Why does it keep happening?

Goku1814 · May 10, 2020

I dont have a sound card installed in my pc but whenever i plug something into it ie a hdmi cord, headphones; something like that, it doesn't let sound through if that makes sense until i restart my computer. Does anyone know how to fix this?

BobVonBob · May 10, 2020

Have you tried changing the output device after plugging things in? You can do this by going to the sound icon on the right side of the task bar and choosing a device from the menu at the top of that panel.

circeseye · May 10, 2020

yea sometime windows doesnt auto switch for the device plugged in and have to manually do it

Goku1814 · May 10, 2020

Yes i have tried doing that BobVonBob and it still doesn't let audio through unless i restart my pc.

The Flying Sloth · May 10, 2020

This sounds like a sample rate issue, you've got different audio outputs running at different sample rates so they can't run concurrently.
The restart is just changing the default sample rate to the rate specified by that specific output.

Sloth