Vista - Controlling mute or line out in Vista

I posted this before and got no replies so I thought I would try again. I
use my line in on my computer to broadcast my police scanner via the internet
to a server on another computer hosting service. In Vista I can find no way
to turn line out off or mute like in XP. So I dont have to listen to the
audio playing when I listen to my computer music etc. Is there any way to do
this now. This would be aweful that u cant mute only certain things now. If
you do this type of activity you you will understand my problem. Using build
5384. HP 1330n 3700amd and latest beta realtek drivers... Thanks if u have
any suggestions

Click the Start button, type

aud

and click Audio Devices and Sound Themes. If the drivers are working for all
your devices, you should be able to control everything from there.

You can also get to Audio Devices and Sound Themes through Control Panel.



"Alec" <Alec@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8ADF90FE-2D95-48C1-9965-E5B25D287F94@microsoft.com...
>I posted this before and got no replies so I thought I would try again. I
> use my line in on my computer to broadcast my police scanner via the
> internet
> to a server on another computer hosting service. In Vista I can find no
> way
> to turn line out off or mute like in XP. So I dont have to listen to the
> audio playing when I listen to my computer music etc. Is there any way to
> do
> this now. This would be aweful that u cant mute only certain things now.
> If
> you do this type of activity you you will understand my problem. Using
> build
> 5384. HP 1330n 3700amd and latest beta realtek drivers... Thanks if u
> have
> any suggestions

That didnt help...I guess they all work. I get audio from all the
connections. but in xp you could mute line out so u didnt have to hear it
yet it went thru your soundcard and provided audio to the
application....someone must use this kind of funcion. mine is very specific

"R.U. Zerious" wrote:

> Click the Start button, type
>
> aud
>
> and click Audio Devices and Sound Themes. If the drivers are working for all
> your devices, you should be able to control everything from there.
>
> You can also get to Audio Devices and Sound Themes through Control Panel.
>
>
>
> "Alec" <Alec@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8ADF90FE-2D95-48C1-9965-E5B25D287F94@microsoft.com...
> >I posted this before and got no replies so I thought I would try again. I
> > use my line in on my computer to broadcast my police scanner via the
> > internet
> > to a server on another computer hosting service. In Vista I can find no
> > way
> > to turn line out off or mute like in XP. So I dont have to listen to the
> > audio playing when I listen to my computer music etc. Is there any way to
> > do
> > this now. This would be aweful that u cant mute only certain things now.
> > If
> > you do this type of activity you you will understand my problem. Using
> > build
> > 5384. HP 1330n 3700amd and latest beta realtek drivers... Thanks if u
> > have
> > any suggestions
>

I am having the very same issue. I have my tv sound going into my computer ot
play over the speakers. Vista has no way to mute line in that i can see.
Anyone
???

"Alec" wrote:

> That didnt help...I guess they all work. I get audio from all the
> connections. but in xp you could mute line out so u didnt have to hear it
> yet it went thru your soundcard and provided audio to the
> application....someone must use this kind of funcion. mine is very specific
>
> "R.U. Zerious" wrote:
>
> > Click the Start button, type
> >
> > aud
> >
> > and click Audio Devices and Sound Themes. If the drivers are working for all
> > your devices, you should be able to control everything from there.
> >
> > You can also get to Audio Devices and Sound Themes through Control Panel.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Alec" <Alec@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8ADF90FE-2D95-48C1-9965-E5B25D287F94@microsoft.com...
> > >I posted this before and got no replies so I thought I would try again. I
> > > use my line in on my computer to broadcast my police scanner via the
> > > internet
> > > to a server on another computer hosting service. In Vista I can find no
> > > way
> > > to turn line out off or mute like in XP. So I dont have to listen to the
> > > audio playing when I listen to my computer music etc. Is there any way to
> > > do
> > > this now. This would be aweful that u cant mute only certain things now.
> > > If
> > > you do this type of activity you you will understand my problem. Using
> > > build
> > > 5384. HP 1330n 3700amd and latest beta realtek drivers... Thanks if u
> > > have
> > > any suggestions
> >

I have the same issue where I am using line in audio from my cable tv box to watch tv on my PC. There's got to be a way to mute it! wtf Vista?

Hi guys!

I found a workaround for this. At least its working for me. I'm recording some tapes through line-in in Vista and find it annoying to not be able to mute the line-in sound. But you can try to set the level of line-in to 0 so you won’t hear it through the speakers.

This is how to do it:
- Go Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Sound
- in the Playback tab select Speakers and click Properties
- in the Levels tab drag the Line In lever to “0”
- then click OK and once again OK

It’s working for me.

Alex