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Calthar
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I am not sure to what extend this would be possible considering ads, but what about an option to intial mute all sounds of games, including, if possible, the Armor Games logo presentation, game studio presentation and in-game sounds.

I often play with headphones and very high turned sounds ( hearing to videos with a very low sound standard, they are not as loud as common videos are) and if an ad plays or in-game sounds start to play, I nearly get a heart attack due to the high volume. Often I think of it, but I also often forget it.

Would this be possible at all, for any of the three mentioned points ?

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SportShark
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but what about an option to intial mute all sounds of games, including, if possible, the Armor Games logo presentation, game studio presentation and in-game sounds.

Here's an idea: fully extend your index finger, now hover it over the button on your laptop's keyboard that says mute/has a picture of a speaker with a line through it. Place the tip of your index finger on that button and depress (push) it with the necessary force. Your problem is now solved and this thread can be locked.

I often play with headphones and very high turned sounds

Stop it. This is very bad for your eardrums.

if an ad plays or in-game sounds start to play, I nearly get a heart attack due to the high volume

Yeah, I mean who knew that there would actually be sounds with that ad. I thought the talkies were just some obscure new fad thing. Ads and games are usually completely silent. After all, this is 1910.

Would this be possible at all, for any of the three mentioned points ?

Good luck. You're going to neeeeeeeed iiiiiiittttt.
Calthar
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StormShark, as you might noticed, I wrote I *watch* videos while browsing Armor Games, only listening to them. As the video volume of the specific videos is very low, I have to turn the sounds up to actually hear their content.

Your 'solution' will mute all sounds of my computer. This is not what I intend to suggest.

SportShark
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Your 'solution' will mute all sounds of my computer.

I meant just when the start up ad is running and the game is starting. After that you can almost always mute game sounds in the game. If there is no option to mute sounds in game, there is nothing the host site (Armor Games) can do about it. The admins aren't going to go reprogram someone else's game somehow.
Look, you're just going to have to remember to turn down/mute the volume while the pregame ad and start up noises run, and then go through the trouble of turning the in game sounds off once you're in so can continue watching/listening to these super low quality videos of yours.

Here's a thought: watch your videos on one device and browse AG on another perhaps? Like watch/listen to your vids on mobile and do AG on a laptop.

HahiHa
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- Are the videos you listen to already turned to max volume?

- I noticed that in Mozilla Firefox there is now the option to mute individual tabs. Maybe that would be an option?

nichodemus
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@Calthar If you use Chrome, right click the individual tab, then mute it. Or you could use Mute Tab.

vincentvdh9
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@HahiHa This doesn't work when playing an old flash based game, only with newer ones and html 5 media

HahiHa
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It actually works just fine for me, even when playing the oldest games on this website.

If there is an issue, a workaround may be to first load something that makes the sound button on the tab appear, then mute it and go on playing whatever game you want. The mute appears to stick to the tab even when there is no sound playing anymore.

scrappymetal
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@HahiHa What is the oldest game on this site?

vincentvdh9
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@scrappymetal a little bit of topic, but the oldest game I can find is http://armorgames.com/play/5/the-mind-bender
not sure what happened with the other 4

Calthar
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@HahiHa Thank you, I will try that one out!

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FIVE-SECOND METHOD: turn the system volume to 0

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