A Question of Sound

[GregRedd]

Greetings MyG-ers.

Random question about a little niggle - no biggy. If anyone has a useful life-hack for me, I'd appreciate it.

I have a Logitech 5.1 speaker setup attached to the back panel audio connectors of my PC. They work perfectly, no worries there. I also have a Razer gaming headphone/mic connected to the front panel jacks to use when the family don't want to hear me watching or listening to stuff while they're doing whatever girls do in the room next door.

When I'm watching a video or movie through the headphones though, the vocals and spoken parts are inaudible, and I have to go into the Sound settings for Playback and switch the speaker configuration from 5.1 Surround back to Stereo. Naturally, the next time I'm playing something and want the 5.1 effect, I have to go back into the settings and reverse things back.

I guess what I'm trying to ask is is there a way to somehow have the front panel audio output set to stereo, and keep the back panel output at 5.1 at the same time?

 

[BeoTeK]

I guess what I'm trying to ask is is there a way to somehow have the front panel audio output set to stereo, and keep the back panel output at 5.1 at the same time?

Simple answer to this is no.

You profile is set to 5.1 and as such it is outputting according to the correct channels, with the headphones it's pushing all 5.1 channels through two speakers. I have experienced the same issue before. Also specifically when you're watching a movie that doesn't support surround sound or ripped in stereo.

 

[GregRedd]

Simple answer to this is no.

You profile is set to 5.1 and as such it is outputting according to the correct channels, with the headphones it's pushing all 5.1 channels through two speakers. I have experienced the same issue before. Also specifically when you're watching a movie that doesn't support surround sound or ripped in stereo.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Thanks for the confirmation Beo - glad to know that I'm not being completely dumb

 

[DarkStarZA]

Does your 5.1 have a headphone jack on one of the speakers? Do you experience the same when you plug the headphones into this jack?

 

[PsychoFish]

Does your 5.1 have a headphone jack on one of the speakers? Do you experience the same when you plug the headphones into this jack?

This is exactly what I does, my speakers are also 5.1 and I have to jack my headphone into the speakers headphone slot as they mix the 5.1 back down to stereo.