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Different audio outputs depending on source?

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I can't figure out how to output sound over HDMI to one source (tv) and have a different app (games) play through a second output (headphones). Is this not possible?
 
Not possible unless the game itself allows you to select the audio output (via menu or a config file or whatever). A lot of game engines allow for this thankfully.
 
You're more likely to find a media player that lets you set the audio source for your TV than you are to find a game that does (though some do allow it). And just set your default to whichever one does NOT allow you to explicitly set the output in the application.
 
Windows doesn't explicitly allow per-app mapping of audio output, though some programs, especially audio playback ones, give the ability to manually select an audio output device. What you can do is set a program to use a non-default Windows Audio Output Device, while the rest of the system uses whichever device is selected as the default.

This opens up the second problem: You need two audio output devices for this to work, which means a dedicated soundcard. Audio hardware is not designed to use different output ports at the same time; eg, you can't use both a headphone out and speaker out on the same soundcard simultaneously.
 
gamerk2 said:
Windows doesn't explicitly allow per-app mapping of audio output, though some programs, especially audio playback ones, give the ability to manually select an audio output device. What you can do is set a program to use a non-default Windows Audio Output Device, while the rest of the system uses whichever device is selected as the default.

This opens up the second problem: You need two audio output devices for this to work, which means a dedicated soundcard. Audio hardware is not designed to use different output ports at the same time; eg, you can't use both a headphone out and speaker out on the same soundcard simultaneously.
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HDMI output and headphones, not speaker and headphones. He's fine.
 
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