Sound into headphones

Bug
1

if I connect my headphones to my PC after inserting the video in the timeline, or in the player, I have to do: Settings > Audio channels > mono then stereo so that the sound comes out of the headphone; otherwise the headphone is not taken into account by Shotcut

Windows 10 / Shotcut 22 03 30

I think I’ve had this problem since I’ve been using shotcut… (2020…)

2

This is a known problem whose fix (library upgrade) caused other more serious problems for some and so was reverted. So, no resolution yet, but we are glad to learn about this workaround. I hope to change the sound output library to Qt when we upgrade to Qt 6 later this year, and this problem should go away.

3

Thank you for your answer. And let’s wait for this upgrade.

4

I have version 22.12.21 (windows 11) and I tried to switch to Mono, then back to stereo, but still the headset is not taken. Is there still no other workaround, which means working with headset is not possible?

5

The workaround originally described is not reliable and may give you the wrong number of channels you need for your project. The real workaround is to restart Shotcut. A headset works fine if you have it working in Windows.

6

for me the solution described with version 22.03.30 works well with version 22.12.21. I just tested.
That said, my external sound card is still plugged into my computer… with or without headphones, and I no longer have the problem! so I don’t have to switch in shotcut.

7

thank you

8

This very old bug is fixed for the next version 23.07

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