Windows 10: When playing certain games, audio comes out of wrong audio output

When playing certain older games from 360/PS3 era the audio comes out of my laptop speakers instead of the TV, even though the TV is set as the default speaker device and is set as the current output device. If I go to youtube and play a video, it comes out the proper speaker TV but as soon as I go back to the game, the sound switches to my laptop speakers instead.

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Setup audio on the pc to play through certain outputs

Original title: Audio by display

I was wondering if there is any way to setup audio on the pc to play through certain outputs when the audio is coming from a certain display.

Say I want to play a game while my girlfriend watches a movie. Both of which are being ran from the computer. I want the audio from my main monitor to be played through my headphones while the audio of the tv is played through the tv.

So essentially simultaneous audio output based on which display the program is currently on.

 

no audio output device installed

I've tried every step that was suggested, still getting no audio output device installed.

 

Windows Audio Crashes

My audio stops working when ever a mic is turned on.

On login, audio output works normally, however, when ever any mic is used, both audio input and output crash and a red x shows up on the taskbar audio icon.

It seems the Windows Audio service is what crashes.

After the first crash, the audio does not come back no matter what I do until I restart my pc.

I can replicate this with the following steps:

1. Login to pc
   • audio output working fine
2. Open sound settings, opens to playback tab
   • audio still fine and also able to play test sounds
3. Click on Recording Tab
   • The sound feedback indicator on the right side is missing
   • The window freezes, error window appears about DLL crash
   • If there is no connected or enabled recording device, nothing happens everything else seem to run normally
4. Proceed to follow various trouble shooting steps
   • Some troubleshooting steps seems to get rid of the red x on the taskbar volume icon
   • The recording tab in the sound settings is also now accessible
   • However things may seem fine at first, audio input/output is still not working and playing a test sound fails.

Solutions I've Tried:

• DISM (ended with no errors)
• sfc /scannow (found corrupted files, required restart)
• Restarting Windows Audio Service (results in err 1061, service then gets stuck on stopping)
• Disabling and re-enabling audio drivers
• Reinstalling audio drivers from manufacturers site
• Using windows generic audio drivers
• Restarting my PC

As you can see, I've spent a lot of time trying to fix this issue and it is starting to get really frustrating.