Does it work well with Windows 8? If I mirror everything on my screen, and for example use Netflix app, will the sound go through my TV soundbar?
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Yes,it can work with Windows 8, and if you use Netflix app, the sound will go through your TV Soundbar via HDMI
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I have windows 7 and it works just fine. Not sure about 8. I'm sure it probably also has something to do with your sound card, but I have no insight into that.
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Hi! We've connected it to our TV and listening all movies and music and whatever we are watching on our TV (as for example I watch videos from iTunes in my iPhone and transfer it through appletv on our tv), and the sound goes through this sound bar. We like it very much, after a month using it, if we turn on the regular sound through the TV it really sounds kinda "poor". Don't know how this sound bar is in compare with the once that are more expensive, but we've Reyes only this one and are extremely happy! Hope it helps you to make this decision.
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Hey, thanks for asking the question...I had been remiss in trying sound using MS Media to put a slide show on my Samsung. The pictures I tried came out just as they did on my PC. So just tried playing an MP3 using the HDMI connection to the Samsung TV and on to a Vizio sound bar, works great. Just remember they no longer show up on your PC with the connection.
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yes, I have windows 8 and use it and you can use your own music it's different from the older version and took me time to figure it out, glad I did It makes nice movies.
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Unfortunately the windows 8.1 Netflix app has a problem runnig with this sound card. There are no drivers that support Windows Protected User Audio Mode (PUMA). Tried drivers from every manufacture that use the cmedia sound processor - all installed- all exhibit the same problem. To play the protected content, the underlying audio driver must be a trusted driver; that is, the driver must be logo-certified for DRM. Unfortunately there are none for this chipset. I do however have a work around, turn off Protected audio in the registry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Audio] "DisableProtectedAudioDG"=dword:00000001 Set the value from "1" to "0", reboot your system and Netflix will work! Unfortunately the windows 8.1 Netflix app has a problem runnig with this sound card. There are no drivers that support Windows Protected User Audio Mode (PUMA). Tried drivers from every manufacture that use the cmedia sound processor - all installed- all exhibit the same problem. To play the protected content, the underlying audio driver must be a trusted driver; that is, the driver must be logo-certified for DRM. Unfortunately there are none for this chipset. I do however have a work around, turn off Protected audio in the registry:... » Read More Unfortunately the windows 8.1 Netflix app has a problem runnig with this sound card. There are no drivers that support Windows Protected User Audio Mode (PUMA). Tried drivers from every manufacture that use the cmedia sound processor - all installed- all exhibit the same problem. To play the protected content, the underlying audio driver must be a trusted driver; that is, the driver must be logo-certified for DRM. Unfortunately there are none for this chipset. I do however have a work around, turn off Protected audio in the registry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Audio] "DisableProtectedAudioDG"=dword:00000001 Set the value from "1" to "0", reboot your system and Netflix will work! « Show Less
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Rick, try going to your Sound controls from your "Control Panel" buttons. I recently connected to a TV through my HDMI and I find that I have to manually switch the sound there from "Speakers" (which is my computer sound) to "NVidia Hi-Def Audio" in order to get sound to the TV if I'm trying to watch something on Hulu over there. One annoying glitch though: The switch only allows for you to change your "Default" settings (be sure to hit default if "apply" by itself doesn't work... that's what I have to do.) so you then have to go through the procedure each time you change. Annoying, but workable if you don't have to do it a whole lot. - MJM
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I had problems with my mic on Windows 7. Works fine on Windows 8. There could be a ton of reasons though. You need it set as default in your sound setting and typically selected in the program you are using too. Also, if the mic boom is straight up, it turns the mic off.
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Can not connect speakers to it & I'm not sure about windows 8 But you connect it to your PC or laptop for an external sound card like if the internal sound card goes out or if you just want some awesome and much much better surround sound Honestly I'd highly recommend this card Just remember to go to the web site to get updated software You also might be able to find out if it will work with windows 8
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It doesn't work for me either, but I am just using the splitter so I can connect my laptop to my TV and my computer monitor to watch movies on Netflix and it works great. I keep my laptop on a docking station. My 40" TV even works fine as a computer monitor when I want a big screen, so the splitter works for my situation for what I want it to do.
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currently using it with windows 7 and the device was auto-detected so it should work with win 8 as well. I'll try it tonight with 8 and will report here.
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Can confirm that it works, using it this way right now. I hadn't been using the monitor jack just assuming that it'd mean I couldn't hear system audio without going through external speakers and I didn't want that. I actually came looking for windscreen options (besides the old sock missing it's other half I've got now) and came across this question/answer so I opened up the playback device properties and set the USB microphone speakers as default. Works like a charm.
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No, it transmitted a mirror image of my screen immediately without changing any settings. I was not able to transmit sound to my tv via the cable, however, and have to use a separate (inexpensive) cable from the computers sound output jack.
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Yes. I just plugged it in and it is working with Windows 8 almost perfectly. For some reason. Windows 8 also thinks it's a speaker (output) device. And so a quick setting change in the control panel to set my normal speakers to "Default" and everything is perfect now.
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It works when it wants to even when setup properly. Running Win 8.1 you have to manually select the audio configuration of each device, and set this one as the default for audio input and output when you want to use it. However, it still doesn't always work or doesn't switch back to my amp when I want to use my surround sound afterwards.
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Best solution is to download VLC player, which is free and open source. And this device definitely works under Windows 8.
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Just feed the sound from your TV into your receiver, and then turn your TV sound all the way down to "zero" - then you will just use the receiver as your sound source on all programs - TV,, Netflix, Amazon, etc.That is what I did and it works great. How you do that will depend on your receiver inputs - could be done with HDMI, rca feeds, or optical digital cord - whatever it will accept.