Re: Applescript to mute sound at shutdown
Re: Applescript to mute sound at shutdown
- Subject: Re: Applescript to mute sound at shutdown
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:47:00 +0100
Andy Wylie wrote on Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:16:28 +1200:
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on 17/7/01 1:18 pm, Nigel Garvey at email@hidden wrote:
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> set volume 0
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> beep
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> I don't know if the 'beep' forces the issue or what. Anyway, it's not
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> heard and neither is the subsequent startup chime.
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I suspect it does force it Nigel, I could never get Standard Additions 'set
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volume' to work reliably and turned to Jon's Commands 'set sound volume'
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which was equally unreliable until I put 'set x to sound volume' at the end
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of the script.
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I wonder what could be used to force 'set volume' when increasing though
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I'll stick with Jon's as '1 with large range' is my preferred level.
Yes. You really need a silent beep for this. ;-)
After resetting the volume in a startup script (without a beep), I find
that it sometimes takes half a second or so to open the sound level
module in the control strip - but that when it does open, the level has
indeed been reset. I suspect that the issue's forced by the first sound
that the computer tries to make after the script executes.
[OT:]
Thinking about a silent beep made me try this, which seems to work:
set volume 3
beep 0 -- or any negative integer
... though unfortunately it doesn't "force the issue" in the current
situation. If you supply 'beep' with a fractional number instead of an
integer, it beeps to the nearest (IEEE-style) integer. :-)
NG