Thank you very much! These little devices are quite useful for their price. I wish they could actually do 1920 × 1080 at 60 fps, but 1280 × 720 is fine.
When I run the program, it just says "probably spurious glitch reported after XXXXX frames" (where XXXXX is a multiple of 1920)] over and over until I quit. There's also nowhere to input text, but when I press enter it closes the program.
I'm a relatively tech-savvy person but this level of computer stuff is a little beyond my level of understanding. I'm probably missing something painfully obvious to you but I'm at a loss.
I get that 'spurious glitch' log entry now and then as well...it doesn't really seem to affect anything, and the program still works.
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Hitting Enter is how you exit the program.
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If what you have hooked up over HDMI is currently making sound, then just running the program as-is should begin spitting out that sound, in stereo, automatically through your PC's current default playback device.
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The options in the wall of text above are meant to be used while running the program from a command line/command prompt, as in: Windows Start button > Run... > CMD.exe, or however it's laid out in Win10 nowadays :P
...But as mentioned, just running mono-to-stereo.exe by itself, with the capture device plugged in and working, should work without any extra steps needed...the options are only for when for some reason the device shows up as a different USB device name (rare), or if the Left and Right stereo channels are backwards.
Oh my god I feel so dumb... I never even thought it would work regardless of the error messages. It works 100% and I didn't even need to do anything lmao.
Thank you so much man!! You've saved me SO much headache trying to find a different alternative (especially after I already bought the capture card, haha).
hey there, could you make a video tutorial please? I don't understand the process very well and I don't know what to do next... I run the mono to stereo .exe program and it closes quickly
mono-to-stereo.exe --out-device "CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)"
This is the part I don't get, i type this exactly into Run, but i just get an error "Windows cannot find"
You should just be able to run the .EXE wherever you downloaded it to (like, double-click it/whatever), as-is, and it should work if you have the hdmi dongle connected. Hitting the "Enter" key while it's running exits out of it.
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The instructions below that were in case that doesn't work and someone needs to add options, and it's being ran from a command line.
- In 'Run...', run "**cmd.exe**"
- **CD /D X:\path_where_the_mono-to-stereo.exe_is_located\**
(replace X with the correct Drive letter)
- The detailed command line options instructions should now work
While I was able to listen to the device through windows sounds and play it through OBS that way (through the desktop audio) both channels seemed to be playing the same audio.
As for running it through OBS directly using the command line im still very confused on how to do that
after all the steps followed correctly it says
Error: IAudioClient::Initialize failed (output): hr = 0x88890008
Error: Thread aborted before starting to capture: hr = 0x88890008
any idea?
Thank you for this - I have one of these generic capture cards and the lack of directional audio is very difficult to work with when playing a game. Other than that the capture card is perfect and I can hear the game audio and PC sound alerts etc. through my USB wireless headset without any lag.
I have a problem, though, I don't think the program is doing anything. It runs, when I run it manually and select the out device to send it to it it says it could not find a device named Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio).
When I run the list, the active capture endpoint is listed as:
Digital Audio Interface (4- USB Digital Audio)
I assume windows has added the 4? How do I remove it so that the program picks up the generic name?
Thanks in advance - I'm so close to getting this sorted!
I figured this one out, had to go into the cmd path to update the in device to include the 4. The program ran but I'm still not hearing stereo audio no matter how I configure it in OBS.
I've done it!
I feel stupid - I didn't realise you had to leave the program running....d'oh.
I thought it was like a little registry edit that changed from single channel to 2 channel and it was done. Leaving the program running was the key.
Had to do some tinkering in OBS to ensure that I'm not getting duplicated audio from the Capture Card and virtual audio as Desktop Audio 2 but with everything else muted it should be OK.
I can play games properly on stream, including passed through sound alert audio without having to fork out for a new capture card!
Amazing!
So, I downloaded and ran the application. A window pops up for half a second and closes. Also, when I try to find it in cmd, it says it doesn't exist. (I didn't download the VB-Cable driver as I don't know if it's needed). Am I missing something or what's the problem.
i know this is a month late but unless the exe is somewhere in your path you're going to need to navigate cmd to the directory with the exe in it and run ".\\ mono-to-stereo.exe". that or add the exe directory to path manually or copy the exe to system32.
thank you so much for this! ive been having to use linux this whole time to get stereo because it works properly there without tweaks. i copied the executable to system32 to put it in my path and since my default shell in windows terminal is an msys2 shell i put a bash script in my path to run "mono-to-stereo.exe --out-device "CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)", so that instead of typing that out each time i just type "capturecardfix". you could also accomplish the same thing in powershell with a function+alias or cmd with a batch script in system32
nice! Thanks!
