NowPlaying + Mute

[UberSlackr]

Is it possible to Mute/Unmute via the NowPlaying plugin? If so, how?

I've searched the forum, and can only locate instructions to mute/unmute via Win7AudioPlugin. But that mutes system wide volume, and not just the media player.

And the NowPlaying document page, does not mention Mute ability

Trying to mute volume on "LeftMouseUpAction" then on second click, resume volume at prior state before mute.

Right now, I only have a work around, of Mute = SetVolume -100 / Unmute = SetVolume +100

Thank you for any help given..

[Mordasius]

You could use the WindowMessagePlugin to toggle the mute of the Windows Media Player on and off. I'm not sure what other media players it works with.

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[MeasureWindowsMedia]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WindowMessagePlugin.dll
WindowClass=WMPlayerApp

[MeterToggleMute]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=sound.png
LeftMouseUpAction=[!CommandMeasure  "MeasureWindowsMedia SendMessage 273 18817 0"] 

[Kaelri]

You could also use a variable to swap with the current volume:

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[Variables]
LastVolume=0

[MeterToggleMute]
LeftMouseUpAction=[!SetVariable LastVolume "[mVolume]"][!CommandMeasure mPlayer "SetVolume #LastVolume#"][!Update]
DynamicVariables=1

(Given mPlayer and mVolume as your measure names.)

[UberSlackr]

You could also use a variable to swap with the current volume:

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[Variables]
LastVolume=0

[MeterToggleMute]
LeftMouseUpAction=[!SetVariable LastVolume "[mVolume]"][!CommandMeasure mPlayer "SetVolume #LastVolume#"][!Update]
DynamicVariables=1

(Given mPlayer and mVolume as your measure names.)

Many Many Thanks Kaelri.. That worked out perfectly.

[MerlinTheRed]

You only get problems when you change the volume to a positive value by hand after muting, then click the mute button again.

[Kaelri]

You only get problems when you change the volume to a positive value by hand after muting, then click the mute button again.

That's true. This would be a more resilient approach:

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[mLastPositiveVolume]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(mVolume > 0) ? mVolume : mLastPositiveVolume

[mNewVolume]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(mVolume > 0) ? 0 : mLastPositiveVolume

[MeterToggleMute]
LeftMouseUpAction=[!CommandMeasure mPlayer "SetVolume [mNewVolume]"][!Update]