Windows 10: AUDIO PROBLEM Cannot get "line in" to be played back on headphone

MSI GS72 stealth pro / Notebook
Win10 home
Realtec 6.0.1.7885.
Nvidia 10.18.13.5435 (I heard this is also somehow messing with audio)

I hope I post at the right place, I am a desperate newbie here :/

I use line in for my guitar and want to hear it in a headphone connected to the headphone jack.
When connecting the headphone, a box pops up asking what I connected... I answer HiFi headphone.
I set the headphone as default in Windows.

After that the audio from various programs gets correctly played back through the headphones, but the signal coming from the line in still goes to the on board speakers.
I am used from other notebooks that once you connect a headphone, the onboard speakers are quiet and everything comes on the headphones.

Interestingly when using "guitar rig" (a SW signal processor for guitar), it's output also comes on the onboard speakers but still the direct signal from the line in is also there.
So it somehow appears the line in signal gets routed directly to the onboard speakers, but still somehow parallel gets used as a recording device.

Would appreciate any help on that, since I already wasted quite a few hours tinkering with it without success.

Cheers
Willy

:)

 

Audio in not working

The sound from line in is not coming through the headphones or the speakers. The audio troubleshooter detected no errors. I downloaded and installed the latest chipset and audio drivers, certified Windows 10 compatible by Widows Quality Labs and reset
the computer. Again, the Windows line in monitor registers a signal, and "listen to device" is checked. Still, the audio is not coming out. I am a musician, and if I can't get audio into my computer I am having a serious problem.

 

Bluetooth Headset shows up as unspecified device

I recently purchased the Beoplay H4 bluetooth headphones, and I have had trouble getting the device to connect to my computer properly. My desktop running Windows 10 can pair with and connect to the headphones without any problems, however the headphones
are not identified as an audio device and are listed as "unspecified" in the "devices and printers" tab of the control panel. I am using an Insignia Bluetooth 4.0 USB Adapter that successfully connects to other bluetooth audio sources I own (UE Boom 2). I
have gone through and updated all the bluetooth drivers on my computer, disconnected and reconnected the device, as well as restarting the computer numerous times. The headphones do not show up under the "Playback" tab of the "Sounds" menu (even with disabled
devices and disconnected devices showing), and no audio plays through the headphones when connected.

 

I have a home recording studio, using Sonar.
Do you have the Stereo Mix set as the Default Recording Device? If not, that may be the problem. With Stereo Mix set any input is heard on the speakers (or headphones).

On some PC sound systems, you can direct two different outputs, one for the headset and another for the speakers. Sounds like that may be what is happening on your system. Check the PC sound manager (e.g. Realtek has the HD Audio Manager, others should have something similar).

I'm not familiar with guitar rig. I use a USB connected MOTU 896mk3 Hybrid for any recording input. A PC sound card has terrible latency.

 

Hi fireberd,

Thanks for the answer.
I did not have Stereo Mix set as the Default Recording Device, but tried it now. Same result.
Even if I disable the internal speakers (realtec high def audio) and select playback through headphone in the line configuration, it still sounds through the internal speakers. As if it would be hard wired.

And yep,I was also looking for some sort of Realtec app, but there is none. Neither in control panel, nor in Start menu.
I re-installed newest realtec driver, but still... no applet there.
Any idea how to get that Realtec app installed?

Regarding latency... it sounds ok on the on built in speakers.

I just found that by activating "listen to this device" and "playback through headphones" it also goes to the headphones, but with considerable latency... and still keeps coming on the internal speakers, with low latency.

Comparing this Realtek driver to any other laptop I have:
OTHER LAPTOPS:
The "Speaker" playback device has a levels tab. On that one I set Line in level to max.
When I plug in the headphone, no new playback device gets created.
The internal speakers get muted and rerouted to the headphones jack.
Everything fine.

THIS REALTEK STUFF.:
The "Speaker" playback device still has a levels tab. On that one I set Line in level to max.
When I plug in the headphone, a window pops up asking what I connected.
I answer a "HiFi headphone" and new playback device gets created.
Unfortunately this device has only one level slider on the levels tab, and the line in slider doesn't exist.
Therefore the line in keeps sounding through the internal speakers.

I tried various driver versions. Always same.
And I still didn't find a driver who is installing this Control panel applet.