   Game makes winamp volume softer
  I have this with a lot of games:I have winamp playing, then I start up the game, and suddenly the winamp volume gets much softer.If I however start the game first, and then winamp, the winamp volume is normal!Why is this and how can I prevent this? 
  Presumably this is to do with the fact that Winamp uses DirectX to play media files. I''m guessing the games sets default volume levels  in DirectX during its start up, which effects Winamps output.   SketchSoft OFFLINE | SketchNews OFFLINE | NewKlear Studios;  It actually happens to almost any program that uses sound, including the sucky quictime player etc..., and it didn't do this before!I've no idea why it now does that, and, I already tried using different outputs for winamp, but the only one that works is out_wave.dll.How can I fix this? It's very annoying.  Winamp's volume also stays soft after the other program is closed, the only way to get it normal again is closing and restarting winamp, and stopping in the middle of a song SUX!   [edited by - Boops on February 11, 2004 7:02:16 AM];  Uh, it''s because Winamp sucks and changes the system volume instead of its own internal volume. PowerDVD also does this to me, and presumably your game does too. 