Modern mix Background Sound does not work

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I am using Modern Mix 1.05, which should support background sound at the netflix app. But it does not work. Every time i switch to another window, the sound stops.

 

// i should have looked into the options menu, it is working ;)

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Can someone explain this new feature? And which Netflix app is it?

Adds background sound support for apps which do not explicitly support it (like Netflix).
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting dypsis, reply 1
Can someone explain this new feature? And which Netflix app is it?


Adds background sound support for apps which do not explicitly support it (like Netflix).

End of dypsis's quote

The feature is on the advanced page as a global on/off switch and on the app settings page on the per app right click menus to force it on/off on a per app basis.

Basically some apps like Netflix were designed to mute their audio when not the foreground app which was annoying if you ran them in a window.  This feature stops that happening.

Going forward we may default it to on for some well known apps.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks for the answer, Neil.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

edit: (issue solved)

Using Mixxx desktop and Sound Pad App windowed simultaniously works with beta 1.05

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

There is a big problem with Mixxx (1.11.0 beta2, DJing-Software from mixxx.org) and ModernMix (1.05, maybe earlier):

The GUI of Mixxx becomes unusable, as long as ModernMix is running! Some way MM seems to interfere with the Mixxx GUI and/or skinning system. 

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting andreasgiesen, reply 5
The GUI of Mixxx becomes unusable, as long as ModernMix is running! Some way MM seems to interfere with the Mixxx GUI and/or skinning system. 
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Can you post screenshots?

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Right now I can't be sure that it is not due to a filesystem-problem I am having and only a time-conincidence... After (hopefully) recovering my Win8 -machiene I'll check again and come back to you... 

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Whatever caused it, I will not be able to find out anymore. I had a HDD-Crash, seems the HDD had a faulty controller, could retrieve data with special tool but have now a newly installed system on SSD... Everything works so far, Start8 and ModernMix nicely, some customizing-experiments I will not repeat.