Change active sound card on the fly

Question

Currently, I have speakers configured in both my office and my living room, connected to my computer via two sound cards, and would like to switch the set of speakers that I output on the fly.

Does anyone know a windows API application or call that I can use to change the default audio output device? Currently, it’s a little painful to go through the existing control panel system.

Answer 1

This topic is covered in detail here. It is easy to change or switch the default audio sound in Vista or XP . Note that sound control has changed significantly in Vista.

On the side of the note, I think SnapStream is working / working on an application for allo multi-channel sound cards to output to different rooms (speaker sets) at the same time.