Commenting out the debug/info logs so the logs will only have errors

now there is just one event loop for window changing, and instances of the dial action can register to the event

src/FocusVolumeControl/AudioHelper.cs

@@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ public class AudioHelper
 
 		try
 		{
+			//note. in instances where you launch a game from steam. this ends up mapping the process to both steam and to the game. which is unfortunate
+			//The problem is that if you don't use the parent processes, then the actual steam window won't get recognized. But if you do, then games will map to steam.
+			//
+			//Additionally, I group all audio processes that match instead of just the most specific, or the first, etc. Because Discord uses two processes, one for voice chat, and one for discord sounds.
+			//
+			//Steam and Discord are both very common, and end up butting heads in the algorithm.
+			//And I'm not overly fond of programming in special cases
+			//so for the time being, the only down side i've found for including the parent process is that when you launch a game from steam and change the volume, you also change steam's volume. but that really only impacts videos on steam store pages
+			//The icon is also often steam's icon instead of the games'.
+			//But i'm striving for functional before perfection.
 			var blah = ParentProcessUtilities.GetParentProcess(pid);
 			if (blah != null && blah.ProcessName != "explorer" && blah.ProcessName != "svchost")
 			{

src/FocusVolumeControl/AudioSessions/VolumeHelpers.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ namespace FocusVolumeControl.AudioSessions
 	{
 		public static float GetAdjustedVolume(float startingVolume, int step, int ticks)
 		{
+			if(step <= 0)
+			{
+				step = 1;
+			}
+
 			var level = startingVolume;
 
 			level += 0.01f * step * ticks;

src/FocusVolumeControl/DialAction.cs

@@ -26,20 +26,13 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 		{
 			PluginSettings instance = new PluginSettings();
 			instance.FallbackBehavior = FallbackBehavior.SystemSounds;
+			instance.StepSize = 1;
 			return instance;
 		}
 	}
 
-	private PluginSettings settings;
-
-	IntPtr _foregroundWindowChangedEvent;
-	Native.WinEventDelegate _delegate;
-
+	PluginSettings settings;
 	AudioHelper _audioHelper = new AudioHelper();
-
-	Thread _thread;
-	Dispatcher _dispatcher;
-
 	UIState _previousState;
 
 	public DialAction(ISDConnection connection, InitialPayload payload) : base(connection, payload)
@@ -54,19 +47,7 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 			settings = payload.Settings.ToObject<PluginSettings>();
 		}
 
-		_thread = new Thread(() =>
-		{
-			Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.DEBUG, "Registering for events");
-			_delegate = new Native.WinEventDelegate(WinEventProc);
-			_foregroundWindowChangedEvent = Native.RegisterForForegroundWindowChangedEvent(_delegate);
-
-			Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.DEBUG, "Starting Dispatcher");
-			_dispatcher = Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher;
-			Dispatcher.Run();
-			Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.DEBUG, "Dispatcher Stopped");
-		});
-		_thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
-		_thread.Start();
+		WindowChangedEventLoop.Instance.WindowChanged += WindowChanged;
 
 		var session = _audioHelper.GetActiveSession(settings.FallbackBehavior);
 		_ = UpdateStateIfNeeded(session);
@@ -74,19 +55,15 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 
 	public override void Dispose()
 	{
-		Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.DEBUG, "Disposing");
-		if (_foregroundWindowChangedEvent != IntPtr.Zero)
-		{
-			Native.UnhookWinEvent(_foregroundWindowChangedEvent);
-		}
-		_dispatcher.InvokeShutdown();
+		//Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.DEBUG, "Disposing");
+		WindowChangedEventLoop.Instance.WindowChanged -= WindowChanged;
 	}
 
 	public override async void DialDown(DialPayload payload)
 	{
 		try
 		{
-			Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.INFO, "Dial Down");
+			//Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.INFO, "Dial Down");
 			await ToggleMuteAsync();
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex)
@@ -100,7 +77,7 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 	{
 		try
 		{
-			Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.INFO, "Touch Press");
+			//Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.INFO, "Touch Press");
 			if (payload.IsLongPress)
 			{
 				await ResetAllAsync();
@@ -120,7 +97,7 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 	{
 		try
 		{
-			Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.INFO, "Dial Rotate");
+			//Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.INFO, "Dial Rotate");
 			//dial rotated. ticks positive for right, negative for left
 			var activeSession = _audioHelper.Current;
 			if (activeSession != null)
@@ -258,7 +235,7 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 	}
 
 
-	public void WinEventProc(IntPtr hWinEventHook, uint eventType, IntPtr hwnd, int idObject, int idChild, uint dwEventThread, uint dwmsEventTime)
+	public void WindowChanged()
 	{
 		try
 		{
@@ -266,7 +243,7 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex)
 		{
-			Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.ERROR, $"Unexpected Error in DialDown:\n {ex}");
+			Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.ERROR, $"Unexpected Error in Window Down:\n {ex}");
 		}
 	}
 }

src/FocusVolumeControl/FocusVolumeControl.csproj

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UI\UIState.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UI\ValueWithOpacity.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="WindowChangedEventLoop.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="App.config" />

src/FocusVolumeControl/WindowChangedEventLoop.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+using BarRaider.SdTools;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Threading;
+
+namespace FocusVolumeControl
+{
+	internal class WindowChangedEventLoop
+	{
+		private static readonly Lazy<WindowChangedEventLoop> _lazy = new Lazy<WindowChangedEventLoop>(() => new WindowChangedEventLoop());
+		public static WindowChangedEventLoop Instance => _lazy.Value;
+
+		readonly Thread _thread;
+		Dispatcher _dispatcher;
+
+		IntPtr _foregroundWindowChangedEvent;
+		Native.WinEventDelegate _delegate;
+
+		private WindowChangedEventLoop()
+		{
+			_thread = new Thread(() =>
+			{
+				Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.DEBUG, "Starting Window Changed Event Loop");
+				_delegate = new Native.WinEventDelegate(WinEventProc);
+				_foregroundWindowChangedEvent = Native.RegisterForForegroundWindowChangedEvent(_delegate);
+
+				_dispatcher = Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher;
+				Dispatcher.Run();
+				Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.DEBUG, "Window Changed Event Loop Stopped");
+			});
+			_thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
+			_thread.Start();
+		}
+
+		public event Action WindowChanged;
+
+		private void WinEventProc(IntPtr hWinEventHook, uint eventType, IntPtr hwnd, int idObject, int idChild, uint dwEventThread, uint dwmsEventTime)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				WindowChanged?.Invoke();
+			}
+			catch (Exception ex)
+			{
+				Logger.Instance.LogMessage(TracingLevel.ERROR, $"Unexpected Error in EventHandler:\n {ex}");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}