Dual soundcards (1 Viewer)

[light66]

Is there a way to use one soundcard for music and the other for TV/movie sound?

I see that i can change audio renderer for the video stuff but can't find anywhere to change it for the music. Am i blind or.....

light66

 

[NLS]

what you ask IS interesting, but can I ask why you want that?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Do not believe you can run two sound cards on one system.

Windows will not allow it, i believe without screwing up, caused by the conflict between drivers (correct me if wrong anyone, as never heard of this setup).

Regards

 

[NLS]

I think windows goes fine with that.

After all many USB audio I/O systems are in fact "external sound cards".

Windows has the ability to select the directsound source and destination.

 

[cheetah05]

It is possible. But only if one is a USB sound card.

I am doing that as we speak, skype on the usb and music on the sound card.

Thanks.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Misunderstanding here, sound devices are ok.

If we are talking about fullblown sound cards, why the advice always given to disable onboard sound, when using a pci soundcard like the audigy4 etc.

Regards

 

[NLS]

I suspect because you are able to free a IRQ. I would like to be given a choice, I agree. But something like 99.9% of users buy an audio card because they want something better than the onboard, not because they want a second one.

I am pretty positive that I have seen PC with nore than one sound cards, both working.

 

[light66]

First, why:
Because i want TV/video sound from my TV and music from the stereo and that can't be done with the MB or soundcards i have.

Secondly, it can be done and it does'nt screw up Windows, it was just a question of creative thinking

Music is apparently mapped to the standard windows sounddevice, witch was an old SB64, so i just had to remap the TV/Video sound to the MB sound device (SoundMax something) to make it work.

Thought that somone else had done this??

Anyway, i managed to sort this out myself but

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

OK, you can

:sorry: