Windows Vista headset settings?

[funkydoodycool]

In Windows XP you could assign one speaker/mic combo for voice, and another speaker set for audio, thus allowing you to chat through a headset, with the main game sound through the speakers - just like on Xbox.

However I can't find any such setting, or any information on the interweb, for Windows Vista. All I've found are playback and recording options, so you can choose ONE set of speakers/headset for ALL sounds, and one mic.

I currently have my X360 headset plugged in, and can speak through the mic, but the sound for both game and voice has to come through the headset OR the speakers, so I have it set up same as Xbox's voice through TV option. Which is annoying!

Anyone know a workaround in Vista?

[rabin]

Found this over on the Second Life forums - do not know if it will help, but seems to be the same issue.

When selecting an output device in voice preferences, and the name is too long (name gets cut off in the selection list) then the voice audio will play back over the default windows output device.

This also reflects in the settings.xml file, where the name of the output device is trunctated - manually editing it doesn't work, as it reverts when starting SL:

<!-Audio output device to use for voice->
<VoiceOutputAudioDevice value="Luidsprekers (USB-audioapparaat"/>

Watch the missing ")" in the line above -

I changed the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio\Render\ to shorten the device description and then I could select the device without a problem

With my non-name USB headset I could choose my headset as output under XP - Under Vista, the names are externed ("loudspeakers - device name") and it is one character too long and can't be selected.

Under XP x64, this headset didn't give a problem, but my microsoft one did (name too long)

This will be a showstopper for anyone using a seperate soundcard/usb headset for voice, especially under Vista.

[funkydoodycool]

Thanks mate, but its a different issue. My headset shows up just fine, and is selectable, the problem is specifically with Vista's handling of audio devices - it only lets you select ONE device for ALL sound, voice or otherwise.

Within certain software (World of Warcraft, MSN, Skype) you can select the separate devices, but Steam and some games don't have the options, which in XP you could select in the control panel.

[DandyMountfarto]

go back to XP? ;D

[funkydoodycool]

Lol. No. DX10 all the way

Plus I have 8GB RAM, so need 64 bit. Vista x64 is very stable, with drivers for lots of things now. I've read XP x64 is not very well supported.