Manually Select Output Device (S/PDIF)
Posted: 21 Jul 2011 21:54
I have been looking for a solution to my problem for a while to no avail so I figured I would post my issue.
I like to play a show/movie for my GF while I play a game using my Headphones. I use Z-5500 speakers with S/PDIF (optical) out with an HT Omega card and USB headphones.
I was able choose my HT Omega sound card as the output in VLC using Preferences, All Settings, Output Modules, and setting HT Omega in all available "output device" drop downs. Then I could set my headphones as my default playback device in Windows and all was good.
BUT! One problem. When I play media that has digital audio i only get PCM out on the speakers. I have it set for "Win32 waveOut..." with "Use S/PDIF when available". Yet it wont output digital audio anymore.
i have since set everything back to my original settings and it will now output digital. Is there any way to output digital audio when manually setting the output device?
I like to play a show/movie for my GF while I play a game using my Headphones. I use Z-5500 speakers with S/PDIF (optical) out with an HT Omega card and USB headphones.
I was able choose my HT Omega sound card as the output in VLC using Preferences, All Settings, Output Modules, and setting HT Omega in all available "output device" drop downs. Then I could set my headphones as my default playback device in Windows and all was good.
BUT! One problem. When I play media that has digital audio i only get PCM out on the speakers. I have it set for "Win32 waveOut..." with "Use S/PDIF when available". Yet it wont output digital audio anymore.
i have since set everything back to my original settings and it will now output digital. Is there any way to output digital audio when manually setting the output device?