Is there a quick way to switch the selected Windows playback device? Also, is there a way to stop a new device from grabbing the selected spot? I have a bluetooth headset (I've tried 4 different headsets, I presently have a Bluetrek G2) that I use with Windows for a softphone (a VoIP telephone, SJPhone in my case) and such like.
Is there any way to select quicky what playback device Windows should use. The only way I know is through control panel and that takes a while especially if I'm trying to answer a phone call. I may on occasion want to select the headset, just if I want to use headphones quickly and I'd like to be able to select faster. Even an obsure keyboard shortcut that selects the next device on the list (and goes back to the top at the end of course) would be fine, or a system bar program or whatever.
My softphone software allows me to select the recording and playback devices seperately from windows, so everything I need is there. However, when I turn on my Bluetooth headset, it becomes the default windows playback device, so other programs such as Winamp and games start using this instead of my soundcard/speakers. Is there any way to stop this? I generally only want to use Bluetooth for playback when a particular peice of software especially decides to use it, so I want windows to keep my soundcard selected unless I change it by hand.
I can't just leave it connected and reset via the control panel once as the battery would die quickly and it would need redone after every recharge or computer reboot. I can't really just set WinAMP to use the soundcard as although it's most affected, all audio playing programs and games are to some extent. Also, on rare occasions, I would like it to be played over Bluetooth.
Is there any way to select quicky what playback device Windows should use. The only way I know is through control panel and that takes a while especially if I'm trying to answer a phone call. I may on occasion want to select the headset, just if I want to use headphones quickly and I'd like to be able to select faster. Even an obsure keyboard shortcut that selects the next device on the list (and goes back to the top at the end of course) would be fine, or a system bar program or whatever.
My softphone software allows me to select the recording and playback devices seperately from windows, so everything I need is there. However, when I turn on my Bluetooth headset, it becomes the default windows playback device, so other programs such as Winamp and games start using this instead of my soundcard/speakers. Is there any way to stop this? I generally only want to use Bluetooth for playback when a particular peice of software especially decides to use it, so I want windows to keep my soundcard selected unless I change it by hand.
I can't just leave it connected and reset via the control panel once as the battery would die quickly and it would need redone after every recharge or computer reboot. I can't really just set WinAMP to use the soundcard as although it's most affected, all audio playing programs and games are to some extent. Also, on rare occasions, I would like it to be played over Bluetooth.
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