All, Is it possible to play music through the speakers in a room so others can listen to it whilst someone else plays a game on the PC? I have Windows 7 and on board sound. I doubt it is.. but maybe there is some cunning way of achieving this??.. a second virtual desktop perhaps?? Thanks in advance, JC
I looked into this with a friend who wanted the voice from game chat through his headset and the game sounds through his speakers and I believe the answer was a second sound card. So for instance you set the audio player, VLC e.t.c to use your onboard sound and then install a second sound card for the game audio or vice-versa. If you have a USB headset then you might be able to do it already since the USB headset is considered a second sound device.
I used to do something similar a few years back. Headset = Ventrillo, Speakers = Game. It was a PITA, routinely co*ked up and trying to fix it was a nightmare. But lancer is right in his reply, 2 sound cards needed. I set the game to use the default internal one and ventrillo to use the usb headset's.
can be done, use vac (virtual audio cables) software and an el cheapo usb sound card dongle attached for the output for the music you want to go to the other room http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/External-...uterComponents_SoundCards&hash=item2ec32f5d1a
You can do it with some integrated soundcards as well, such as the Realtek ones in Asus P5Q-PRO and GIGABYTE Z87X-D3H, but it requires your case to have a headphone jack in the front panel. 1) Go to Control Panel 2) Open "Realtek Audio Manager" (Or somesuch, differs a little) 3) From top right, click "Device advanced settings" 4) Select "Make front and rear output devices playback two different audio streams simultaneously" 5) Open your program, in this case easiest would be the music player, got to playback/output devices, and select "Realtek Audio 2nd output" This is also great for using TeamSpeak with a mono headset, so you can keep your game sounds from your speakers as loud as you like and still hear everyone speaking perfectly. Just remember that the mic also picks the game sounds, so if you want to talk, keep the volume sensible If yours doesn't support this, the easiest and cheapest way is to buy a cheapo "3D SOUND" soundcard, that you can find _everywhere_ for a few bucks. [EDIT] If your programs or games don't allow you to change the audio device, one trick is to set one device as 'Primary', open the program, go back to the audio device settings, change the second card as primary, and open the other program. Most programs will require you to restart them before they start using the new 'Primary' sound device, so if you don't close them, they should keep using the old one.
My daughter has her game sounds through her onboard and her headset for team speak and skype runs through an Asus Xonar DG 5.1 and works like a charm, has never caused her a single issue. I have a similar setup but my logitech Z10 speakers are usb so no need for a 2nd sound card for my headset.
I do this with my rig - sounds in general come out of my main audio output, with the comms stuff being routed through my USB plantronics headset. You just have to tell whatever app it is doing the voice (teamspeak/steam chat/skype/whatever) to use the headset for audio! Easy as peas.
