Controlling the sound on my iMac

I am watching movies on my iMac, some movies' soundtrack are a bit difficult to understand, especially when 2 people are whisping. Is there a way to modify the trebble or the base. I have the same problem with the iMac's speakers or headsets, so changing the "speakers" does not improve the sound. I imagine that the sound should be modified at the source but how? Thanks.

Go into your system preferences and click on the sound then click on the output then make sure the internal speakers are selected. If you see another device in the window make sure it is turn off when using your iMac.

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Assuming you can't reset this by removing or locking the particular Sound settings in System Preferences via Workgroup Manager (WGM), then take a look at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1141459
It's not exactly the same, but it might well point you at a solution.
If you're just getting going with Macs in this particular environment, then you'll likely come to realize the Workgroup Manager and Server Admin tools are going to be your BFFs.

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try toggling the Ducking menuItem

Controlling the sound of the external loaded SWF

I have a Loader that loads external SWF. The external SWF has sound.
I'd like to stop, pause and play the sound.
How?
Please help me !
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("moora.swf"));
addChild(loader);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, on_loader_complete);
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var st1:SoundTransform = new SoundTransform();
var sn:Sound = new Sound();
var ch:SoundChannel;
var offset:Number = 0;
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     mc = MovieClip(loader.content);
     play_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, on_play_btn);
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     stop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, on_stop_btn);
     trace(mc.totalFrames);
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     mc.play();
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     mc.soundTransform = st1;
function on_pause_btn(e:MouseEvent):void
     mc.stop();
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This only mute the sound only and the sound is still runnung.

The loaded external SWFs are AS3. The sound is on the timeline. Some SWFs use loaded sound, Here is its code:
var snd:Sound = new Sound();
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("moora.mp3");
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So, how can I control the sound (Stop, Pause, resume).

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I work at a high school where I am in charge of all technology on campus, as well as the position of librarian (an effort to save money by the disctrict). In the library, I have about 14 iMacs (2008) that are available for students to do research and reports on, though the computers have basically been turned into really expensive Facebook and YouTube machines. Anyways, I'm looking for a way to completely disable the audio on these iMacs. Simply muting the volume and hiding the control on the toolbar doesn't help because there's volume control right there on the keyboard. Is there any way to just disable the sound all together? Such as disabling the sound card or possibly usuing a utility or script? An even better solution would be to disable the speakers, but leaving the headphone jack enabled so if need be, a student can plug in headphones and still get sound. But I'll settle for completely disabling the audio, if anyone can help with that. Thanks so much!

One thing you might try is going to System Preferences/Sound and changing the output from Internal Speakers to Line Out or Digital Out. Line Out would be for headphones. I assume it keeps this setting after a reboot but you should test it.
Disabling the sound will also disable all warning sounds. Those can be pretty useful.

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I am using a Kanex cable from an imac to hdtv, went into system preferences and set the sound to the tv. This worked fine yesterday, but for some reason does not work today.

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You may find the information in the article below helpful.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11235
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I am trying to reduce the sound volume of my swf in general. I implemented the code below, but I get this error message: Line 30 1151: A conflict exists with definition in namespace internal.
Thanks for your help
Charine
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Here is my code:
package
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Try this version that I put together. I attached the sound playing to the onClick function at the bottom. This may not be the correct place, you can move the code to any function that you like. The sound will not play from the variable declaration section of the class, it really needs to be in a function.
package {
            import flash.display.*;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.media.Sound;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.media.SoundChannel;
    import flash.media.SoundMixer;
    import flash.media.SoundTransform;
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        public var spidy:Spidy;
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        public var timermiddle:TimerMiddle;
        public var timerfront:TimerFront;
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After reviewing your post, it sounds like sounds stops working in a few applications. Does sound qwork not on the internet? I would recommend that you read these articles, they may be helpful in troubleshooting your issue.
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Have a nice day,
Mario

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