Selectable output channel(s)

[djbass]

I did a search but couldn't find if this was mentioned elsewhere.

With sound cards that have multiple outputs (Audigy for example with Front L/R, Rear L/R, Centre & Bass). It would be nice to be able to choose these alternative outputs instead of the default Front L/R speakers.

The reason for this is so that I can assign say the Rear L/R purely for voicechat and connect a seperate set of headphones to this output. (Simular setup to say the communicator headset on Xbox games).

[v00d00]

Actually, it is in several other posts.. However, the only real answer was "it's all or nothing" (which isn't true). If the wav output's dwChannelMask was altered using the following:

taken from mmreg.h:

// Speaker Positions for dwChannelMask in WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE:
// ...
#define SPEAKER_BACK_LEFT 0x10
#define SPEAKER_BACK_RIGHT 0x20

ie: wave.dwChannelMask = SPEAKER_BACK_LEFT | SPEAKER_BACK_RIGHT;

Then TS could output to only the rear channel. By default, the wav's mask is set to 0 (all of them).

So.. Can it be done: Yes. Have they done it: No. Why? I'm not sure.... :/ Perhaps one of the TS developers will leave a reply...