Error Playing: USB Headphones?

[Gurnk]

Hey Cliff,

I have a strange occurrence happen with Xion. If I try to play a song with my USB headset plugged in, I get the following error: http://spencerfinnell.com/u/271qzv.png and all the songs turn red and give me that error. However, if I unplug my headset, plug my speakers in, and restart Xion, I can play them with no problem.

Any ideas?

[xonenine]

For myself, the headphones stay plugged in.But if I remove the jack, I can't use the external speakers till reboot.

I have been assuming this is a windows issue, forgive me for not mentioning it earlier, Gurnk helped me remember.Windows Vista/SP2.

[Cliff Cawley]

Hey Cliff,

I have a strange occurrence happen with Xion. If I try to play a song with my USB headset plugged in, I get the following error: http://spencerfinnell.com/u/271qzv.png and all the songs turn red and give me that error. However, if I unplug my headset, plug my speakers in, and restart Xion, I can play them with no problem.

Any ideas?

Hi Gurnk,

This sounds rather strange. I wonder if your USB headphones create a new Output device?

I've seen similar things occur with USB headphones when used in games. If you unplug them, the game will have no audio till you restart the game.

Are you using Windows 7 or another version?

When the headphones are in and its working, if you switch to the Output Tab are the headphones displayed in the Output Device drop down? If you unplug and replug them, then switch to this tab, hit the down arrow on the Output device and reselect the Headphones (if they existed), does that fix it?

Cliff

[Gurnk]

Hey Cliff,

I just checked the output dropdown, and my headphones were listed. So if I'm playing through speakers, plug my headphones in, and then switch the output, it doesn't crash. However, if I change my output back to speakers, then unplug my speakers I get the error. So I guess the error just occurs when the output has been set to something that doesn't exist.

I'm on Windows 7 by the way.

Thanks,
Spencer

[Gurnk]

Hey Cliff,

I just checked the output dropdown, and my headphones were listed. So if I'm playing through speakers, plug my headphones in, and then switch the output, it doesn't crash. However, if I change my output back to speakers, then unplug my speakers I get the error. So I guess the error just occurs when the output has been set to something that doesn't exist.

I'm on Windows 7 by the way.

Thanks,
Spencer