I have 2 jacks on my machine, one for speakers and the other a headset and Vista correctly identifies both of them. Is there a way to designate specific applications to use a designated output? For example, I use my headset to play games yet I want to use my speakers for pretty much everything else. It gets frustrating to realize that I have the wrong output selected, and then close the application, switch the default device and open again. T
wrote in message news:b497d47e-29db-4c26-8b13-dfbc4c1e04ee@k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com... >I have 2 jacks on my machine, one for speakers and the other a headset > and Vista correctly identifies both of them. > > Is there a way to designate specific applications to use a designated > output? > > For example, I use my headset to play games yet I want to use my > speakers for pretty much everything else. It gets frustrating to > realize that I have the wrong output selected, and then close the > application, switch the default device and open again. > > T There is nothing in Vista that does that. However, you may find a hardware solution. Also, some sound cards come with special software that may contain that feature. For games, I use the Speed Link Medusa 5.1 headset/mic combo that comes with an external amp which sits next to your monitor that allows you to switch between headphones and speakers. http://www.speed-link.com/?p=2&cat=183&pid=1903&paus=1
I don't believe Vista can do that. My speakers have jacks in them for a headset. When I plugin the headset, the speakers shutup. wrote in message news:b497d47e-29db-4c26-8b13-dfbc4c1e04ee@k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com... >I have 2 jacks on my machine, one for speakers and the other a headset > and Vista correctly identifies both of them. > > Is there a way to designate specific applications to use a designated > output? > > For example, I use my headset to play games yet I want to use my > speakers for pretty much everything else. It gets frustrating to > realize that I have the wrong output selected, and then close the > application, switch the default device and open again. > > T
