2 monitors, 2 audio outs. Is this possible?

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Hello,
I have a asus formula vi, 2 monitors, an hdmi cord, and a dvi to hdmi cord. I have a Logitech z906 speaker system on my optical out. And one of the monitors has it's own av box and speakers.

I'm trying to set it up so that my wife can watch a show or xbmc on one monitor, and I can game or listen to music etc on the other. The monitors are far enough away so the two sounds wouldnt be killing each other, but close enough to use one cable each.

My question is how can you set it up, if you can, to be able to do this?

I'm using Windows 8.1 and am using the onboard audio of the maximus vi formula.

Thanks!

 
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... while technically possible, this is going to be a pain to run in a practical manner.
The 2 monitor part is super easy, and people do it all of the time. Simply plug in both monitors and extend the desktop to use both monitors. Open your wife's movie on one monitor, and your game on the other and you are set (so long as you don't mind pausing your game to switch episodes for your wife).

The audio on the other hand can be a PITA. Technically it is very possible to parse different programs to send audio to different outputs. In fact it is very easy to do this for things like calls vs programs. But sending different program audio to different outputs can be unpredictable and annoying. Start by opening up your mixer, and if you...
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... while technically possible, this is going to be a pain to run in a practical manner.
The 2 monitor part is super easy, and people do it all of the time. Simply plug in both monitors and extend the desktop to use both monitors. Open your wife's movie on one monitor, and your game on the other and you are set (so long as you don't mind pausing your game to switch episodes for your wife).

The audio on the other hand can be a PITA. Technically it is very possible to parse different programs to send audio to different outputs. In fact it is very easy to do this for things like calls vs programs. But sending different program audio to different outputs can be unpredictable and annoying. Start by opening up your mixer, and if you have multiple audio devices plugged in then your master slider should have a drop-down menu where you can select your TV (or the speakers connected to the TV). While that is selected, open up your movie and pause it. Then use the drop-down menu to select your headphones (or whatever other speakers you are using) and open up your game.
Windows SHOULD (though it does not always work as planned) assign the audio for whatever program is opened to the currently selected device in the mixer. However, if your program refreshes, or loads a new audio stream, then it will playback on the currently selected device.

Probably much simpler to dig out an old Pentium 4 and load up XBMC on it to use as a HTPC and then stream content from your computer or the web.
 
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