how do i get to hear my switch audio so that i can talk with my friends at the same time | /r/NintendoSwitch | Page 1

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 12:28 PM

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ddssd

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i only have 1 headset and my pc and switch are both plugged into my 1 monitor

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 12:33 PM

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obtuse prawn i only have 1 headset and my pc and switch are both plugged into my 1 monitor

I have this neat little trick, requires some setup, but it works brilliantly.

tranquil edgeBOT Mar 31, 2023, 12:33 PM

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listen

MERGE SWITCH AND PC'S AUDIO

§ You can merge your Switch's and PC's audio and output it into a single set of speakers or headphone. It can allow you to listen to games' audio while chatting on Discord.

• Instructions:
･ Use a 3.5mm audio cable to connect an audio output from your Switch to one of the Line-in ports on your PC.
･ Then setup (Windows): Sound settings > Recording tab > Select your Line-in port > Listen tab > Check "Listen to this device".
･ The audio output from your Switch can be the 3.5mm port on the Switch itself or from the 3.5mm port on your monitor/TV, which takes the audio from HDMI signal.

※ Note:
･ You may encounter ground loop noise. To fix this, connect a ground loop noise isolator.
･ If your TV/monitor has a 3.5mm audio output, you can also connect from there, as they take audio from HDMI. It may reduce static noise.
noise/). To fix this, connect a ground loop noise isolator.
･ Thanks to firmware 13.0, there is an alternative method by connecting your PC to the Switch via Bluetooth, then use an this software to direct the audio.

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 12:34 PM

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Read the tag above and try to do it yourself. If you run into any issue, let me know.

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 12:34 PM

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okay ill try

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my english is not the best so i might have some issues

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wait but does this work if i only have 1 headset?

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 12:35 PM

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yeah, it essentially will play the Switch audio through whatever speakers/headphones you have on your PC

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along with your PC's audio

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 12:35 PM

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okay i just dont have any extra things for this

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right now at least

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 12:35 PM

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You just need a 3.5mm audio cable

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 12:36 PM

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kk

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wait do i need something else than my headset cable?

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which is 3.5mm

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 12:46 PM

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obtuse prawn which is 3.5mm

this is a 3.5mm audio cable

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 12:47 PM

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ok i will go get that today then

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is this good for it?

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https://www.gigantti.fi/product/palvelut-ja-lisavarusteet/kaapelit-ja-liitettavyys/aanikaapelit/hama-aanikaapeli-35mm-35mm-3-m/14572

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 12:51 PM

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obtuse prawn is this good for it?

looks good to me

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 12:51 PM

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okey thank you

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 12:51 PM

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you're welcome

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 2:32 PM

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im hearing alot of buzzing

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when i listen to the device

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 2:48 PM

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obtuse prawn im hearing alot of buzzing

sounds like a ground loop problem -- read the tag section about ground loop noise

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 2:49 PM

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yes i do have a 3.5mm thingy in the back of my monitor but i didnt really understand the instructions

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 2:50 PM

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obtuse prawn yes i do have a 3.5mm thingy in the back of my monitor but i didnt really unders...

what part didn't you understand?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 2:50 PM

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i dont understand should the 3.5mm cable be connected to the switch with my monitor or to the pc

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 2:50 PM

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it says right there in the instructions: "Use a 3.5mm audio cable to connect an audio output from your Switch to one of the Line-in ports on your PC."

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 2:54 PM

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ok but where does the monitor 3.5mm jack come in this situation

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 2:55 PM

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it doesn't. the tv/monitor takes audio from the hdmi signal

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if you use the 3.5mm jack on the monitor/tv, you use it as an output

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 3:17 PM

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jovial birch it doesn't. the tv/monitor takes audio from the hdmi signal

I think you saying it like that gonna confuse him even more lol

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 3:21 PM

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yeah

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XD

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 3:21 PM

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Let me give you a chart

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 3:21 PM

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sorry im makint this hard for u guys

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 3:21 PM

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hold on

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It's fine, don't worry about it

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@obtuse prawn It's straight forward like this:

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 3:30 PM

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thank you ill try this

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tbh im not sure if i connect the 3.5mm to the right port on my pc

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because idk whats right and whats the wrong one

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 3:46 PM

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obtuse prawn because idk whats right and whats the wrong one

That's gonna be something you have to test and try.

Since there are several ports, and it differs from computer to computer. So it can be confusing. Normally, I say aim for the port with dark blue or black color.

