Events > CoreAudioDeviceVolumeChange event

Remarks

Occurs when the volume level of an audio endpoint device changes. After receiving this event you can query current volume through the CoreAudioDevices.ChannelVolumeGet and CoreAudioDevices.MasterVolumeGet methods.

This event is only generated in Windows Vista and later versions: further information about management of audio devices in Windows Vista and later versions can be found inside the How to access settings of audio devices in Windows Vista and later versions tutorial.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

CoreAudioDeviceVolumeChange (

nDataFlow as enumCoreAudioDataFlows,

nDeviceIndex as Integer

)

[C++]

void CoreAudioDeviceVolumeChange (

short nDataFlow,

short nDeviceIndex

);

Parameter

Description

nDataFlow

Direction in which audio data flows between an audio endpoint device and an application.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic Value	Value	Meaning
DEVICE_DATA_FLOW_RENDER	0	Audio rendering stream. Audio data flows from the application to the audio endpoint device, which renders the stream
DEVICE_DATA_FLOW_CAPTURE	1	Audio capture stream. Audio data flows from the audio endpoint device that captures the stream, to the application.

nDeviceIndex

Zero-based index of the audio endpoint device which generated the event. The total number of audio endpoint devices can be obtained through the CoreAudioDevices.CountGet method.