02-19-2009, 04:17 PM

Hi guys I was just wondering on windows in the advanced volume control its possible to mute sound that comes from a certain program eg when I am watching something in vlc player but I have firefox running in the background and want to disable sounds from it...how can I do this on my macbook?

02-19-2009, 04:35 PM

I don't know what you're referring to in the Windows volume control, but why not just mute VLC (by using its "built-in" mute) by itself?
Hope I explained that cogently enough

02-19-2009, 04:44 PM

No, he wants to mute Firefox, not VLC. In Windows, there is a volume control panel that lets you adjust the volume level of every open program individually. I don't think OS X has a similar feature. But speaking as a Windows user, I've never used the feature and I've never felt the need to.

However, I'm not sure why you'd need to mute Firefox... maybe if you use a web-based chat client.

02-19-2009, 04:45 PM

Ok I don't know who changed the title of my post but I didn't ask about the volume control for vlc I said for Firefox lol...it was the exact scenario...I am watching lost on one monitor with with friends...on my own I am facebook chat, google chat I don't want constant beeps coming through, if i browse a site sometimes they have music on it I don't want the music coming through....like really....

02-19-2009, 04:46 PM

thankyou mama luigi you know what I am talking about!!

02-19-2009, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by lavisking@gmail

thankyou mama luigi you know what I am talking about!!

I work as a proofreader so I'm good at interpreting really badly written sentences.

Your original post was very confusing because you didn't use any punctuation. It should have looked more like this:

"Hi guys! I was just wondering something. On Windows, in the advanced volume control, it's possible to mute sound that comes from a certain program (e.g., when I am watching something in VLC Player but I have Firefox running in the background, I can disable sounds from Firefox). How can I do this on my MacBook?"

I know a lot of people like to argue that grammar and spelling aren't so important on the Internet, but at some point it gets so difficult to understand that most people will misinterpret what you type.

02-19-2009, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Mama Luigi

I work as a proofreader so I'm good at interpreting really badly written sentences.

My god, how do you do it? I despise proofreading my own stuff, let alone other people's work. You sir/madam, have incredible patience.

02-19-2009, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by vansmith

My god, how do you do it? I despise proofreading my own stuff, let alone other people's work. You sir/madam, have incredible patience.

It's sir, and I don't really know. I just have a great attention to detail. I have trouble remembering "important" stuff but I have a huge repository of trivia. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling have always come naturally to me.

02-19-2009, 09:05 PM

I don't see how the OP's post was difficult to decipher. Then again, I was an English major and an Editor, so I guess I'm also used to poorly written sentences.