[nfbcs] Connecting stereo to Computer

Tue Oct 30 16:17:55 UTC 2012

hi,

you don't get it, multiple people have advised to get another sound card to 
easily solve it.
Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Connecting stereo to Computer

> Hello John and everyone,
>
>    Since the stereo has the "Auxiliary" mode we could stop JAWS from 
> coming
> over the HT when we're not playing music from the PC. Just being able to
> install an adapter in to which the line-out from the PC can be plugged in 
> to
> and lines from the PC speakers and going to the HT would also need to be
> plugged in to the same switch. When listening to the T.V. or the radio we
> would need to leave auxiliary so wouldn't get JAWS through the HT but it
> would still come through the PC speakers so we can use the computer while
> listening to other programming through the HT.
>
>    The only other way I know to do this is with a mixer but we're trying 
> to
> be budget-conscious so the switch idea would be what we'd need to make 
> this
> happen in time for the holidays. We've recorded lots of holiday programs 
> in
> years past and want to hear them over the HT when we're tired of hearing
> "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"you get the idea. I hope this makes 
> more
> sense.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John G. Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
> To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Connecting stereo to Computer
>
>
> Maybe I'm not understanding the question but it seems to me that a simple
> audio switch isn't going to let you have jaws speak through the PC 
> spekaers
> and the game or movie audio go to the entertainment center.  I don't think
> there is any logical way around the fact that you need two sound devices 
> in
> your PC to do that.
> You could get an audio switch and have the output for both the movie and
> jaws go to the entertainment center or to the PC speakers. But not both.
>
> I think you need a second sound ard for your PC and then you have to
> configure your software to direct its audio output to the appropriate
> device. Probably the easiest thing to do would be to swap out the current 
> PC
> speakers for a pair oof USB speakers. Windows would make them the default
> sound device therefore jaws and all other Windows audio would go through
> them by default. Then you'd have to configure your game or movie software 
> to
> send its audio through the sound card.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter Donahue
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 3:24 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: PC audio discussion list. ; NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List
> Subject: [nfbcs] Connecting stereo to Computer
>
> Good afternoon everyone,
>
>    I may have asked this before but can't remember what I was told since
> it's been so long ago. We're wanting to connect our home theatre to my
> wife's computer since it's in our living room with the home theatre. The
> home theatre has an "Auxiliary In" setting that would allow us to do this.
> We have two speakers that are connected directly to the computer. These 
> are
> for pc-only audio such as for hearing JAWS when we're on the computer.
> Naturally we don't want JAWS going over the home theatre. When the
> "Auxiliary"setting is activated we would hear the audio from the computer
> over the home theatre which is what we want. One way to do this is with a
> mixer but that's over-kill for now. I thought I heard there are switches
> that one can install to make this possible. I believe the line-out from 
> the
> computer plugs in to the switch. It would then be a matter of connecting 
> the
> computer speakers to the switch and the lines from the home theatre to it 
> as
> well allowing us to hear PC audio through the home theater speakers when 
> we
> wish or simply to use the PC speakers for computer audio only. I'd like 
> some
> recommendations on such devices and feedback on how usable they are. 
> Thanks
> for the assistance.
>
>  Peter and Mary Donahue who are looking forward to hearing holiday concert
> broadcasts in our collection on our schedule not that of the radio 
> station.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper."
> Isaiah 54:17
>
> "While for our princes they prepare
> In caverns deep a burning snare,
> He shot from heaven a piercing ray,
> And the dark treachery brought to day."
> Anonymous
>
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