in no way attempting to take credit for this program or any profiles created unless my name is annotated next to a published link. Support these guys buy buying their app(s) as this is a tremendous backend for amazing automation for today and the future.
In an effort to help everyone new to Tasker (and its associated apps like AutoRemote) and its capabilities, I'm starting this thread to list profiles that people are actively using on their gear.
What is Tasker?
Tasker is an application for Android which performs tasks (sets of actions) based on contexts (application, time, date, location, event, gesture) in user-defined profiles or in clickable or timer home screen widgets.
What are some of the things I can use these apps for?
While the number of uses for Tasker is limitless and only supressed by your imagination, here is a list of published tasker profiles that people have created for common yet out of the box thinking type usage: Tasker Profiles
Here are only some of the things you could do with Tasker, it's real power is the flexibility to combine contexts and tasks however you wish.
passcode-lock sensitive applications (e.g. for child safety)
change phone settings by
*application: long screen timeout in a book reader
*time: screen brightness lower in the evening
*location: ringer volume high at the office, turn off ke yguard at home
wake up with a random song from your music collection
Text-to-speech; read out loud: incoming SMS/ phone number, WiFi/Bluetooth status, when it's time for an appointment, when the battery is low etc etc (Android OS 1.6+ only)
launch a music application when your music SD card is inserted, otherwise a file browser
start the day with a particular application showing
change all your home icons and wallpaper every day, or in particular locations
turn the phone upside down to return to the home screen, tilt 90 degrees to the left and back to toggle speakerphone during a call
create a Home widget to
*toggle bluetooth/wifi on/off
*launch wireless settings dialog
*show a menu of tasks to choose
*send an emergency SMS with your GPS location
remap camera etc buttons to other applications, or show a menu of applications and/or actions
zip/unzip application data on the fly when an application is launched/exits
pause music playback while in a particular application, restart on exit
change the Home icon for any application
take a time-lapse photo series (possibly 'secretly')
make a regular backup of a file on the SD card
track your phone location via SMS in case of theft
extend the use of the media button on your headset: take a picture from a distance or go to the previous media track with a long press
record call times and destinations to the SD card
show a popup when an SMS arrives from a particular phone number
setup a birthday SMS to be sent months before it happens so you don't forget
record battery levels over time to a file on SD card
make automatic recordings of what you say during phone calls to SD card
during the night, turn on airplane mode to conserve battery/reduce radiation, but turn it off every 15 minutes to check for SMS/voicemail.
setup a vacation SMS message, with different messages for different callers
launch a music application when headphones are connected
Guides and Tutorials
OG Development Site for Tasker for Android
Massive amounts of reading material/guides
Tasker 101 Help Videos - by hollywoodfrodo
Tasker Profiles
Auto Bluetooth/Internet Tether - App Trigger Method - Props to Brendo.
Auto Bluetooth/Internet Tether - Screen On/Off Trigger Method - Props to st-tps
Please drop a note in the thread or PM me with your Profiles and/or Instructions. This is thread is to bring the power of Tasker on the gear to a single place. Thread links/files/guides all welcome.
Cool
Here's one that I've been using:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542050
Recommended companion app: AutoRemote
What we really need is an update to Tasker to allow exporting...
I would love if this thread develops and thank you for starting it...i am trying to learn how to use tasker to get weather widgets to read weather from stock weather widget.....F0mey said you needed SQlite which i have and tasker...but im lost from there
It has taken me the better part of 4 days to get mine set up for voice automation. I know I've barely gotten started but I can now give a voice command to the gear and have it open Pandora and adjust the volumes on the phone. Then pause Pandora and readjust the volumes with another command. Think entering and exiting your car. Having this core structure in place, I think as I move to a full home automation plan, I will be able to integrate it with no problems.
Tasker, Autovoice, and Autoremote are all required. When I get a little more time, I'll try to decompress all that I learned over these 4 days to create a tutorial.
In the meantime, if you search autovoice and autoremote on Youtube, you can find some great assistance. Armando Ferreira has some great tutorials that really helped me get to where I am (and pushing me to where I want to be).
