0perator Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 hi, i have never done this before, but is it possible to have speakers playing my music, while my headphones are playing my skype calls, obviously i have 2 different jacks, just wondering how i would go about setting the computer so it knows the speakers are in the back jack, and the headphones are in the front jack. vista btw. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 It depends on your sound card model. Most models can't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0perator Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 well my computer is brand new i built it yesterday with my dad um it has onboard sound, and a front jack and a back one, so i cant output through both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Why don't you just try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 You most likely won't be able to do this with a fairly standard card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Add a 2nd sound card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 well my computer is brand new i built it yesterday with my dad um it has onboard sound, and a front jack and a back one, so i cant output through both? Plugging the outputs built-in to your case into your motherboard will generally disable the outputs built-in to the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardyandkari Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 if you add a 2nd sound card, wont it just do the same thing that the built in is doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakus_maximus Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Adding a second sound card should work fine. In addition to the sound card built in on my motherboard, I went with a USB gaming headset from Tritton. This is the same as adding a second sound card because this USB headset is independent doesnt require your built in sound card. A lot of applications will default to using whatever your default sound card is defined as. However, programs like Yahoo, Ventrilo, etc... allow you to specify what device you want to use for input/output. For instance, with Ventrilo, I use my headphones for listening and instead of the built in mic, I specified the mic on my webcam. I used this while playing World of Warcraft and have the sounds effects coming through the built in sound card. Sounds like what you want to do is the same, have music playing through your built in sound card and have a headset you can use for Skype calls but not hear the music over them. So either a second sound card or a USB headset (independent of sound card) would work for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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