hdtv and monitor, each with own audio

[Danimal1209]

Hi guys.

I setup an hdmi out from my pc to my hdtv for movies and such. I have the audio switched to the tv right now. But, what I want to do is have it so that any application on the tv will have the tv play the audio and any application on the monitor come out my speakers at my pc. Is this doable?

I am using hdmi out from my radeon 6790 for the tv and onboard audio for my speakers.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Danimal1209]

I'm assuming it's not possible....113 views and no response

 

[Soundmanred]

Sadly it's not possible.

 

[Danimal1209]

Realtek or somebody needs to create an application that allows you to select a program and choose the output for its' audio.

 

[JAG87]

It is possible.

You just have to use an application that allow you to select a specific audio output device (i.e. XBMC). If you have two audio output devices (i.e. HDMI and motherboard HD Audio), you can force XBMC to play audio only though HDMI, and everything will default to the motherboard HD Audio.

You can have two things going on at once with two different audio streams playing at the same time.

 

[jtvang125]

It is possible.

You just have to use an application that allow you to select a specific audio output device (i.e. XBMC). If you have two audio output devices (i.e. HDMI and motherboard HD Audio), you can force XBMC to play audio only though HDMI, and everything will default to the motherboard HD Audio.

You can have two things going on at once with two different audio streams playing at the same time.

Are you sure this is possible? Numerous people are saying you can't run simultaneous digital and analog audio in vista/w7. Even if the application lets you choose, audio through hdmi will still be only 2.0.

 

[JAG87]

Are you sure this is possible? Numerous people are saying you can't run simultaneous digital and analog audio in vista/w7. Even if the application lets you choose, audio through hdmi will still be only 2.0.

That, I have no experience with. Both of my audio devices are digital over USB, and both are 2 channels. If an application lets me choose an output device, I can have that audio signal go only to that device (i.e. XBMC to DAC 1 and everything else defaults to DAC 2).

I don't suppose a 5.1 channel signal over HDMI would be different. And even if you have a digital out and an analog out, it shouldn't really matter to the operating system... in theory... in practice I might be wrong.

 

[Soundmanred]

It used to be possible in XP, it took me forever to find out it wouldn't in W7.

 

[Danimal1209]

Well, I'm only using a browser for movies on the tv and the monitor for gaming.

So, I don't use any applications that allow a user to select audio output device.

 

[Number1]

Here is my set up. Two ATI 5450 video cards.
One video card hooked up to my receiver to the TV via HDMI.
One video card hooked up directly to my monitor via HDMI.

TV/receiver is the default audio device.

When the receiver/TV is turned on, all audio from all applications go to the receiver (except XBMC it allows you to select the audio device and video screen).

When the receiver/TV is turned off, all audio from all applications go to the monitor.

If the receiver/tv is turned on and set up to watch cable tv all audio from the PC goes to the receiver and does not play. I have to manually select the monitor as the default audio device to hear anything from the PC.

So here is what happen:
Right now I have netflix using silverlight playing full screen on the tv outputing 2.0 audio to the receiver.
If play a video file on liveleak on the monitor it will output the audio to the tv/receiver.
If I play a video via media player classic on the monitor the audio goes to the receiver/tv and silverlight crashes.
If I play a video using window media player on the monitor the sound goes to the receiver/tv.

If I play a video via XBMC (frodo)on the monitor the audio comes out of the monitor because it is selected as the audio device. (XBMC is rather buggy).

SO I don't think what you are trying to do is possible unless the application itself allows you to chose the audio device.