kusti8 / hue-plus

A Windows and Linux driver in Python for the NZXT Hue+
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can not get audio mode to work #26

Open ANGRY-robert opened 6 years ago

ANGRY-robert commented 6 years ago

I'm having some difficulty trying to use audio mode. Whenever I click 'apply', the leds light up for a couple seconds and then go off and that is it. Every other mode works fine. The only thing I can think of is that my pc outputs audio through HDMI via the graphics card. The stereo mix device is part of the realtek audio devices which are enabled in bios and windows 10 but otherwise not being used. However, when I switch the audio output to the realtek device, the problem persists. I will add that everything works in cam including audio. So my hardware settings would seem to be correct.

EDIT: So after playing with this for a while, I figured it out. This is not a fault of the hue_plus software driver. Windows only allows audio output through one device at a time. Furthermore, the output device (realtek onboard) needs to be set to an analog one. The onboard spdif output and the video card hdmi will not work. I was able to plug in a 3.5mm cable into the green L\R speaker jack and set it to default to get simultaneous playback to hdmi but the sound quality was for shit. Too much sampling I guess. Nzxt cam must somehow pull the audio from the windows sound mixer because it works with whatever output device is being used.