Automatic switching between "digital output" (HDMI) and built-in speakers in Vista

Posted by Laurence Gonsalves on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Laurence Gonsalves
Published on 2010-11-30T07:16:49Z Indexed on 2011/01/09 4:55 UTC
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We occasionally connect my wife's laptop, which runs Vista, to our TV. Whenever we do this we have to manually switch the default audio output to "digital output" for the sound to go through the HDMI connection, and we also have to restart any apps that we want to send sound to the TV. We then have to perform a similar process when disconnecting.

Is there any way to just have this be automatic? It seems absurd to have to do so much manual fiddling when a 40 year old transistor radio is "smart" enough to turn off the speakers and send sound to the headphones when headphones are plugged in.

In case it helps, the name "RealTek" shows up in the sound card settings dialog.

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