bluetooth headphones no sound windows 10

What I did was set my default communications device to my WH-1000XM3 Stereo 'device' for output, and my laptop microphone (my primary gaming rig is a laptop) for input. The sound is still being outputted to the device as far as Windows is concerned, but the headset isn't paying attention to that channel anymore, so to speak. But since your programs are still trying to pipe sound to the 'Stereo' device, the sound effectively dies. The headset isn't smart enough to use both codecs at once, so when it is connected to a program that takes voice input, the codec (and the 'device') switches to the Hands-Free AG Audio device/codec. And then there's a second codec, which is has lower sound quality but allows for input as well as output, which is the 'WH-1000XM3 Hands-Free AG Audio' device you see in the screenshots. This is used most of the time when an application doesn't connect to a microphone. There's a high-quality codec which comes across as the 'WH-1000XM3 Stereo' device for output. What Mumble is doing is using the 'Default Communications Device' when the Mumble settings are set to use the default Input or Output device.įor bluetooth headsets like the Sony WH-1000XM3, when you pair the headsets, you're actually pairing two bluetooth 'devices' because the headsets have two different codecs it uses. There's the 'Default Device' and the 'Default Communications Device'. There are two sets of 'default devices' here.

However, I think I have some information and TLDR: It's not Mumble but a quirk in how some bluetooth headsets connect to devices for high-quality sound output or to support voice input/output. I'm also using a pair of Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones and also experiencing this.

Bluetooth headphones no sound windows 10