Busa

First time here.. Sorry if someone has asked this before!

I’m making a multimedia PC but want to be able to direct two separate sound streams.

My system will have two monitors and I’d like it to have the ability to play a different film on each screen. Or play a film on one and listening to music. I want separate speaker and headphone abilities for both outputs.

I’m assuming I’ll need two sound cards. But how do I direct the sound to the desired card? Is there an alternative to media player that will let you specify the output device?

Is there any reason that I need specific sound cards to do this? Rather than picking one that I thinks ok!

Thanx

dj_stick

both windows media player and media player classic allow you to choose which soundcard it uses for output, though wmp's option is hidden away slightly, it's under (from memory) tools - options - devices - speakers
you'll then be able to choose which device to use

media player classic is a little more straight forward

as for picking a special soundcard? that's not really necessary, just as long as it works fine within windows

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Busa

Thanks for the media player tips.

Is it possible to open multiple Windows Media Player windows at the same time?