Windows Volume Control

[koko]

Hello, I have a problem with the volume control. Audirvana does not allow you to control the volume from the Windows system menu. The control can be performed only by the Audirvana.
I want to be able to control from the main menu of Windows .

Audirvana 3.5.45

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

Polarity Inversion:
	Globally: OFF
	Per track: ON
Effects plugins NOT ACTIVE

UPSAMPLING:
SoX with device max frequency upsampling
SoX filter parameters
Bandwidth at 0dB = 99.5
Filter max length = 30000
Anti-aliasing = 100
Phase = 66

AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: by album
SW volume control: ON

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 2 folders
AUTO: F:\123\Convert
AUTO: F:\Famoust ARTIST
Library database path: C:\Users\sony vai\AppData\Local\Audirvana\AudirvanaPlus\AudirvanaPlusDatabaseV2.sqlite

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES
TIDAL: Connected as HIFI

=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================

Max. memory for audio buffers: 7148MB

Local Audio Engine:WASAPI

Preferred device:
JPLAY Driver
Model UID:JPLAY Driver
UID:JPLAY Driver

Active Sample Rate: 192kHz

Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: none
Sample rate switching latency: none
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: OFF

Selected device:
Local audio device
SPDIF Interface (North Star Design USB Hi-Speed interface (1.0.3)) Manufacturer:
Model UID:SPDIF Interface (North Star Design USB Hi-Speed interface (1.0.3)) UID:?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{93ea75ef-95c9-4080-88b9-14e0da018e9a}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}

6 available sample rates up to 192000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
Volume Control
Physical: No
Virtual: No
MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
Not a MQA device, user set to MQA Decoder
DSD capability: DSD via PCM 1.0
Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:0 R:1
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1

Audio channels in use
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: No
Simple stereo device: No

1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 192kHz

Local devices found : 2
Device #0: SPDIF Interface (North Star Design USB Hi-Speed interface (1.0.3)) Manufacturer: Model UID: SPDIF Interface (North Star Design USB Hi-Speed interface (1.0.3)) UID: ?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{93ea75ef-95c9-4080-88b9-14e0da018e9a}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
Device #1: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device) Manufacturer: Model UID: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device) UID: ?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{edd82a91-8538-43cf-9fbf-243c1944d9cb}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}

UPnP devices found : 0

Тhank you in advance!

[bitracer]

Yep, that’s how it works. It uses a custom algorithm which is supposed to be lossless.

[AndyLubke]

Yep. This is not a bug. Audirvana overrules the Window sound engine and takes exclusive posession of the sound card. That is the way it is supposed to work. If Audirvana did not do that the sound quality would suffer.
That is how any bit perfect audo player works in Windows. In some cases you are allowed to not lock the soundcard, but then you lose all the advantages of bit perfect sound. I see you are using JPLAY as a driver, so I assume you prefer bitperfect sound, because that is what JPLAY is all about. The volume control (ie soundmixer) in Windows is inferior hence good music player apps (like Audirvana) bypass it.

But what is the problem controlling the volume from Audirvana instead of Windows? The media keys (including volume) on your keyboard still work in Audirvana (if I am not mistaken).