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Actually Windows has one of the easiest ways to switch between Audio outputs, right from the taskbar. I have no idea what you are talking about.
by wbkang 9y ago
Actually Windows has one of the easiest ways to switch between Audio outputs, right from the taskbar. I have no idea what you are talking about.
- fhood 9y agoI don't think you have used a Mac recently then. When you plug headphones in, the sound outputs through the headphones. And it works if the computer was off when you plugged them in. Or asleep. Or closed. I probably care way to much about this.
- gokhan 9y ago> When you plug headphones in, the sound outputs through the headphones. That's how Windows 10 behaves for me. I already knew it, but just tried again for you playing a movie using VLC and plugging in my headphones. Works like a charm.
- fhood 9y agoNo pop-up menus?
- jyrkesh 9y agoI think that's a vendor implementation. I used a Lenovo for a long time, worked perfectly without a pop-up. Just got a Dell XPS 15, it pops up a prompt when I plug stuff in (but it also allows me to set a default behavior, so.... ️
- quantummkv 9y agoNo, never experienced them on my machine while switching between headphones and external speakers. Maybe you have some misconfigured driver?
- gokhan 9y agoNo nothing. Also, forgot to mention another test, went to hibernate while the sound playing through laptop's speakers, plugged in headphones while the machine is off, started the machine. Sound was coming through the headphones after the boot. I'm on a t450s.
- vesrah 9y agoWindows frequently gets confused by my USB DAC and tries to send sound to my HDMI connected monitor.
- hobos_delight 9y agoI have the same experience - on-board sound, usb dac (primary) and hdmi audio interface on an nvidia card. Every so often it will "forget" that it should be using the usb dac and revert to the hdmi audio output.
- TheOtherHobbes 9y agoI'm consistently baffled by MS. It employs some incredibly smart people, but reliably generates consumer products that are bywords for uninspired user hostility.
- birksherty 9y agoI use Windows and that's how it worked since I can remember. There must be some issue with your OS installation, driver or laptop.
- wbkang 9y agoThis is exactly how my Windows laptop behaves as well. I never care about it, and when I want to override it, I just do it in three clicks.
- zeveb 9y agoI believe that's how it work on Linux too!
- dogma1138 9y agoSame thing happens on Windows.