<p>Maybe you have changed the system playback volume by clicking the sound icon in the <strong>Properties</strong> pane.</p>

<p>You can change the volume of (and mute) any layer or range by using the <strong>Adjust Volume</strong> tool in <strong>Timeline</strong> as shown in below image.</p>

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2016-02-18T02:33:20.813Z
2016-02-18T02:33:20.813Z
Phuong Dao Viet
<p>I'm using active presenter, and I'm trying to mute the audio on an mp4 file I imported, while keeping the mp3 file on another layer playing. But it's seeming that whenever I click properties on the item and go to mute the sound of the video file, it mutes every library file. Including the Mp3 I imported on another layer. And if I turn it back on in the MP3's properties, despite it listing the correct name of the item, it turns it back on for the MP4 file. How can I mute one file while another keeps playing? There's no separate layers for audio/video when I imported the Mp4, otherwise I'd have just deleted it that way. Thanks.</p>

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Active Presenter, Muting Single Layer
JiniTwist
# Active Presenter, Muting Single Layer

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-16)

I'm using active presenter, and I'm trying to mute the audio on an mp4 file I imported, while keeping the mp3 file on another layer playing. But it's seeming that whenever I click properties on the item and go to mute the sound of the video file, it mutes every library file. Including the Mp3 I imported on another layer. And if I turn it back on in the MP3's properties, despite it listing the correct name of the item, it turns it back on for the MP4 file. How can I mute one file while another keeps playing? There's no separate layers for audio/video when I imported the Mp4, otherwise I'd have just deleted it that way. Thanks.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-18. Score: 1

Maybe you have changed the system playback volume by clicking the sound icon in the **Properties** pane.

You can change the volume of (and mute) any layer or range by using the **Adjust Volume** tool in **Timeline** as shown in below image.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/KrIyn.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KrIyn.png)


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