FxSound is showing my 2 monitors having speakers (which I don’t think they even do). When I disconnect my earbuds, it reverts to one of these 2 for its new output, but I would like it to go to my external speakers (which I DO have). It would be wonderful if there were an option to disable unused outputs, such as my ‘monitor speakers’.
I will assume that you are using Windows 11 and that my Dev Channel Insider Edition is the same or ‘close enough’ -
The monitor may or may not have audio capability. The DVI/HDMI/DP/USB-C port the monitor is connected to does have audio signal. Disable the signal.
Locate the speakerless monitor. Set properties. “Don’t Allow” is not a status. You must click it. The label will change to “Allow” (this state indicates the port is audio disabled).
The port will not present when polled and will not be resident in the DFX playback device list.
*Note to others - may disable webcam or other wonky USB stuff on hardware which pre-dates the advent of non-wonky USB stuff.
*Note to what’s wrong with this picture - I did not use the process I described above. I did it using the Win95/NT5 GUI tools that are still in there.
Yes, Win 11 (latest update/not Insider) I had previously tried removing the monitor audio via Device Manager, but, as I expected, Plug and Play re-added them. This procedure looks like it worked and the monitor audio stayed gone after a reboot! Thanks so much!
You misunderstand the connection between plug-n pray and this problem as managed thru DevMan. See HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer
Kinda like:
All PCs are virtual machines. Removing an audio device from the HAL is like booting a VM without a soundcard. Plug-n Pray will not physically add a card.