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[Brandon Watkins <bwat47@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/21/2012 05:17 PM, Christian Rupp wrote:
> Am 21.03.2012 15:29, schrieb Robin Gloster:
> > Am 21.03.2012 14:58, schrieb Christian Rupp:
> > > Am 21.03.2012 13:43, schrieb Robin Gloster:
> > > > Adding to that it would be nice if you could define certain 
> > > > applications to output on certain devices.
> > > > e.g music on speakers and VoIP on headset
> > > >
> > > > Robin
> > > There are technical reasons why this is not possible on most 
> > > hardware (you need 2 sound cards for two different outputs, only 
> > > hdmi sound is managed normally through another sound card)
> > But Windows can do that to:
> > - Device for audio
> > - Device for communication
> >
> > So technically that should be possible?
> It depends on the device some can do it, also you'll need the correct 
> driver... But as many modern computers have more than one Sound card 
> it may work
I believe this is already possible using pavucontrol too. I've done it 
on my laptop, it let me set certain applications to output using the 
internal speakers, and others to output to my usb headset. It should 
work with any usb device afiak, because they basically function as their 
own sound card.