Author Topic: MusicBee Windows Volume Setting goes back to max. possible value every restart (Read 2527 times)

matsche · **on:** August 14, 2018, 10:41:50 AM

Hello everyone,

i've been using MusicBee for a while now an really love it.
However there is one problem I find quite irritating.
That is that the volume setting for MusicBee inside the Windows Volume Mixer always reverts back to the maximum value(which is quite loud with my setup) after a restart of the application.
I don't know if this is a problem with MusicBee or with Windows but i can't find a thing on this through Google, so i wanted to ask about this here.
Also I didn't always have this problem, it just started recently and only MusicBee behaves this way.
I use MusicBee through the Windows Store on Windows 10, don't know if that makes a difference.

Thank you in advance for any help

matsche

Steven · **Reply #1 on:** August 14, 2018, 05:58:42 PM

Quote from: matsche on August 14, 2018, 10:41:50 AM

Also I didn't always have this problem, it just started recently and only MusicBee behaves this way.

what did you change on your system?

matsche · **Reply #2 on:** August 14, 2018, 06:08:31 PM

Hehe, i didn't change a thing, my hardware setup is running for 2 years now, and I also reinstalled Windows 10 recently, but the problem was present before and after. I don't really think its a problem with what I'm doing, since only MusicBee has this problem, either its MusicBee or Windows did change something with some update. If this can't be changed I will live with it. I just thought i ask, maybe someone had the same problem before.

phred · **Reply #3 on:** August 14, 2018, 07:12:33 PM

I'm going to guess it's something on your system. I've for using MB for almost 10 years and have never seen this behavior. Also, if the problem was being caused by MB, others would mentioning it also, and they haven't.

Steven · **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2018, 07:43:12 PM

If it started happening when you installed v3.2 then i know the probable reason

matsche · **Reply #5 on:** August 14, 2018, 07:48:01 PM

Quote from: Steven on August 14, 2018, 07:43:12 PM

If it started happening when you installed v3.2 then i know the probable reason

I'm not 100% sure when it started, since I use the version from the store, but I just installed 3.2 Musicbee normally and the problem is still there.

Steven · **Reply #6 on:** August 14, 2018, 08:13:16 PM

if you are now using the standard MB version and not the store version,
replace bass.dll with this one:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/p45fe25ky1bz8xn/bass.dll/file

matsche · **Reply #7 on:** August 14, 2018, 08:28:50 PM

Quote from: Steven on August 14, 2018, 08:13:16 PM

if you are now using the standard MB version and not the store version,
replace bass.dll with this one:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/p45fe25ky1bz8xn/bass.dll/file

Great this works, the volume mixer setting stays even after a restart.
Thank You very much

Do I need to do this for every new version now?
Also if you like, could you try to explain what is going on?

Steven · **Reply #8 on:** August 15, 2018, 08:18:29 PM

With this version of MB, set the Preferences/Player/output selection to DirectSound and it will retain compatibility with the old DirectSound API using newer versions of bass.dll

https://getmusicbee.com/patches/MusicBee32_Patched.zip
unzip and replace the existing MusicBee files

matsche · **Reply #9 on:** August 17, 2018, 09:50:42 AM

Once again, Thank you very much Sir.
It works perfectly now.

FallenTF · **Reply #10 on:** December 27, 2018, 08:05:58 PM

Quote from: Steven on August 14, 2018, 08:13:16 PM

if you are now using the standard MB version and not the store version,
replace bass.dll with this one:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/p45fe25ky1bz8xn/bass.dll/file

I had the same problem as OP, back in April with Win10 1803, I just ended up going back to my previous player then.

Tested it over the last few days (Win10 1809) and the dll fix seems to work great.

Is there any reason to use the MusicBee32_Patched.zip version if I'm using WASAPI (Shared)? I'm using the latest portable version of MB.