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Quiet audio playback with certain files (attached)
Okay, so here's the deal. At my place of work, we are migrating to Windows 7. We use computers that run an access frontend as timeclocks with sounds that play on loudspeakers at specific times. When we were using Windows XP, the played audio was extremely loud (so-much-so that you don't want to be near the speaker when it goes off). We need it this way, as they are located in a loud factory and need to be heard.
On Windows 7, the sound plays much more quietly. The catch is that it's only these sounds that are being problematic. Music and system sounds play extremely loudly.
Some things I've done already:
Ensured that the volume is all the way up both master and in mixer for windows media player.
Ensured that volume is all the way up in windows media player.
Tested other sounds. They work fine.
Tested on more than just the known problem computers. It appears to be a universal issue. (It plays loud on every XP machine I've tested, but quiet on the 7 machines.)
Tested it in a different media player (Gom and VLC) same volume output.
Changed audio bitrate (no effect)
Reinstalled drivers - nothing different
Used stock drivers (Microsoft provided) - no avail
Disabled volume reduction when communications are detected
Disabled allowing exclusive control of audio device
I looked online, and there's not a lot of documentation about similar problems, but some people had stated that disabling enhancements on the desired audio device would help. While this did help, it did not really make it the same volume as before.
Nothing seems to work.
Any ideas or suggestions?
I've attached the files that we are working with
Three of the sounds are identical. I don't know why. I don't have access to any of the backend to clean it up.
Last edited by drockwood94; 24 Jul 2014 at 16:41. Reason: Additional comment