Two Audio Devices As One

[NJMevec]

I have two monitors since a buddy of mine gave me his when he went off to college in exchange for me helping him pack. Both of these monitors have built in speakers. The audio quality isn't the best but when I'm doing coursework and I just want to relax and listen to some classical music I like to keep headphones off and just listen out of the speakers. Since I have two sets, I want to use them both at the same time. No version of Windows supports this as far as I'm aware and I'm using Windows 10 with the on board sound of my ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe. Both monitors are plugged into my R9 295x2 from XFX (one with a DVI to HDMI converter and the other with a miniDisplay to HDMI converter). Any tips would be welcome to getting this to work.

[Enderman]

do they have audio input jacks?

[NJMevec]

do they have audio input jacks?

 

Audio is being transferred via HDMI. I'd like to try to keep it that way.

 

But yes, they both do have audio in via 3.5 mm

[Enderman]

Audio is being transferred via HDMI. I'd like to try to keep it that way.

 

But yes, they both do have audio in via 3.5 mm

then youre gonna have to use 3.5mm audio connectors and a splitter

[NJMevec]

then youre gonna have to use 3.5mm audio connectors and a splitter

 

"Have to" is a strong phrase...I'm sure there's a way to combine the two via software and make Windows think it's one audio device I just can't find any software that does it lol. It's an option but I really don't want to spend the money on two 3.5 mm cables and have more cables to manage than I need.

[Enderman]

"Have to" is a strong phrase...I'm sure there's a way to combine the two via software and make Windows think it's one audio device I just can't find any software that does it lol. It's an option but I really don't want to spend the money on two 3.5 mm cables and have more cables to manage than I need.

combine two what? video ports? lol that's not how it works

 

there is only ONE source, which is the PC

you're trying to output that one source to two outputs, DVI and mini-DP, aka splitting

you're NOT trying to combine two audio streams into one

 

the second thing is possible, but the first one is not because windows only supports one default audio device

some sound cards support playing two different audio sources on the rear output and front panel output, but there is nothing that can take your audio and send it to two of your GPU ports at the same time

 

its just a limitation of windows

 

to have two identical outputs you need to use something like optical splitting, analogue splitting, or digital daisy chaining (but that would make both your monitors duplicated)

[NJMevec]

combine two what? video ports? lol that's not how it works

 

there is only ONE source, which is the PC

you're trying to output that one source to two outputs, DVI and mini-DP, aka splitting

you're NOT trying to combine two audio streams into one

 

the second thing is possible, but the first one is not because windows only supports one default audio device

some sound cards support playing two different audio sources on the rear output and front panel output, but there is nothing that can take your audio and send it to two of your GPU ports at the same time

 

its just a limitation of windows

 

to have two identical outputs you need to use something like optical splitting, analogue splitting, or digital daisy chaining (but that would make both your monitors duplicated)

 

Ahhhh that makes more sense. Damn that sucks...guess it'll just need to wait until I upgrade to a full ATX build and get a dedicated sound card for it...or I can just be not lazy and set up my 2.1 system I have next to my computer.