As the title says, I want to have my speakers and my HDMI to play at the same time from the same application, I've only been able to select one OR the other as default device: If I: Select speker as default device Start playing something (and can of course hear it from the speakers) Select HDMI as default device Then: Speakers stop playing HDMI starts playing I just want both to be playing together. Thanks

It took some time searching around but I finally managed to find an answer by myself, I'm posting the solution here in case anyone has a similar issue: Open Sound panel Select Speakers as the default playback device Go to the "Recording" tab Right click and enable "Show Disabled Devices" A recording device called "Wave Out Mix", "Mono Mix" or "Stereo Mix" (this was my case) should appear Right click on the new device and click "Enable" Right click on the new device and click "Set as Default Device" Double click on the new device to open the Properties window Go to the "Listen" tab Click on the "Listen to this device" checkbox Select your HDMI device from the "Playback through this device" list And you're done, the drawback is that you won't have a microphone selected as default recording device, but for what concerns me I couldn't care less.

I spent time to find a method and finally found it. Thanks you for this!!. HOwever by enabling stereo mix, the computer does not go automatically to sleep mode (on timer bases, always possible manually). It could be verified by performing on CMD (CLI) "powercfg -ENERGY" before and after the enable. Any idea why my computer (realtek audio component) has this behaviour?

thanks very much this bugged me for ages

I don't seem to have any of those options in my 'recording' tab, is there something I'm missing? I'm having the same issue... I enabled 'see disabled devices' and all that, but all I have is 2 microphones, cd audio, and line in. I'd really like to be able to do this... Help!!

I don't seem to have any of those options in my 'recording' tab, is there something I'm missing? Right click the empty space under the recording tab and select show disabled devices. And then right click either Wave Out Mix, Mono Mix" or Stereo Mix.

Is it possible to have speakers and HDMI play at the same time?

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As the title says, I want to have my speakers and my HDMI to play at the same time from the same application, I've only been able to select one OR the other as default device:

If I:

Select speker as default device
Start playing something (and can of course hear it from the speakers)
Select HDMI as default device

Then:

Speakers stop playing
HDMI starts playing

I just want both to be playing together.

Thanks

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It took some time searching around but I finally managed to find an answer by myself, I'm posting the solution here in case anyone has a similar issue:

Open Sound panel
Select Speakers as the default playback device
Go to the "Recording" tab
Right click and enable "Show Disabled Devices"
A recording device called "Wave Out Mix", "Mono Mix" or "Stereo Mix" (this was my case) should appear
Right click on the new device and click "Enable"
Right click on the new device and click "Set as Default Device"
Double click on the new device to open the Properties window
Go to the "Listen" tab
Click on the "Listen to this device" checkbox
Select your HDMI device from the "Playback through this device" list

And you're done, the drawback is that you won't have a microphone selected as default recording device, but for what concerns me I couldn't care less.

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2011-01-20T23:22:46+00:00

I spent time to find a method and finally found it. Thanks you for this!!.

HOwever by enabling stereo mix, the computer does not go automatically to sleep mode (on timer bases, always possible manually). It could be verified by performing on CMD (CLI) "powercfg -ENERGY" before and after the enable. Any idea why my computer (realtek audio component) has this behaviour?
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2010-12-21T00:14:55+00:00

thanks very much this bugged me for ages
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2010-09-09T21:12:29+00:00

I don't seem to have any of those options in my 'recording' tab, is there something I'm missing?

I'm having the same issue...

I enabled 'see disabled devices' and all that, but all I have is 2 microphones, cd audio, and line in.

I'd really like to be able to do this... Help!!
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2010-09-03T16:54:45+00:00

I don't seem to have any of those options in my 'recording' tab, is there something I'm missing?

Right click the empty space under the recording tab and select show disabled devices. And then right click either Wave Out Mix, Mono Mix" or Stereo Mix.
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