Making the use of Virtual Audio Cable a little easier

[Wolfm4n]

I noticed a lot of gamers, like myself, use VAC to cast stereo mix and microphone into a single output. I have found a much easier way to start/stop VAC with the click of an icon on your desktop. I didn't know VAC had command line switches until recently, but this works wonderfully and very conveniently. Here's what to do:

VAC Start

Open notepad, paste this code and save as "VAC Start.bat":

start /min "audiorepeater_ks" "%programfiles%\Virtual Audio Cable\audiorepeater_ks.exe" /Input: "Realtek HD Audio Mic input" /Output: "Virtual Cable 1" /BufferMs:100 /Autostart
start /min "audiorepeater_ks" "%programfiles%\Virtual Audio Cable\audiorepeater_ks.exe" /Input: "Realtek HD Audio Stereo input" /Output: "Virtual Cable 1" /BufferMs:100 /Autostart

This batch file will start two audio repeaters, set your inputs Stereo Mix and Microphone as Virtual Cable 1 output, then minimize to the task tray and auto start. If all goes well, you should have two repeaters looking like this:



Note: If you have different inputs than what I have above, you will have to change the /Input switch to work with your sound card inputs.

VAC Stop

Open notepad, paste this code and save as "VAC Stop.bat":

taskkill /im "audiorepeater_ks.exe"

This batch file will simply close both audio repeaters.

Please note, this tutorial was written for version 4.10 64-bit. Hope this helps make things a little easier for fellow JTV casters. If you have any questions, post them here, and I will try to help.

[Arch00]

Kind of surprised no one has replied saying how great this is.. so I thought I would.

This is great!

[Meth3rlence]

Another way is to go to control panel => Hardware and Sound => Sound
Click the "Recording" tab, it lists all your audio devices.
Simply right click, properties => "Listen" tab.
Check the box to listen and set the "Playback through this device:" dropdown box to Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable) <<< Do that of all audio devices you want, personally I have Line-In and "What U Hear" set to listen through line 1.

That way you don't have to screw around with the repeaters.

[landa]

awesome!!! and here i was setting up 5-6 audio repeaters manually every time! I will try this out

[Tarfu]

when I do this the mic only comes from FL and i have FR enabled :mad::mad::mad: but still good post

[bigabu]

Hi!

Thank you for the great tip.
I really really need to configure a custom channel config and select channels.
Can i do this by command line?

[bigabu]

OK
so i have found all the command line codes somewhere in the net.

But now i am having a diffrent problem,
it seems that VAC doesn't recognize Side Speakers...

I don't find a way to create a channel configuration in which Side Speakers are enabled....

i have tried with these codes from the microsoft site, as suggested by the user manual:
SPEAKER_SIDE_LEFT
0x200
SPEAKER_SIDE_RIGHT
0x400

but it still outputs to the front speakers..

[Fishbowl]

i'm sure it's already been said already but because it was overly descriptive i might need it repeated.

My setup:

a mixer, in the mixer, mic cable, midi controller, 2 stereos for consoles, input from computer,

A soundcard, mic in= headet w mic( heart of the problem)
line in= mixer mix


Ops: Windows Xp I've been reccomended windows 7, don't know as of yet if the computer is compatable. no problem


My Goal: stream directly from the mic and game audio as separate signals with xp.

Currently: I stream my stereo mix through the line in on my soundcard. I've been told by fellow followers audio is really rough, thegreatgq says i won't have great audio qualitiy, which imo i do. so i'm taking his advice and using my headset with mic.

I was told Virtual audio cable might work in the event my mic in and line in cannot be unchecked in the sound properties screen again this is with windows xp

I'm not asking anyone to hold my hand, but i do want people that can network with me on a regular basis that can be available on the spot if i have issues such as this that i want fixied. and i do need this fixed before 2:00 EST tomorrow. So any help can be appreciated, thank you

[RudyH246]

This is pretty cool, and handy, but I'm having a bit of trouble with it.

I made the .bat file, and edited it to use my Logitech USB Microphone and my Stereo Mix, and told them both to output to Virtual Cable 1, but I'm getting an error on just the Logitech USB Microphone. An error window comes up saying:

No appropriate pin found for input device.
It usually occurs in two major cases:
- Device does not support requested format. Try to change some format parameters
- All pin instances are busy. Try to stop concurrent playback or recording.

I'm not sure what it means about the requested format. And I don't believe the headset is busy, cause I'm not recording or listening to anything when I hit the .bat file.

Any advice regarding this?

[bofeity]

Originally Posted by RudyH246

This is pretty cool, and handy, but I'm having a bit of trouble with it.

I made the .bat file, and edited it to use my Logitech USB Microphone and my Stereo Mix, and told them both to output to Virtual Cable 1, but I'm getting an error on just the Logitech USB Microphone. An error window comes up saying:

No appropriate pin found for input device.
It usually occurs in two major cases:
- Device does not support requested format. Try to change some format parameters
- All pin instances are busy. Try to stop concurrent playback or recording.

I'm not sure what it means about the requested format. And I don't believe the headset is busy, cause I'm not recording or listening to anything when I hit the .bat file.

Any advice regarding this?

This video may help you out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUt0lJ6GoQ