I was hoping someone can help me with what I am trying to do. First I'll explain what I want and then show screen shots of what I tried. So basically I want my weather info to be set for UCCW widgets and it seems u need tasked and sqlite to do so. And no null has sqlite support so I'll show u what I've done.
I know I'm probably totally off but can anyone tell me if I'm close or help
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Great Job with the OP #WellDone
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Bump. Added new Bluetooth Tether method by st-tps. Please give them props and if you have any profiles you have created please share!
Do you have to have an internet connection on you Gear for the initial Autoremote setup? I really just need the bluetooth connection to my phone to send intents to trigger tasks from there. I've googled the crap out of it but keep coming to the same posts. Thanks!
snowmangoh said:
Do you have to have an internet connection on you Gear for the initial Autoremote setup? I really just need the bluetooth connection to my phone to send intents to trigger tasks from there. I've googled the crap out of it but keep coming to the same posts. Thanks!
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I'm having the same issue. I can get autoremote to send through BT occasionally but not consistently.
I also have trouble with autovoice offline. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.
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cvondra said:
Bump. Added new Bluetooth Tether method by st-tps. Please give them props and if you have any profiles you have created please share!
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Nice thread, everyone can take use of the Tasker Power!
And thanks for the prop
When I double tap Nova, I use AutoVoice recognised Profile on Gear to send an autoremote message to the phone.
When the phone receives the message, it opens my Spotify playlist, and starts playing,
It also uses intents within Spotify to open the now playing window
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Has anyone found way to activate/deactivate motions with tasker at a given time?
I use to turn it of when i go to bed to save battery
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pzayx said:
Has anyone found way to activate/deactivate motions with tasker at a given time?
I use to turn it of when i go to bed to save battery
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just what motions are you doing in bed exactly???
do you "sleep" with your watch on?
Wahaha! Nothing like that mate, but do you lay completely still when you are trying to sleep? Yes i sleep with the watch on because i am using the alarm feature and it works really good
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vibrate & ring
Any of you tasker experts know how trigger an event on an incoming call on the Gear? I've tried Event --> phone ringing, and it doesn't seem to trigger anything when I get a call. I was thinking maybe there's a way to do it with Intent Received, but I don't know which intent...
I wanted the gear to play a ringtone once when I receive a call (while the gear is set to 'vibrate')
I can achieve this using Autoremote. The phone ringing event works on the phone itself, so I had Autoremote send a message "RING" to the gear, and the gear received this and played the ringtone... it wasn't really a good way to do it, and wasted battery because I had to keep the Autoremote bluetooth listener on.
lopan2000 said:
Any of you tasker experts know how trigger an event on an incoming call on the Gear? I've tried Event --> phone ringing, and it doesn't seem to trigger anything when I get a call. I was thinking maybe there's a way to do it with Intent Received, but I don't know which intent...
I wanted the gear to play a ringtone once when I receive a call (while the gear is set to 'vibrate')
I can achieve this using Autoremote. The phone ringing event works on the phone itself, so I had Autoremote send a message "RING" to the gear, and the gear received this and played the ringtone... it wasn't really a good way to do it, and wasted battery because I had to keep the Autoremote bluetooth listener on.
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I think you may need to find out what 'app' opens. Perhaps dialer? And trigger on app start as it doesn't seem to use the actually phone capabilities of android
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Brendo said:
I think you may need to find out what 'app' opens. Perhaps dialer? And trigger on app start as it doesn't seem to use the actually phone capabilities of android
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I just tried dailer ... didn't work Doesn't see like there are any other apps on the tasker app list that would apply to incoming calls. That's why i was thinking there was an intent or something else that could be monitored.
