Sound Change

[SamBox436]

I want to change the menu sounds in Windows Media Center, but how do I do that?

[Space]

I was able to change one of the sounds used by WMC (the sound you get when you select "Delete" for a recording, among other actions) by simply using the "change system sounds" of Win7 and changing the WAV sound file used for the "Default beep".

This is the only one I changed as the default one annoyed me, so I'm not sure if it works for any of the other WMC sounds, I'm also not sure if there is a way to change the sounds so it only affects WMC and not the whole system.

[IT Troll]

Beyond the Default Beep, which is used, you can change the other sounds using Media Center Themer.

This includes FOCUS, MINISELECT, RECORD, SELECT, STARTUP. Be warned though, theming is addicitive!

[SamBox436]

But how though?

[IT Troll]

You configure MCT to replace the sounds embedded in Media Center with ones of your own choosing. MCT includes full documentation, but if you download some themes you will see how it is done.

[SamBox436]

I could find a theme or a sample XML file of how to replace the default sounds.

[IT Troll]

I'm suspecting you meant to say could not. With MCT you can replace any embedded resource with another.
You can place MCT in logging mode to reveal what the resource names are.
So for example, for the sounds you just list them as follows in the Resources section.

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<Resources>
		<Resource Id="INTRO_A.WAV">
			<Replace File="Theme\Audio\ANYTHING1.wav"/>
		</Resource>
		<Resource Id="SELECT_A.WAV">
			<Replace File="Theme\Audio\ANYTHING2.wav"/>
		</Resource>
		<Resource Id="FOCUS_A.WAV">
			<Replace File="Theme\Audio\ANYTHING3.wav"/>
		</Resource>
		<Resource Id="RECORDINGSTARTED_A.WAV">
			<Replace File="Theme\Audio\ANYTHING4.wav"/>
		</Resource>
		<Resource Id="MINISELECT_A.WAV">
			<Replace File="Theme\Audio\ANYTHING5.wav"/>
		</Resource>
</Resources>