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Here is the situation:
My wife and I both have computers in the main room. The machines themselves are in a rack with the rest of the AV gear, and a set of extension cables lead off to our desks. Our primary monitors are higher resolution than 1080P (Dell 27" and 30"), and require DVI connections. The receiver (Denon AVR-3313CI) is connected to each machine via HDMI and configured as a secondary monitor on both machines along with being the primary audio playback device. The projector is the primary HDMI out. All this works perfectly.
Here is the goal:
Each desk also has a 3.5mm stereo extension running from the AV rack to it for headphone use. I would like each of these headphone extensions to play the audio from their respective computers regardless of any settings on the receiver or the rest of the system. This means that even if the speakers are playing the audio from the computer I want the headphones to be playing the same thing. I also want the headphones to work even if the receiver is off.
The easiest way I can think of to make this work is somehow get each machine to mirror the audio out to the HDMI and onboard sound cards, but I can't find any way to do that.
Help? Thanks!
My wife and I both have computers in the main room. The machines themselves are in a rack with the rest of the AV gear, and a set of extension cables lead off to our desks. Our primary monitors are higher resolution than 1080P (Dell 27" and 30"), and require DVI connections. The receiver (Denon AVR-3313CI) is connected to each machine via HDMI and configured as a secondary monitor on both machines along with being the primary audio playback device. The projector is the primary HDMI out. All this works perfectly.
Here is the goal:
Each desk also has a 3.5mm stereo extension running from the AV rack to it for headphone use. I would like each of these headphone extensions to play the audio from their respective computers regardless of any settings on the receiver or the rest of the system. This means that even if the speakers are playing the audio from the computer I want the headphones to be playing the same thing. I also want the headphones to work even if the receiver is off.
The easiest way I can think of to make this work is somehow get each machine to mirror the audio out to the HDMI and onboard sound cards, but I can't find any way to do that.
Help? Thanks!
