game sound not coming through headphones pc

I don't remember a PC game that doesn't have such an option in its audio settings. This is the simplest and most robust solution. Instead of changing the default audio device from the OS settings, users can change the audio device used by Minecraft itself.

Minecraft queries ALC_ALL_DEVICES_SPECIFIER (also regularly updates it) and displays the list of available audio devices.

If it changes, it automatically recreates the audio context. This returns a string that describes the default audio device.

Minecraft regularly queries alcGetString(NULL, ALC_DEFAULT_ALL_DEVICES_SPECIFIER).

If it returns ALC_FALSE, it automatically recreates the audio context.

Minecraft regularly queries alcGetInteger(device, ALC_CONNECTED), via the ALC_EXT_disconnect extension.

What could be done to resolve this? Suggestions: You should then be able to change the downstream device, on the fly, without breaking Minecraft/OpenAL Soft. Then you configure the virtual device to forward any audio to the real audio device of your choice. To get chat audio through the headset, the recommended settings are to use the 'Chat Audio' system setting on the PlayStation 4 and either the Headset or Blended in-game settings. It's what Minecraft/OpenAL Soft will use to output audio. Astro and Turtle Beach headphones use a mixamp, and will not function as standard Stereo headsets if the mixamp is not in use. You create a virtual audio device and configure it as the default. I'm not sure what's available on Linux/PulseAudio, but it's certainly possible on Windows. In the meantime, you could try fixing this with a virtual audio device. I'm unaware if this problem can be caused from the launcher. *Headphones can be typical audio jack or USB

Unplug headphones from headphone jack* (title screen or in-game).

Start minecraft with headphones in headphone jack*.

*Headphones can be typical audio jack or USB No audio through speakers

Plug headphones into headphone jack* (title screen or in-game).

Start minecraft with no headphones in headphone jack*.

The Computer OS detects the headphones muting the speakers, which is normal operation) Reproduction steps No audio through headphones Unplugging them should have audio going through the speakers (Unless, the default speakers say otherwise).Īfter plugging (or unplugging) headphones, no sound can be heard because the sound is still going to the jack. The game fails to switch audio outputs, meaning that headphones cannot start or stop being used after game start.Īfter the game start, plugging in the headphones should have audio going through the headphones.

To work around the issue, you can manually reload sounds (and all other resources) with F3+T. also i do not have any bluetooth drivers installed at all because i have no devices that use it.

the headset appears to be a standard 2.4 Ghz connection instead of bluetooth which may be why it only works with the USB hub. This ticket includes switching between all types of audio devices, not just headphones. i do not see the switch you speak of, only the pairing button (i have the pc only version, not the ps4/xbox one).

Game sound not coming through headphones pc