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What you should do is to plug it into one port, then open the Sound menu

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Go to Recording tab

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 3:48 PM

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from recording tab i never fully understood what to choose

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 3:51 PM

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And try to see if any of the has a green bar that moves

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 3:51 PM

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oh then i suppose my switch has to be on

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 3:53 PM

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Yeah and you have to be on the HDMI channel of your monitor

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You see, the 3.5mm audio port on your monitor is directly taken from the HDMI cable

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But it will only output to that 3.5mm audio port when your monitor is displaying that HDMI signal

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Double click on the audio input you suspect was the Line-in you just plug in

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and then select this

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Press Ok, then change your monitor to the HDMI channel of the Switch

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And check if you can hear the computer's speaker outputting the audio from the Switch

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 3:56 PM

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ok ill try

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i see 2 greens right now

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nvm the other was just my controller

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 4:09 PM

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Just muck around a bit, eventually you will find it

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 4:10 PM

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yeah it just most of these things doesent even have the bars that could even show a light

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 4:10 PM

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Ah it wouldn't show you a moving green light just yet

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that's my bad

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It would only have sound when you are on the HDMI signal on the monitor

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so of course, right from viewing the PC side, you can only see the bar, but no moving volume green bar

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 4:12 PM

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im so confused about the hdmi singal XD

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 4:12 PM

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Eh let me try to explain it again

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Your monitor takes HDMI from the Switch, yeah?

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HDMI cable has audio as well as video

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the 3.5mm audio port on the monitor is extracting that audio from HDMI

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but it would only be "on" when the monitor is displaying that HDMI channel on the Switch

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When the monitor is viewing your PC's signal, it will not output the sound from the Switch

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 4:14 PM

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btw does it matter if i dont have the nintendo hdmi cable which comes with the dock

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 4:14 PM

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Nope it doesn't matter

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 4:14 PM

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because im using a random hdmi cable rn

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ok

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i didnt understand the last part

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 4:17 PM

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From the 3.5mm audio port on your monitor:

Monitor displaying Switch = that port output sound.
Monitor displaying your PC = that port has no sound.

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 4:25 PM

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are we talking about 2 diffrent monitors

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 4:26 PM

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No, just a singular one

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Your monitor can change between displaying your PC or your Switch, it's like 2 TV channels, yeah?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 4:26 PM

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yea

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dp is the pc monitor and hdmi 1 or 2 is the switch

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 4:27 PM

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Yeah you got that

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when it's displaying HDMI then the audio port would have audio

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if it's displaying DP from your PC, then the monitor will mute that audio port

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 4:28 PM

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yeeeeahh

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DAMN IT IM SO BAD WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THESE TYPES OF THINGS

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 5:36 PM

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i might just buy the isolator

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:13 PM

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am i supposed to hear some audio from the switch trough the buzzing? because i hear nothing else

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@broken spear

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:22 PM

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obtuse prawn am i supposed to hear some audio from the switch trough the buzzing? because i h...

You don't hear anything else beside the buzzing?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:24 PM

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yeah

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when i switch to hdmi

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:25 PM

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Hmm something is wrong

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can you unplug the 3.5mm audio jack from the monitor, and then plug it into the Switch instead?

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This time you can even test it when your monitor is displaying your PC screen

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check if you can hear the sound from the Switch

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:26 PM

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its in switch now

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so if im on my desktop i should hear the switch sound?

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:27 PM

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Yeah because it's no longer dependent on the monitor

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:27 PM

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just hearing the buzzing

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:27 PM

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Take a look at the recording tab on Sound settings again

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yeah you did something wrong with the config

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Look at the recording tab while you do something to make noise on the Switch

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see which one has a moving green bar

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:28 PM

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wellllll the problem is none of these things are showing green bar

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:28 PM

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They are just empty bar?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:28 PM

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yeah

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:28 PM

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Test with a different port then

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:28 PM

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expect my mic and headphone one

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i think i tried all of them but i can try again

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maybe i dont have sound of switch

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:29 PM

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But normally you do, right?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:29 PM

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nah its fully up

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yeah idk

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:30 PM

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take a pic of your PC's ports for me

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:30 PM

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ok they are in finish

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:30 PM

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Tbh, if you have someone in your family who knows computer stuffs, ask them to help

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:30 PM

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OOH

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ports nvm

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no they dont know XD

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:30 PM

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yeah the back of your PC

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:30 PM

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its sooo dirty holy

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dont mind the mess

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:33 PM

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eh can you take one so I can read the letterings?

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By normal standard, it's this one:

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or the ones near it, top or left

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:34 PM

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hm okay

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:34 PM

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wait a sec lol

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I think it's the red one o.o'

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since that's the Line-in logo

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:34 PM

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oh

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wait

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:35 PM

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This thing:

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A computer can have more than 1 line-in port though

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:36 PM

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im gonna send a screen shot of a another thing real quick

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broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:40 PM

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That means Line-in, right? o.o

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:40 PM

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linjatulo means line in

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yea

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:40 PM

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It's not connected

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plug your cable in till that one has a volume bar

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:41 PM

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exactly but it shows the redport on it

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wait

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idk why it always says no connection still

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:42 PM

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You are not in the Listen tab though

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:43 PM

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there aint no listen tab

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:43 PM

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I see, hmm

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it's not connected correctly

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:43 PM

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well yea

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:43 PM

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You tried all the ports and none of them trigger this thing?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:43 PM

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yes

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:43 PM

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Well, let's not dwell on that

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When you test all the ports, which one gives you a reaction?

