Multiple simultaneous audio outputs in windows 7

Anonymous
2009-12-04T01:29:16+00:00

I have seen multiple questions about enabling multiple audio outputs simultaneously in windows vista and 7, like example SPDIF and analog output, everytime answer is that its not supported by windows 7. Why is that? Why isnt it supported it worked fine in XP, could you guys give some details why isnt it supported anymore?

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Anonymous
2012-01-09T06:15:33+00:00

Actually I have a very simple easy solution. It is very possible to have multiple audio outputs in win7. Well at least for this persons issue. I am the same way, I want to watch movies on my tv through the pc via hdmi but dont want to hear the sound of stuff on the pc through the tv speakers or vice versa.  So here is the simple solution.

If you use windows media player for watching the video its very easy.

  1. open windows media player
  2. right click, click tools, then options
  3. click devices tab
  4. click speakers, then properties
  5. select audio device (select HDMI output)
  6. click ok, then ok again.

All sounds through windows media player will now be played through the hdmi output and all other sounds from vlc media player, youtube, etc. will continue to play through the pc speakers.

It took me about 2 weeks to find that out. But it works.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-09-14T19:48:12+00:00

    Nice! That actually works. Of course, it only supports two outputs (not three or more) but it's still very useful.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-09-14T19:45:22+00:00

    @Willy Schindler:

    Please read the original post. I was looking for a way to route the audio to MULTIPLE outputs at the same time, not a single output. For example, to play the sound on a set of USB speakers and also simultaneously a set of Bluetooth speakers (in another room).

    This is not supported by Windows.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-09-14T12:44:47+00:00

    Why would you want to install a third party software to route all audio to one output? That is done by default on Windows...

    Check the software's documentation to learn its uses!

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