Audio from Multiple Sources

walxer · October 21, 2023

My PC is not (currently) capable of playing current games like Fortnite or Destiny 2 or COD on anything other than like lowest visual settings. I have an Alienware R11 and it's just not keeping up - mostly because I don't know how to make it keep up.

Anyways, I've decided to start playing on my PlayStation 5 until I'm able to afford a new computer, and I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I tend to have something like a reality TV show playing on my second monitor whenever I'm gaming, but I have no idea how to do that when I'm playing on my PlayStation (which is currently hooked up to my actual TV, but could be hooked up to my main monitor and switch inputs, if that's helpful) and want to have a show playing on my PC second monitor while I'm gaming. I want to have the audio feed into one set of headphones (bluetooth preferred - I have Bose QC35 II at the moment that are trashed but good audio quality) but I have no idea if that would even be possible.

I have an Elgato capture card, but would prefer not to play PS5 through that due to (perceived) input lag and audio issues that I've faced with it.

Any recommendations would be helpful!

Thanks!
Wx

Sawa Takahashi · October 21, 2023

Lol. You got quite the setup

I think you can play the PS5 on your TV and have your show on your second monitor without any issue. As for the audio being routed in your bluetooth headphones, you'll need to combine all your audio sources into one and then send to the headphones (because bluetooth does not support multiple inputs at the same time). Is it possible to connect an audio cable from your PS5 or your TV to your computer line input ? Then, you enable that audio source in Windows preferences. You then connect your bluetooth headphones to your computer and you should be able to hear both sounds at the same time via your headphones. There may be a bit of sound lag but this should not be noticeable.

Hope that helps !

walxer · October 21, 2023

5 minutes ago, Sawa Takahashi said:

Is it possible to connect an audio cable from your PS5 or your TV to your computer line input ? Then, you enable that audio source in Windows preferences. You then connect your bluetooth headphones to your computer and you should be able to hear both sounds at the same time via your headphones. There may be a bit of sound lag but this should not be noticeable.

I will look into this! Thanks!