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The one that gives you the buzzing noise

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:44 PM

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all of them

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:44 PM

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eh so all other ports can be used?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:45 PM

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wut

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:45 PM

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That's what you said...

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:46 PM

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btw this is the thing that gives me the buzzing noise

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i suspect this is the right one tho because i saw someone guides about this and they used it

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:47 PM

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Yeah this is the mic port, it's usable

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The problem is it didn't work correctly 0_o

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and eh what other guide?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:48 PM

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on youtube there was guides how to get both sounds on the same time so i followed it

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and didnt really make progress lol

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:48 PM

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ah same thing

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Honestly, this might need some other work

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But Idk if you can even do it

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:49 PM

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why?

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:49 PM

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If I tell you to go update your motherboard's soundcard driver, do you know how to do it?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:49 PM

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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noooooooooooo

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would that fix it possibly?

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:50 PM

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Maybe, but we have to keep digging

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You should also test if the audio is working correctly on your Switch

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try plugging in the headphones onto the Switch's3.5mm audio port

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:51 PM

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yea it worked i already tested

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:51 PM

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or try to plug the headphones into the monitor's 3.5mm audio port while the monitor is displaying the Switch's HDMI output

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:51 PM

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ill try that

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no sound on switch

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:53 PM

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No sound on which scenario?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:53 PM

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oh i dont hear pc either

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:54 PM

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Nah it won't work on your PC

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since monitor, strangely enough, doesn't output audio from DP

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only works on HDMI

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:55 PM

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oh

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do i unplug the 3.5mm from switch when my headphones are connected to monitor?

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:56 PM

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No need lol

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Wait

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Yeah actually you should

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:57 PM

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ill try

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okay i do hear switch now

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when displaying hdmi

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 6:59 PM

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So the problem is with your PC

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 6:59 PM

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i guess

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its old

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XD

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 7:00 PM

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To update your motherboard's driver

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you need to find out what's its model name

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the brand who made it

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and then you go to the maker's website to download the drivers

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sometime it's more complex than that if the drivers site is no longer there, you need to find other places that have it ._.

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 7:01 PM

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awh

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dont i see my pc specs from somewhere?

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i know its a msi motherboard but dont remember the model

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 7:02 PM

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yeah, use this software: https://www.hwinfo.com/

HWiNFO

hwinfo

HWiNFO - Free System Information, Monitoring and Diagnostics

Free Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting. In-depth Hardware Information, Real-Time System Monitoring, Reporting & more

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 7:03 PM

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portable or installer?

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 7:03 PM

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any is fine

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 7:03 PM

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kk

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got it

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MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51)

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thats the model

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 7:24 PM

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ok so i opened the site selected download and i got these files

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is it the setupchipset?

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@broken spear

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 7:25 PM

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There are often multiple drivers

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You need to find the one that's for the audio

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 7:25 PM

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ooh

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 7:25 PM

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To be precise, for your motherboard soundcard

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 7:26 PM

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okey

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would bios update do the work? because i cant find any motherboard soundcard updates

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@broken spear

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 7:40 PM

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obtuse prawn would bios update do the work? because i cant find any motherboard soundcard upd...

Unlikely. Bios update is not the same thing as drivers.

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 7:40 PM

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okey ill look more into it

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 7:42 PM

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Maybe what you can use is Realtek universal driver

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https://realtek-download.com/download-hd/

Realtek drivers download

admin

Download Realtek HD Audio Drivers 2.82

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 7:44 PM

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soo many options

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Realtek HD Audio Driver (Vista/7/8/8.1/10) 64-bit (Executable file) (252 MB)

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maybe this

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this the latest version too

broken spear Mar 31, 2023, 7:47 PM

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Try it

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If it doesn't work you can always uninstall it

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 7:56 PM

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My heart sank when this restarted my computer

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Lol

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 8:00 PM

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obtuse prawn My heart sank when this restarted my computer

Why?

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 8:01 PM

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Really no idea

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xD

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 8:01 PM

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A restart is to be expected when you install a new driver

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 8:01 PM

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It wants me to restart again

jovial birch Mar 31, 2023, 8:02 PM

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So restart again

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 8:02 PM

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Yup

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nothing pops up anymore i guess its done?

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@broken spear do i do the steps now again?

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Now it shows it like this

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now i cant hear anything??

obtuse prawn Mar 31, 2023, 8:28 PM

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nvm i just had to reinstall

obtuse prawn Apr 1, 2023, 10:03 AM

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idk what to do with this anymore maybe if u guys want to or can look up into this later

obtuse prawn Apr 1, 2023, 11:53 AM

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nvm im fine with the system i have my switch is on the other monitor and pc on other so i can hear discord and switch sound comes from monitor

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sorry for the time waste

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thanks tho

jovial birch Apr 1, 2023, 11:54 AM

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obtuse prawn thanks tho

Have some patience. We will help you out — but we have to be awake :)

obtuse prawn Apr 1, 2023, 11:55 AM

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if u guys want to ofc but for now im fine with my system

#how do i get to hear my switch audio so that i can talk with my friends at the same time