I have a simple one for alerting of Whatsapp messages (got sick of watch constantly alerting on group messages). Essentially it triggers a notification, then hides it
Make sure Tasker is set to send notificiations in Gear Manager
Make sure Tasker is turned on in Accessibility services
Profile: Notification Whatsapp
Cooldown: 5mins
Event: Notification
Owner Application: WhatsApp
Task: WhatsApp Message
1. Notify
Title: Whatsapp
Text: Message Received
Icon: [Can be anything, as doesn't show up anywhere]
2. Wait
Seconds: 5
3. Notify Cancel
Title: whatsApp
Further ideas:
- Display content (requires sqlite3)
- Only display for group chats
- Repeat alerts
UPDATE:
I use WhatsTasker for more detail. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.zhdev.whatstasker
I'm on 9.1.0.124 and find the Do Not Disturb functionality is reduced from my P20Pro. There (and I think this available on stock Android?), I could automatically activate DND via calendar events, which is really useful for automatically silencing phone in meetings etc. This isn't there on my P30Pro, only a time schedule (ie. overnight).
Don't understand why they'd remove such a useful functionality (unless I'm being really thick, and there's something I need to activate elsewhere to enable this?). Is there any any good apps out there which can replace this functionality?
Paul.
Hi Paul
I am having same issue. Glad it's not just me. Cannot belive this is missing. I like setting DND when I go to bed and on my last phone had it set to switch off DND when my alarm went off. Can anyone suggest a work around or solution please!
Yeah , exceptions are missing on the p30 pro which usually comes in handy for me. Anyway , you can try
Do Not Disturb - Call Blocker , remember to remove automatic management from App Launch and also remove from battery optimization settings.
pmburton said:
I'm on 9.1.0.124 and find the Do Not Disturb functionality is reduced from my P20Pro. There (and I think this available on stock Android?), I could automatically activate DND via calendar events, which is really useful for automatically silencing phone in meetings etc. This isn't there on my P30Pro, only a time schedule (ie. overnight).
Don't understand why they'd remove such a useful functionality (unless I'm being really thick, and there's something I need to activate elsewhere to enable this?). Is there any any good apps out there which can replace this functionality?
Paul.
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this has just happened on the Huawei Mate20 with EMUI 9.1. I am a school teacher so have been using calendar events to silence my phone when i'm on class, but be on volume when i'm not on class. this is impossible to remember to do manually - i end up just putting my phone on silent and forgetting to unsilent later. Are there any other apps (than the one mentioned previous post) for DND calendar events?
Hi to all,
I've always used a great app to manage different sound profiles but with OnePlus 10 Pro (Android 13) I've encountered a big issue.
I need to set notifications to off during the night but rings and alarms have to be set to high.
This is because I need to be contactable for work but I do not want to hear notifications from other apps (mails, whatsapp, ...).
That app is Volume Butler.
In the past, it was simply possible to set the volume for notifications to 0 but now if I set this to 0, automatically the phone set the "do not disturb" mode that prevents calls and alarms, so I have to manually disable it and the automatic process is not working...
I was thinking to use an automated process to change the ringtone for notification using a null-sound but I have not found anything...
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Alex
Tasker can do this. It may be overkill for what you need though, and it's not free.
It's like a way to create profiles that get triggered on a massive number of different things.
A couple I have for example, I turn off AOD on my phone when I'm sleeping, so it doesn't light up the room. I turn off wifi leaving the house, and turn it back on when I get to work, or back home. I mute my phone when I'm at work, and there's an appointment in my work calendar...that sort of stuff.
Tasker is my most used app, as it can do SO many things.
Tasker Tips & Tricks
Tasker is one of the most powerful apps available for Android. Discuss all of its amazing uses here!
forum.xda-developers.com
r/tasker
r/tasker:
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But someone else may have a simpler option for you.
the_scotsman said:
Tasker can do this. It may be overkill for what you need though, and it's not free.
It's like a way to create profiles that get triggered on a massive number of different things.
A couple I have for example, I turn off AOD on my phone when I'm sleeping, so it doesn't light up the room. I turn off wifi leaving the house, and turn it back on when I get to work, or back home. I mute my phone when I'm at work, and there's an appointment in my work calendar...that sort of stuff.
Tasker is my most used app, as it can do SO many things.
Tasker Tips & Tricks
Tasker is one of the most powerful apps available for Android. Discuss all of its amazing uses here!
forum.xda-developers.com
r/tasker
r/tasker:
www.reddit.com
But someone else may have a simpler option for you.
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Thank you! I've found MacroDroid that can automatically change the notification sound and for me is enough!