is there a way to switch between playback devices in the sounds control panel without opening it up and enabling each one, is there any shortcut, i guess not right?

thanks

 

I use Audio Switcher, works perfectly in Windows 10. You can easily set your own hotkey to change your sound device.

https://audioswit.ch/er

 

I don't know if there is a shortcut but default in Windows 10 it's 2 clicks.
First click on volume icon and then on arrow.
Now there are Your audio devices. Click to choose one.

 

just right click on the volume icon on your taskbar choose playback devices , that's all simple easy no need for any app to add clutter to your PC

 

The Windows 10 audio control panel ( part of the new FisherPrice panel) is pathetic.
I record a lot of hdmi out of my computer making tutorials so I need access to the Windows Audio Control panel which shows all the connections for playback and recording.

So make a shortcut to bring up the old Audio Control Panel so you can make quick changes to INS and OUTS.

In Windows 10 make a folder on the desktop and name it this
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Exactly like that and hit enter you know have the GOD mode settings for Windows including the old control panel right on your desktop and tons of settings in windows you can modify.

Go inside that folder and goto "Manage Audio Devices"
Right click that and make a shortcut to your desktop

Now with a simple mouse click you have access to all the ins and outs for audio, this is extremely useful if you have hdmi video ins/ outs capture cards which also have audio inputs and outputs.

So if you want to display "clone dual display" and want the system audio to go out via hdmi you need to set HDMI out to be the main audio system out or else you cant capture the audio playing.

Check out the God mode folder all your Windows settings are there without being forced to use the New Fisher Price Toy control panel.

To answer your main question this is the best solution but it requires some files

"
Powershell solution to Toggle between two specific audio devices
This requires that you download and install the AudioDevice commandlets from here: https://github.com/frgnca/AudioDeviceCmdlets

Follow their installation instructions and check that the commandlets are working in your Powershell.

Then you can use this script:

<#
Use
Get-AudioDevice -List
to learn about available devices on your system.
Then set the two variables below with the start of their names.
#>
$device1 = "PHILIPS"
$device2 = "Speakers"

$Audio = Get-AudioDevice -playback
Write-Output "Audio device was " $Audio.Name
Write-Output "Audio device now set to "

if ($Audio.Name.StartsWith($device1)) {
(Get-AudioDevice -list | Where-Object Name -like ("$device2*") | Set-AudioDevice).Name
} Else {
(Get-AudioDevice -list | Where-Object Name -like ("$device1*") | Set-AudioDevice).Name
}


Then you can set that script as a shortcut in your Taskbar or wherever. Here is an example shortcut I use:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -windowstyle hidden C:\Tools\ToggleSoundDevice.ps1

You can also find many solutions to attach a shortcut key to this."

That works and I verified it.

 

Last edited: Feb 21, 2021