#1813·EarTrumpet

Switching devices in EarTrumpet to Headphones crashes the output device, requiring restart

Author: dschibsterCreated Apr 27, 2026Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

When trying to switch devices from my external Sound Card (Soundblaster Play 4) to my Headphones plugged in via my microphone (Rode NT-USB mini), the playback device stops outputting anything. When trying to run foobar2000, the error I get is "Device is in use". Browser and other sources also do not output anything. Switching back to speakers works. Switching with the normal Windows Context menu works.

Steps to reproduce

Unfortunately not sure how to reproduce it because it seems specific to my config, I have not seen any other issues about this. Maybe some pointers where this may come from?

EarTrumpet version

2.3.0.0

Windows version

11 25H2

Additional information

No response

Source: File-New-Project/EarTrumpet