Split Audio Between PC and TV at SAME TIME

[lol1419]

Hey, guys I need help with this one.

 

As the title states how can I play audio to my computer and TV at the same time. For example play the audio from a video to the TV through HDMI, and play game audio though my standard stereo speakers; all from the same computer.

 

I have a GTX 660 (non ti)- If this is some useful information...

 

Do I need some piece of hardware or download some software? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[StormEye]

Depends on what kind of sound input your PC has, or what kind of audio equipment you got.

 

If your PC has a digital input, plug that into your digital input in your PC, and just have to enable few more settings in PC. Most likely you'll need a sound card for this, as I dont know any onboard that has digital input (not output).

 

Or you can just have PC headphone output connected to your mic input on your PC with 3.5mm jack. Then just enable listen to this device on PC.

 

There are number of ways of doing this, but those two seem to be the cleanest.

[creatip123]

Which one do you want, 2 sources to 2 outputs, or 1 sources to 2 outputs?

 

The second choice is much simpler and easier than the first one. You'd only need a cable splitter, and good to go (but can only work with standard audio plugs)

 

The first choice is limited by windows itself. Windows doesn't allow 2 audio devices to sound at the same time, handling different sources, while in reality this is perfectly possible. There are some applications that can bypass this restriction, for example, the foobar2k (media player). It allows you to select the output device, regardless of windows' default audio device. Tried this with gaming + music, worked perfectly without any lags. Speaker playing music, headphone playing game's sound. 

[lol1419]

..."There are some applications that can bypass this restriction, for example, the foobar2k (media player). It allows you to select the output device, regardless of windows' default audio device. Tried this with gaming + music, worked perfectly without any lags. Speaker playing music, headphone playing game's sound. "

I was working with option 1. Sorry if I failed to word it properly in my question.

 

So your saying all I need is the foobar2k software and I'm good to go? How would I set the software up to play the two pieces of audio from the same pc, like you said:

 

"Tried this with gaming + music, worked perfectly without any lags. Speaker playing music, headphone playing game's sound. "

[ShearMe]

Two windows outputs might work

[creatip123]

I was working with option 1. Sorry if I failed to word it properly in my question.

 

So your saying all I need is the foobar2k software and I'm good to go? How would I set the software up to play the two pieces of audio from the same pc, like you said:

 

Install foobar2k, go to preferences, select 'output' from the list. Then on the output details, there's a dropdown list there. Say you're going like me, gaming + music at the same time, set the output to the device that's not the default device on windows' sound setting. After that, it's all good. Just start a music, start a game, and there should be 2 different sounds on 2 different outputs.

 

The above software might work. Haven't tried it though, so can't say anything about it.

[lol1419]

Install foobar2k, go to preferences, select 'output' from the list. Then on the output details, there's a dropdown list there. Say you're going like me, gaming + music at the same time, set the output to the device that's not the default device on windows' sound setting. After that, it's all good. Just start a music, start a game, and there should be 2 different sounds on 2 different outputs.

 

Dude, creatip123, Thanks! your solution works perfectly!

 

One last question though. Is there a way to, like the foobar2k software, to map the audio of Google Chrome to a different speaker?

[ShearMe]

One last question though. Is there a way to, like the foobar2k software, to map the audio of Google Chrome to a different speaker?

No. There has to be a built in option on the software you want to do this with.

[lol1419]

Alright! Thanks for the help guys! Really appreciate it!