Windows 10: Windows 10 Per-app Audio Device Selection Resets to System Default Audio Device When...

In my day to day use I use a Virtual Audio Mixer VoiceMeeter Potato and a handful of Virtual Audio Cables abbreviated to VAC, in combination with Windows 10's native per-app audio device preferences to control where the audio is sent. For example I would be watching a video in my browser, and playing a game. Windows would send the audio output of my browser to VAC #1 and the audio output of my game to VAC #2. Both virtual cables are fed into my virtual mixer where post processing effects are applied and mixed then sent to my speakers. In the past when reopening an app Windows would send it to the proper output, however recently Windows has disregarded the set device and routed the audio to whatever is currently set as the system default audio device while still displaying on the settings screen that it is being sent to my designated output device. The only working fix I have for this issue is to change the output device to something else then change it back to the device I want. This is highly frustrating since it is required every time I close and open an app. I have determined this problem is not caused by the mixer or the VACs but by Windows's per-app device preferences. For clarity I have added some screenshots below to better illustrate the issue.





In the above screen capture you can see that the audio output for Google Chrome is set to be sent to "Line 1" my first VAC however in reality it is being sent to the system default audio device, in this case my system default audio device is set as the Voicemeeter VAIO 3 and the screen capture below shows the audio is being sent there rather than the intended Line 1 VAC





I would consider this issue resolved when: I reopen an app that I have set a designated output for and it sends the audio to that device and not to the system default audio device

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Problem with audio devices

Hi Marcello,

I appreciate you for trying some steps in order to get the issue resolved.

If you're connecting to an audio device using USB or HDMI, you might need to set that device as the default.

Open Start, enter Sound, select it from the list of results, and then, on the
Playback tab, select a device, then Set Default.

I would also suggest you to turn off Audio enhancements.

• 
  Go to Start, enter Sound, and select Sound Control Panel
  from the list of results.
  
• 
  On the Playback tab, right-click (or tap and hold) the
  Default Device and select Properties.
  
• 
  On the Enhancements tab, select the Disable all enhancements
  check box and try to play your audio device.
  
• 
  If that doesn't work, select Cancel and, on the Playback
  tab, select another default device (if you have one), select the Disable all enhancements check box, and try to play audio again. Do this for each default device.
  

Please revert if you face any issues with Audio.

Thank you.

 

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