My computer is great! It's not perfect and it's not new, but it is the product of investment (time and money) and it shows. As such my expectation is that it will do what I want when I want. With my resent purchase of FL Studio, two compliance issues have been brought to light; I was able to find solutions on both fronts.
Firstly: I wanted to record a sound clip from a movie that I own in 3 formats and I couldn't. I have a SoundMAX Integrated HD Audio device that I use for optical output. In the sound settings there should have been an option to record "what you hear" or something similar (stereo mix) but it wasn't there. It took me a while, but I eventually found this website with simple instructions on how to rewrite one of the driver initialisation files and fix the issue. Software fix, go figure.
Second: This one has been plaguing me for ages, the media keys on both my keyboards (yes I have two) stopped controlling iTunes properly. The button press would trigger a signal and the button unpress would trigger the same signal unless iTunes was focused. I would pause AND unpause the song, or skip ahead/back two tracks at once. Irritating to be sure! Solution? The first part was all over the internet, the MMKeys.dll is a well know requirement for iTunes on a Windows computer. The other piece of the puzzle came from a Zune forum (yes I use both). it turns out that the Intellitype software hooks the media key when pressed, and iTunes hooks it when unpressed. I uninstalled Intellitype and now everything works as good as ever. Software again, go figure.
I don't care who's "fault" either of the issues were, I just hope someone out there can enjoy the solutions. If you're in a different boat with different troubles, don't give up, there's a solution out there if you look long enough.
- Derek (dmgpunk)