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Can you mute the background sound in Quest Link?

raymond_abel_33
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Using Oculus app last version. (current is Oculus software, Version 12.1) with Rift CV1.

How to quiet the anoying, new age background sound?

Thanks for your time
Ray

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Thank you so much man! Sharing this now!

Hi,

Did you had to do something else as well, than just replace those two files to get the sound away (delete some cache or something)? I still get the sound even both files are now silent. I saw in some other thread something about editing with fmod application?

 Hey there! We appreciate you letting us know about the experience you are having. This is no fun, and we know it is taking time away from your time in the VR world. So, we'd like to jump in and assist you in getting this fixed as quickly as possible. Could you please specify what noises you are hearing? Also, have you tried rebooting your headset to see if the sound stops? When do the noises occur? i.e., in the home setting or while playing a game? We look forward to your response!

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@MetaQuestSupport Hi, I assume this is intentionally there - that ambient music in Airlink Dash screen, and there is no setting to turn it off. You can turn all music off, but then you dont hear any apps from for example in desktop mode. I for example would like to listen Spotify or watch Netflix over Airlink, but there is this annoying background music playing right when you come to Airlink Dash screen. @Exius86 pointed out those two files that seem to contain the "music" that cannot be disabled.

There is same request in "idea" section as well (couple of times), for example this: https://communityforums.atmeta.com/t5/Ideas/Option-to-remove-Background-quot-music-quot-both-in-home...

Hey there! Thank you for that information. Could you please confirm the following: 

  • Could you please specify what noises you are hearing?
  • Have you tried rebooting your headset to see if the sound stops?
  • When do the noises occur? i.e., in the home setting or while playing a game?

We look forward to your response!

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Hi brother, I found an easier way. If you are on windows 11. Go to the search box and type in "sound mixer" that will bring up a window with all the different audio sources available.  Identify the "Link dash" and mute that sucker to never hear it again (until the next update that is :/) 

 

I hope that helps!

@tetoculus Excellent! that worked (needed to upgrade to Win11 first...).

@MetaQuestSupport It is not noise, it is supposed to be background "music" that cannot be turned off. So, it is basically a badly designed feature - it is nice for first 15seconds, but then you would like to turn it off - and there is no settings to do that... And it is in Link Dashboard (homescreen when you are connected to a PC)

Hey @thor_valhalla! We're glad @tetoculus was able to help you with this. If you ever need us in the future, please don't hesitate to reach out!

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Hey @MetaQuestSupport ! How about making this annoying background music switchable, so we don't need to use 3rd party software to get rid of it? Is it really your criteria of marking a problem as "solved"?

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