XP operating system multimedia settings Raiders

Right-click on a device in the Device Manager (such as a graphics card) and select "Properties" in the shortcut menu to open the properties dialog of the hardware (Figure 2). In the "General" tab, you can view the resource properties of the hardware, such as device type, manufacturer, operation status, and so on.

Open the Drivers tab (Figure 3) in the Hardware Properties dialog box to view driver information for the device and update the driver for this device. If the device fails when updating the driver or after updating the driver, you can click the "Back to Driver" button here, the system will automatically help you to return to the previous driver, which is a new Windows XP operating system. Features.

If you purchase a new multimedia device such as an image capture card, etc., generally when you plug the hardware into the computer and restart, the system will automatically recognize New hardware and install the appropriate drivers. If the system does not automatically recognize the new hardware, you can click the "System" icon in the "Control Panel", select the "Hardware" tab in the system properties dialog (Figure 4), click the "Add New Hardware Wizard" button New hardware can be installed manually. The steps to manually install the multimedia hardware are the same as the general hardware installation process.



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system provided multimedia attributes when the user uses the multimedia, the multimedia properties required hobby device according to the machine configuration and their habits Make settings to fully demonstrate the multimedia capabilities of your system and take advantage of the multimedia effects of your system. The system allows the user to set properties based on the installation and specific requirements of the multimedia device, such as assigning sounds to events, selecting sound schemes and volume, displaying volume controls on the taskbar, and selecting audio devices. The settings of the multimedia properties mainly include four parts: sound, audio, voice and device. The specific setting steps are as follows:

1. System sound selection and setting

The system sound selection and setting is to set the sound for the events in the system. When the event is activated, the system will be based on the user. The settings automatically sound the user to the sound.

The steps for selecting the system sound are as follows:

(1) Double-click the “Sound and Audio Device” icon in the “Control Panel” window to open the “Sound and Audio Device” Properties dialog box ( Figure 5), which provides a means of checking the sound environment of the configuration system. This dialog contains 5 tabs for volume, sound, audio, voice and hardware.

(2) in the "voice" tab, the "events" list box shows all sound events currently in WindowsXP. If there is a "small horn" sign in front of the sound event, it means that the sound event has an audible prompt. To set an audible alert for a sound event, select the sound event in the Program Events list box, then select the desired sound file from the Sound drop-down list as the sound prompt.



(3) If the user is not satisfied with the sound file provided by the system, you can click the “Browse” button to pop up the Browse Sound dialog box (Figure 7). Select the sound file in the dialog and click the "OK" button to return to the "Sounds" tab.



(4) in WindowsXP, more preset sound system options for the user to select. The user can select a scheme from the Sound Scheme drop-down list to select a sound for the sound event.

(5) If the user wants to set the dubbing scheme by himself, you can select the desired sound file and configure the sound in the “Program Events” list box, and click the “Save As” button in the “Sound Scheme” option group. , open the Save Solution As dialog (Figure 8). After entering the name of the sound file in the "Save this voice plan as" text box, click the "OK" button. If the user is dissatisfied with the dubbing scheme they have set up, you can delete the scheme by selecting it in the Sound Schemes option group and clicking the Delete button.

(6) Click the “Volume” tab to open the “Volume” tab (Figure 9). You can change the volume of the system output by adjusting the slider left and right in the "Device Volume" option group. If you want to display the volume control icon in the taskbar, you can enable the "Put the volume icon into the taskbar" checkbox.



(7) You want to adjust the volume of each audio input and output, click the "Advanced" button in the "Device Volume" area, in the pop-up "Volume Control" dialog box (Fig. 10) Adjust it. Here is a list of volume control functions from the overall volume to a single input and output such as a CD player or PC speaker. You can also turn off the corresponding single volume by selecting "Mute".



(8) After clicking the "Advanced" button in the "Speaker Settings" area of ​​the "Volume" tab, the "Advanced Audio Properties" dialog box pops up (Figure 11 You can set the speaker mode closest to your hardware configuration for your multimedia system.

(9) In the "Advanced Audio Properties" dialog box, select the "Performance" tab (Figure 12), which provides audio playback and its hardware acceleration and sampling Rate conversion quality adjustment function. It should be noted that not all options are as high as possible, you need to set according to your own hardware, and better quality usually means higher resource occupancy.


After setting, click the "OK" button to save the settings.

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audio properties in the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" dialog box, click the "Audio" tab, open the "single-frequency" tab (Figure 13). In this tab, you can see the default devices related to Sound Play, Recording, and MIDI Music Playback. When you have more than one audio device installed on your computer, you can choose the app's default device here, and you can also adjust its volume and make advanced settings.



The steps for audio setting are as follows:

(1) In the “Sound Play” option group, select the sound playback from the “Default Device” drop-down list. Preferred device, generally using the system default device.

(2) If the user wants to adjust the volume of the sound playback, you can click the “Volume Control” window, in which you can adjust the volume by dragging the volume control slider up and down.

(3) In this window, the user can set the volume for different devices. For example, when the user plays the CD, adjusting the volume control slider in the "CD Audio" option group can change the volume of the playing CD; when the user plays files such as MP3 and WAV, the user can also perform the "Volume Control" window. Settings for balance and mute of the left and right channels.

(4) If a user wants to select or set the playback performance speaker system, you can click the "Sound playback" option group "Advanced" button to open as shown in the "Advanced Audio Properties" dialog box 12, In the "Speaker" and "Performance" tabs, you can set the speaker mode closest to your hardware configuration for your multimedia system and adjust the hardware acceleration and sample rate conversion quality of audio playback.

(5) In the "Recording" option group, you can select the recording default device from the "Default device" drop-down list. Click the Volume button to open the Recording Control dialog window (Figure 14). In this window, the user can change the balance state of the left and right channels of the recording and the volume of the recording.



(6) In the “MIDI Music Playback” option group, select the MIDI music playback default device from the “Default Device” drop-down list. Click the Volume button to open the Volume Control window to adjust the volume.

(7) If the user works with the default device, enable the "Use only default device" checkbox. Once setup is complete, click the "Apply" button to save your settings.

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effect during speech of the speech input and output, speech attribute set to respond. In the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box, click the Voices tab to open the Voices tab (Figure 15). In this tab, the user can not only select the default device for “sound play” and “recording”, but also adjust the volume and voice test.



(1) In the "Sound Play" option group, select the device for sound playback from the "Default device" drop-down list, click the "Volume" button to open the "Volume Control" Window adjusts the volume of sound playback