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Post New Requests Here / Audio output device manager
« on: April 23, 2007, 09:02 AM »
hi folks,
I have an annoyance that you may be able to help me with, there may even be software out there to solve this already.
I work on a laptop with a docking station in work, the docking station has desktop speakers through which i play music if I'm alone in the office, then I have USB headphones which I use to listen to music while people are in the office and for Skype. When i go home I listen to music through the internal laptop speaker or connect to an amplifier through my headphone jack.
My problem is that when switching between these output modes I often have to fiddle around for ages to get sound out of the appropriate device. Plug into the headphone jack means i have to restart itunes. Skype gives me real hassle and I can't seem to work out the correct procedure or sequence to plugging things in and starting programs.....
In windows (XP) there does not appear to be a central (or even useful) audio output manager, where the output device (or port) can be readily selected from a list of possibilities. That volume control thingy in the tray is useless...
Can anyone suggest existing software that could help me? or can someone write a wee bit of code that might allow me to keep my hair for another couple of years.
Thanks in advance,
al
I have an annoyance that you may be able to help me with, there may even be software out there to solve this already.
I work on a laptop with a docking station in work, the docking station has desktop speakers through which i play music if I'm alone in the office, then I have USB headphones which I use to listen to music while people are in the office and for Skype. When i go home I listen to music through the internal laptop speaker or connect to an amplifier through my headphone jack.
My problem is that when switching between these output modes I often have to fiddle around for ages to get sound out of the appropriate device. Plug into the headphone jack means i have to restart itunes. Skype gives me real hassle and I can't seem to work out the correct procedure or sequence to plugging things in and starting programs.....
In windows (XP) there does not appear to be a central (or even useful) audio output manager, where the output device (or port) can be readily selected from a list of possibilities. That volume control thingy in the tray is useless...
Can anyone suggest existing software that could help me? or can someone write a wee bit of code that might allow me to keep my hair for another couple of years.
Thanks in advance,
al