I’ve just upgraded from what I think was 1.1.22.0, to the above
My laptops screen is my secondary, with a monitor HDMI’d in as primary. I didn’t notice this ever happening with 1.1.22.0, but 1.1.33.0 regularly jumps from my laptop, to the monitor (with no input from me at all). happens every 5 minutes or so
Windows 10 install by the way
Sorry about this! @bvijay any idea on why this might be happening?
FxSound switch output if Preferred output is selected as Newly connected output device and the output device changes.
It is possible that the HDMI monitor is occasionally sending connect/disconnect signals to the PC and FxSound is acting on it trying to switch audio to it.
You can change the output device in Preferred output to any other device like laptop speakers or headphone which is connected.
thanks right my preferred output is…as follows
I have a USB-to-toslink (SPDIF optical) adapter, which goes to audio devices
What is the audio output format from the USB SPDIF Adapter? Is it uncompressed PCM or encoded audio like Dolby/DTS?
FxSound supports only PCM output, so if the adapter format is different, it can then cause issues.
Hello - I have absolutely no idea? PCM I think. but it didn’t seem to happen with the previous version I had installed?
Replace the power supply on your $10 DAC.
Or, buy a $10 DAC to replace your USB SPDIF Adapter. With a new power supply.
If you select any other device like the Realtek Speakers or Headphones as the preferred output device, are you getting the output jumping issue?
Thank you for your input. There is no $10 DAC. Your other information is unfamiliar. Reverting to the previous version of FXSound is a likelier solution.
bvijay, I will test
Then please define “USB SPDIF Adapter”. You are describing what happens when the power supply fails. This is a physical action and it does connect and disconnect the device attached to it.
Inflation,
If there is no independent power supply, then you are powered from the USB bus. The OS may be powering off the port. Through device mgr, identify the port and disable power management.
Also, the reported affect was common when HDMI versions expanded. It is an older OS and the hardware (or components) may be older. Cables that match HDMI version are mandated.
Also, feel your brick. Is it hot? Power supply issues present in odd ways.
Hello,
that item is not a USB SPDIF adaptor - it is a Digital to Analog Converter. A USB SPDIF adaptor converts the output from the USB port, to an optical toslink signal, to be used with optical speaker devices. (there is no analogue component to a USB-to-optical converter)
It’s highly unlikely that the USB power supply for a DAC would fail – the power supply for the DAC is a USB-style input, taken from a mains powered USB port (the quality of mains USB adaptors can be questioned- but is as reliable as the next hardware, and hasn’t changed in FXsound version changes)
with regards to the “spend money on new hardware” I’m sure you’d agree, that reverting back to the version of FXsound which didn’t have the monitor-jump issue, is a much more convenient/(cheaper)/more reliable solution
The rest of the HDMI setup is identical to my previous “non jump” setup - much easier currently just to revert FXSound versions
Your DAC cost more than $10, my bad. Test with any available. All power supplies will fail. No exception. “Spend more” assumes you do not have one handy.,
The reported problem point for point matches a failed power supply. That does not limit the cause to the power supply but one test is cheaper and faster than the next.
It isn’t a DAC, it’s a USB-to-optical (Toslink) converter. The power supply to the above linked DAC is a USB input, which can either come from the laptop itself (not recommended) a USB hub (reasonable) or a mains usb socket output (I’m using)
Spend more makes no sense if that isn’t the problem or the solution. As you can see from my previous descriptions, the power supply is not the issue (the power supply to the USB-to-optical converter comes from the USB connector itself)
Side issue but I do in fact already have exactly the DAC described in the link (by chance) – but that accessory is no where in my current system setup
The change that caused this monitor jump is software, so the solution seems to be software (either tweaking the new version, or reverting back to the previous version)
Is this issue resolved?
Hello - nope. as above - no further information currently
When I can get round to it I might downgrade to what I think was 1.1.22.0
