Skype wont play sound through headphones

SKYPE WONT PLAY SOUND THROUGH HEADPHONES WINDOWS

You can see when I took the screen grab, I had three bars worth of sound coming in. Interestingly there is a green bar that shows the level audio coming in. Do this be right clicking on a device and selecting it as primary or default, you can also disable other devices. You can go to this menu and make sure your correct device is selected. Non-tech savvy users might not realise the wrong device is now selected.

SKYPE WONT PLAY SOUND THROUGH HEADPHONES WINDOWS

This is where Windows can get confused and sometimes jump to a different device. I also have onboard sound from my motherboard, my monitor has speakers on it and more. I have wireless headphones, speakers, my normal headphones, which are connected and have the green tick over the icon. It can get tricky, like in the case in my own example. 'Recording' is your audio in, the microphone.ДЄs I said before Windows normally does not have a problem if you have one device for audio. 'Playback' is your audio out, what you hear. With the screengrab to the left, you can see at the top of this window there are different tabs to select. The image below is only for audio in, audio out looks the same and works in the same way. If you right click on this, it brings up a menu where you can select вЂSoundsвЂ™.ДЇrom the sounds option you can select the audio devices for audio in and audio out. It can run into issues when there are multiple devices to look at and sometimes it can decide to use a device that you haven't used for months!ДЄt the bottom right of Windows there is a speaker icon, I have highlighted it red in the image. Most of the time it works this out automatically, especially if you only have one audio device such as a headset. Windows needs to be told what devices it should be using for the audio in and out. Some will have a light to warn you, others won't. On some headsets this will be on the 'ear' or in the wire connecting to the computer. It is always worth checking that the physical device is not muted somehow and that it is actually turned on. Some headsets will have an audio mute, most commonly for the microphone but sometimes for the headphones also.

Audio in is you sending your audio into the microphone to be transmitted.

Audio out = audio coming out your headphones or speakers so you can hear it.

People often get confused with audio in and out. Often the socket will have a picture of what needs to be plugged in, a microphone for pink or audio in for green. Some people might have a separate microphone that connects to the computer in some way, such as USB, utilising the USB slot instead of the red/pink audio jack.ДЇor most cases on a desktop computer you can plug audio cables into the top of the computer, some you might need to connect into the back. This is not always the case though! In rare cases a headset will be all in one and only have one cable that handles both in and out. This makes life easy as you just need to match colour with colour. This wire and plug then goes into the audio out socket on your computer that is normally green. The wire for audio out will normally have a green socket or bit of green colour. One wire will be for the audio out (what you hear), and one wire for the audio in (what you say). If you are using a headset with a microphone that isn't USB, it will most likely have two wires. I thought I would drop some of the basic first steps to look at and hopefully save you all some time and head scratching for when you next have an issue! It might help with your understanding and advice for if your attendees are having issues also. I recently helped one of our CPD Community members who was having some microphone issues with Adobe Connect and Skype. Posted by Michael Cook on Jat 6:07pm in Technology & platforms

Skype wont play sound through headphones