Hearing Line-In input on Vista on Dell laptop

re: Hearing Line-In input on Vista on Dell laptop

Sarah — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:20:36 GMT

Nice! Writing it up for 10. :)

re: Hearing Line-In input on Vista on Dell laptop

glengordon — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:13:41 GMT

As the supplier of the aforementioned cable, this is an interesting post. But I'm confused. Why wouldn't you just use the Zune software on your laptop to play the music?

re: Hearing Line-In input on Vista on Dell laptop

gduthie — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:38:53 GMT

Glen...I don't want to hassle with copying all of my music to my laptop. Besides...the laptop belongs to my employer, so it's not where my music library belongs. When I'm using my 30GB Zune, I can have my entire music library, and then some, on one device, and don't have to worry about whether or not I've got my latest music with me.

re: Hearing Line-In input on Vista on Dell laptop

John — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:50:39 GMT

Is there a Hack to Enable a Midi Volume Control along the lines of EnableMidiVolume Or to Record what you hear?

re: Hearing Line-In input on Vista on Dell laptop

gduthie — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:34:57 GMT

John,

I'm sorry to say I have no clue on the MIDI volume stuff. While I have a little experience with MIDI synths, etc. from my theatre days, since this machine is a work laptop, MIDI is not something I'd generally use with it.

re: Hearing Line-In input on Vista on Dell laptop

Frankie D — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:05:34 GMT

I used this registry edit and get the Input Monitor described above. I even enabled it and now I can press play on the Zune so that music is playing (before it was on permanent pause, I think).

Either way I don't hear any sound coming out of my speakers either the laptop or the external speakers I have plugged into my Dell docking station. Is there something else I'm supposed to do here?

Thanks

Frank

re: Hearing Line-In input on Vista on Dell laptop

gduthie — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:23:04 GMT

Frankie D:

Not sure what to suggest. I don't think that the Zune specifically has anything to do with it...you should've been able to get the Zune to play regardless of this setting, you just wouldn't hear anything from the Line In jack.

The classic troubleshooting steps apply, though. Try to isolate the issue by testing individual components:

- do you hear audio from the Zune with headphones? If not, you may have the volume too low, or another issue with the device

- do you hear audio from the laptop with another audio source plugged into the Line In jack? If not, then the issue is probably with the laptop/sound card.

Be aware that this fix is pretty specific to this soundcard/OS combo, so if you have a different configuration, there's no telling if it will work for you.

re: Hearing Line-In input on Vista on Dell laptop

Chris Downs — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:06:10 GMT

This process (in gduthie's original post) worked like a charm for me, on my Dell Optiplex GX620.

Thanks!