Burnie 2,084 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) Okay then Some of you may remember my topic last christmas regarding trying to convert an HDMI output into analogue video Well now we have part 2. I have bought a new TV with HDMI inputs. I have therefore hooked it up as a secondary monitor for my PC. It also receives the audio output thanks to the wonders of HDMI. I have noticed that I seem to get a much better audio signal using the TVs inbuilt speakers. However I don't use the TV as a PC screen all the time so I sometimes need the analogue audio too in order to get audio when the TV is on Freeview or just plain off. Plus the analogue audio has a sub-woofer attached Now comes the conundrum - I cannot seem to find a way to get my PC to feed the audio to both my analogue PC speakers AND the TV via HDMI using windows Vista inbuilt software. Does anyone know how I can get this to work or whether i need to download anything?? Edited December 21, 2011 by BurninTheTurkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW86 + 0 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 From your question, are you trying to route the audio from the TV, when it's on, to both the TV's speakers *and* those connected to your PC? As well as when using normally, getting audio through both sets of speakers? The first scenario is easy enough to solve by using the line out of the TV to the line in socket on the PC's sound card - however there will be a delay between the signals, so it'll sound like you have an echo. This also isn't always possible as some TVs, when they sense the line out is in use will bypass their inbuilt speakers (for the purposes of the 5.1 systems etc.) The second scenario I would look at taking an extra analogue out from your sound card, if you have one, or buy a splitter (Maplins has stereo signal splitters [like this]) and then pipe that through to one of your TV's auxillairy inputs (RWY type), but even this might not work if you're watching Freeview as the TV signal will take precedence over the signal being input on the aux, as the Freeview channel is the one you've seleved on the TV. If the TV is off, then the speakers won't be powered and so won't make noise. The third scenario: your TV has taken over audio completely and as such you're not getting audio to your computer's analoge outputs? If this is the case then (I'm using Windows 7 here, so it might not be exactly the same [and i skipped out Vista]) you can right click on the speaker icon in the desktop tray, click volume control options, the on the left of the screen that pops up under devices should be an option with drop-down menu - it's here you'll be able to switch the audio channel from digial (HDMI) to your analogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie 2,084 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) Okay - I'll try and explain better I'm trying to send the audio feed from my PC to bth the PC speakers and the HDMI output at the same time (so that when the TV source is selected to HDMI-In I get the PC audio as well as picture). The HDMI out feed from my video card is also capable of sending the audio to the TV (when the TV source is selected to the PC) and also to the analogue speakers connected to my PCs normal speakers output. However the in-built software will only send the audio to one OR the other, depending on which is set as the default source. I'm looking to find a way of selecting the HDMI audio out and the analogue audio out at the same time so that when I have the TV source on HDMI-In I get the PC audio through the higher quality TV speakers but when I deselect the HDMI-In source on the TV I still get sound. Really what I'm trying to do is find out whether there is a software solution. If there isn't one and it's only a hardware solution then I stick with sending all audio to the analogue speakers. Edited December 22, 2011 by BurninTheTurkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW86 + 0 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 AS far as I am aware, there isn't a software solution to your problem as most computers it's an either/or digital or analogue choice of sends. There may be a way around it if there's a hardware box that will act as a splitter, so you send HDMI to it, and it splits out both HDMI and an analogue output for audio, but did find this on a quick trawl around: http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/hd-media-player-mkv-1080p.html?id=ac7gjov3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PW90 + 144 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Have you tried Virtual Audio Cable? From what I understand of your issue, you would need to set your default soundcard to a VAC input, and then route the input to your multiple outputs. I have not used VAC (I have used Soundflower on Mac, which is similar) but I can install and try and help you out if you can't work it out. UPDATE: Seems this might not be what you want. It would need you to start two repeaters each time (repeat Line 1 to HD Output, and repeat Line 1 to Analogue Output). It seems it would work, but it is a bit laborious. Give the trial a go - it's about £25 to buy, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie 2,084 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 UPDATE: Seems this might not be what you want. It would need you to start two repeaters each time (repeat Line 1 to HD Output, and repeat Line 1 to Analogue Output). It seems it would work, but it is a bit laborious. Give the trial a go - it's about £25 to buy, I think. Just downloaded the trial As you say it is a bit laborious as I do have to set up 2 repeaters every time I open it. Annoyingly (whether this is just the trial or not I don't know) it is also introducing a very slight but consistant delay meaning that mouths are out of sync with the audio. It doesn't do it when I have 1 repeater on but only when there's 2 running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PW90 + 144 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Just downloaded the trial As you say it is a bit laborious as I do have to set up 2 repeaters every time I open it. Annoyingly (whether this is just the trial or not I don't know) it is also introducing a very slight but consistant delay meaning that mouths are out of sync with the audio. It doesn't do it when I have 1 repeater on but only when there's 2 running I would assume it's not the trial - perhaps rather that the repeaters are just using too many resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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