/// <summary>
/// method for setting the volume to a specific level
/// </summary>
/// <param name="volumeLevel">volume level we wish to set volume to</param>
public static void SetVolume(int volumeLevel)
{
try
{
//method level variables
int currVolume;
int mixerControl;
//create a new volume control
VolumeStructs.Mixer volumeControl = new VolumeStructs.Mixer();
//open the mixer control
PCWin32.mixerOpen(out mixerControl, 0, 0, 0, 0);
//set the type to volume control type
int controlType = VolumeConstants.MIXERCONTROL_CONTROLTYPE_VOLUME;
//get the current mixer control and get the current volume
GetMixer(mixerControl, VolumeConstants.MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_SPEAKERS, controlType, out volumeControl, out currVolume);
//now check the volume level. If the volume level
//is greater than the max then set the volume to
//the max level. If it's less than the minimum level
//then set it to the minimun level
if (volumeLevel > volumeControl.lMaximum)
{
volumeLevel = volumeControl.lMaximum;
}
else if (volumeLevel < volumeControl.lMinimum)
{
volumeLevel = volumeControl.lMinimum;
}
//set the volume
SetMixer(mixerControl, volumeControl, volumeLevel);
//now re-get the mixer control
GetMixer(mixerControl, VolumeConstants.MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_SPEAKERS, controlType, out volumeControl, out currVolume);
//make sure the volume level is equal to the current volume
if (volumeLevel != currVolume)
{
throw new Exception("Cannot Set Volume");
}
//close the mixer control as we are finished with it
PCWin32.mixerClose(mixerControl);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// method for setting the value for a volume control
/// </summary>
/// <param name="i"></param>
/// <param name="mixerControl"></param>
/// <param name="volumeLevel"></param>
/// <returns>true/false</returns>
private static bool SetMixer(int i, VolumeStructs.Mixer mixerControl, int volumeLevel)
{
//method level variables
bool bReturn;
int details;
//create our struct object for controlling the system sound
VolumeStructs.MixerDetails mixerDetails = new VolumeStructs.MixerDetails();
VolumeStructs.UnsignedMixerDetails volume = new VolumeStructs.UnsignedMixerDetails();
//set out mixer control properties
mixerDetails.item = 0;
//set the id of the mixer control
mixerDetails.dwControlID = mixerControl.dwControlID;
//return the size of the mixer details struct
mixerDetails.cbStruct = Marshal.SizeOf(mixerDetails);
//return the volume
mixerDetails.cbDetails = Marshal.SizeOf(volume);
//Allocate a buffer for the mixer control value buffer
mixerDetails.cChannels = 1;
volume.dwValue = volumeLevel;
//Copy the data into the mixer control value buffer
mixerDetails.paDetails = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(VolumeStructs.UnsignedMixerDetails)));
Marshal.StructureToPtr(volume, mixerDetails.paDetails, false);
//Set the control value
details = PCWin32.mixerSetControlDetails(i, ref mixerDetails, VolumeConstants.MIXER_SETCONTROLDETAILSF_VALUE);
//Check to see if any errors were returned
if (VolumeConstants.MMSYSERR_NOERROR == details)
{
bReturn = true;
}
else
{
bReturn = false;
}
return(bReturn);
}
/// <summary>
/// method for retrieving the current volume from the system
/// </summary>
/// <returns>int value</returns>
public static int GetVolume()
{
//method level variables
int currVolume;
int mixerControl;
//create a new volume control
VolumeStructs.Mixer mixer = new VolumeStructs.Mixer();
//open the mixer
PCWin32.mixerOpen(out mixerControl, 0, 0, 0, 0);
//set the type to volume control type
int type = VolumeConstants.MIXERCONTROL_CONTROLTYPE_VOLUME;
//get the mixer control and get the current volume level
GetMixer(mixerControl, VolumeConstants.MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_SPEAKERS, type, out mixer, out currVolume);
//close the mixer control since we are now done with it
PCWin32.mixerClose(mixerControl);
//return the current volume to the calling method
return(currVolume);
}
/// <summary>
/// method to retrieve a mixer control
/// </summary>
/// <param name="i"></param>
/// <param name="type"></param>
/// <param name="ctrlType"></param>
/// <param name="mixerControl"></param>
/// <param name="currVolume"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static bool GetMixer(int i, int type, int ctrlType, out VolumeStructs.Mixer mixerControl, out int currVolume)
{
//create our method level variables
int details;
bool bReturn;
currVolume = -1;
//create our struct objects
VolumeStructs.LineControls lineControls = new VolumeStructs.LineControls();
VolumeStructs.MixerLine line = new VolumeStructs.MixerLine();
VolumeStructs.MixerDetails mcDetails = new VolumeStructs.MixerDetails();
VolumeStructs.UnsignedMixerDetails detailsUnsigned = new VolumeStructs.UnsignedMixerDetails();
//create a new mixer control
mixerControl = new VolumeStructs.Mixer();
//set the properties of out mixerline object
line.cbStruct = Marshal.SizeOf(line);
line.dwComponentType = type;
//get the line info and assign it to our details variable
details = PCWin32.mixerGetLineInfoA(i, ref line, VolumeConstants.MIXER_GETLINEINFOF_COMPONENTTYPE);
//make sure we didnt receive any errors
if (VolumeConstants.MMSYSERR_NOERROR == details)
{
int mcSize = 152;
//get the size of the unmanaged type
int control = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(VolumeStructs.Mixer));
//allocate a block of memory
lineControls.pamxctrl = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(mcSize);
//get the size of the line controls
lineControls.cbStruct = Marshal.SizeOf(lineControls);
//set properties for our mixer control
lineControls.dwLineID = line.dwLineID;
lineControls.dwControl = ctrlType;
lineControls.cControls = 1;
lineControls.cbmxctrl = mcSize;
// Allocate a buffer for the control
mixerControl.cbStruct = mcSize;
// Get the control
details = PCWin32.mixerGetLineControlsA(i, ref lineControls, VolumeConstants.MIXER_GETLINECONTROLSF_ONEBYTYPE);
//once again check to see if we received any errors
if (VolumeConstants.MMSYSERR_NOERROR == details)
{
bReturn = true;
//Copy the control into the destination structure
mixerControl = (VolumeStructs.Mixer)Marshal.PtrToStructure(lineControls.pamxctrl, typeof(VolumeStructs.Mixer));
}
else
{
bReturn = false;
}
int mcDetailsSize = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(VolumeStructs.MixerDetails));
int mcDetailsUnsigned = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(VolumeStructs.UnsignedMixerDetails));
mcDetails.cbStruct = mcDetailsSize;
mcDetails.dwControlID = mixerControl.dwControlID;
mcDetails.paDetails = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(mcDetailsUnsigned);
mcDetails.cChannels = 1;
mcDetails.item = 0;
mcDetails.cbDetails = mcDetailsUnsigned;
details = PCWin32.mixerGetControlDetailsA(i, ref mcDetails, VolumeConstants.MIXER_GETCONTROLDETAILSF_VALUE);
detailsUnsigned = (VolumeStructs.UnsignedMixerDetails)Marshal.PtrToStructure(mcDetails.paDetails, typeof(VolumeStructs.UnsignedMixerDetails));
currVolume = detailsUnsigned.dwValue;
return(bReturn);
}
bReturn = false;
return(bReturn);
}