Simultaneous HDMI and Analog Audio Out - Is it possible? - Page 4

Wow I had no idea this would become so complicated. I have tried the "stereo mix" trick but the delay annoys me. I have also tried virtual audio cable but was not impressed with the sound quality and it seemed to have a sound delay as well.

I just ordered an HDMI splitter (1 in / 2 out) and will be sending a second signal to a second receiver. I realize this is not practical for some people but my Zone 2 has 6 speakers so I figured it would be beneficial.

I am able to play via HDMI and Analog output as long as the application allows you to select the audio device output. My default Audio device is HDMI, so all applications will play via my 5.1 channel speakers. My zone 2 will only play if the application allows me to choose the 2-stereo output. It would be great if there was an app that allows you to change the audio output per open application. For example I would like to watch a movie via WMP with HDMI but play pandora on IE and output to my zone2 speakers. It really sucks that this issue is not fixed on windows 8.

What provide's the best AQ HDMI or analoge output?
My AVR has both ports but I want the best.

Hi, i just received http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AHS8LD8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 for playing spotify on my pc via hdmi in main zone and via analog in zone 2 simultaneously. Works great. Since I only use my pc for Spotify, I didn't mind the fact that only 2 channel sources could be extracted through the rca output on the gadget. But I tried configuring the hdmi out to 5.1 (under "sound" in windows) and it actually works anyway. I watched a streamed movie with 5.1 sound, then changed to analog audio input on the avr and listened to music.
Sorry if I say something that has already been said, didn't read the whole thread. Also, I live in sweden so english is not mother tongue for me

I found this and tried it, (Have a Realtek ALC892 Codec). It sounded promising, but all I got on the speaker (analog) was a pinned green bar (full volume) and the sound of feedback.....wrang, wrang, wrang, wrang. I really wanted this to work as when the wife goes to bed I need to switch over to my headphones which take analog out.

http://www.cccp-project.net/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_make_Windows_Vista/7_output_analog_and_digital_sound_at_the_same_time&redirect=no

So I read through the entire thread and let me see if my understanding is correct. Example: Assuming I have both HDMI and stereo analog going from the pc to my receiver and have my pc playback device set to "speakers" and within Foobar set output as HDMI then audio will be passed from both the HDMI and analog out to the receiver? I too want to be able to play music out to zone 2 and have it be the same as what I'm listening to in zone 1. I can't try it out right now because I don't currently have it wired up yet.

JRiver Media Center shouldn't have any trouble doing this via its Zones feature.

It sounds like what is really needed is a driver that provides a target device to which one sets their default and the driver simply duplicates the stream and sends it to two actual output drivers simultaneously with the need, perhaps, to down mix 5.1 to stereo if the analog device driver can't automatically down mix.

I know this is something that "should work" but I found the same issue and solved it. How I solved it ?

I have a seperate machine for music. lol. It's probably not ideal but it works flawlessly.

That way I can play a movie and also run music in another part of house. I have my desktop hooked up as the audio player. It's got all my music on it anyways.

I mentioned it before in another topic when you were telling me how an SSD makes such a difference to the media center software you were using (shouldn't be necessary at all) - you really need to try JRiver Media Center.
It's easy to send audio to as many devices as you want simultaneously, whether you want the audio linked between zones or independent, or do things like split up a single multichannel device so that it's treated as separate zones. (currently supports up to 32-channels per device)

I don't know that you can link video between zones, but you can easily send different video to different zones as well. It's incredibly powerful.
I have no affiliation with them, I'm just incredibly impressed with how good the software is, and surprised that it doesn't get recommended as often - probably because it isn't free.

I have tried Jriver and it's pretty great software.

I'm surprised you found the need to set up a new machine just for music playback then.

It's more just having a machine for music.... and using another for HTPC so they can be used simultanously. Also the location is different. I have a large music collection, and it's all on my desktop. Punching that into the Denon AVR3312 via HDMI just made sense.

I too had assassin issue when I was using a single machine.

That's exactly what JRiver's Zone feature is for.
Networked devices can also be set up as zones.

i'll have to play more with it. Thanks for the advice