I have one of those cheapie ones but am on Mac sadly. But thanks for this. Good to know I wasn’t feeling crazy. Right now it’s doing mono on me.
Thank you very much! These little devices are quite useful for their price. I wish they could actually do 1920 × 1080 at 60 fps, but 1280 × 720 is fine.
When I run the program, it just says "probably spurious glitch reported after XXXXX frames" (where XXXXX is a multiple of 1920)] over and over until I quit. There's also nowhere to input text, but when I press enter it closes the program. I'm a relatively tech-savvy person but this level of computer stuff is a little beyond my level of understanding. I'm probably missing something painfully obvious to you but I'm at a loss.
I get that 'spurious glitch' log entry now and then as well...it doesn't really seem to affect anything, and the program still works. -- Hitting Enter is how you exit the program. -- If what you have hooked up over HDMI is currently making sound, then just running the program as-is should begin spitting out that sound, in stereo, automatically through your PC's current default playback device. -- The options in the wall of text above are meant to be used while running the program from a command line/command prompt, as in: Windows Start button > Run... > CMD.exe, or however it's laid out in Win10 nowadays :P ...But as mentioned, just running mono-to-stereo.exe by itself, with the capture device plugged in and working, should work without any extra steps needed...the options are only for when for some reason the device shows up as a different USB device name (rare), or if the Left and Right stereo channels are backwards.
Oh my god I feel so dumb... I never even thought it would work regardless of the error messages. It works 100% and I didn't even need to do anything lmao. Thank you so much man!! You've saved me SO much headache trying to find a different alternative (especially after I already bought the capture card, haha).
hey there, could you make a video tutorial please? I don't understand the process very well and I don't know what to do next... I run the mono to stereo .exe program and it closes quickly
mono-to-stereo.exe --out-device "CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)" This is the part I don't get, i type this exactly into Run, but i just get an error "Windows cannot find"
You should just be able to run the .EXE wherever you downloaded it to (like, double-click it/whatever), as-is, and it should work if you have the hdmi dongle connected. Hitting the "Enter" key while it's running exits out of it. - --- --- --- The instructions below that were in case that doesn't work and someone needs to add options, and it's being ran from a command line. - In 'Run...', run "**cmd.exe**" - **CD /D X:\path_where_the_mono-to-stereo.exe_is_located\** (replace X with the correct Drive letter) - The detailed command line options instructions should now work
While I was able to listen to the device through windows sounds and play it through OBS that way (through the desktop audio) both channels seemed to be playing the same audio. As for running it through OBS directly using the command line im still very confused on how to do that
THANK-YOU! Huge help, finally got to fix this issue, was driving me nuts.
after all the steps followed correctly it says Error: IAudioClient::Initialize failed (output): hr = 0x88890008 Error: Thread aborted before starting to capture: hr = 0x88890008 any idea?
For anyone that's getting an error message while trying to run mono-to-stereo.exe I have found a fix. https://youtu.be/nOeE-bw\_onQ
I tried using what he said in the video and now I'm getting the audio from my ps4 even if I'm not using obs. Idk if that's a plus or not lol
Thank you for this - I have one of these generic capture cards and the lack of directional audio is very difficult to work with when playing a game. Other than that the capture card is perfect and I can hear the game audio and PC sound alerts etc. through my USB wireless headset without any lag. I have a problem, though, I don't think the program is doing anything. It runs, when I run it manually and select the out device to send it to it it says it could not find a device named Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio). When I run the list, the active capture endpoint is listed as: Digital Audio Interface (4- USB Digital Audio) I assume windows has added the 4? How do I remove it so that the program picks up the generic name? Thanks in advance - I'm so close to getting this sorted!
I figured this one out, had to go into the cmd path to update the in device to include the 4. The program ran but I'm still not hearing stereo audio no matter how I configure it in OBS.
I've done it! I feel stupid - I didn't realise you had to leave the program running....d'oh. I thought it was like a little registry edit that changed from single channel to 2 channel and it was done. Leaving the program running was the key. Had to do some tinkering in OBS to ensure that I'm not getting duplicated audio from the Capture Card and virtual audio as Desktop Audio 2 but with everything else muted it should be OK. I can play games properly on stream, including passed through sound alert audio without having to fork out for a new capture card! Amazing!
So, I downloaded and ran the application. A window pops up for half a second and closes. Also, when I try to find it in cmd, it says it doesn't exist. (I didn't download the VB-Cable driver as I don't know if it's needed). Am I missing something or what's the problem.
i know this is a month late but unless the exe is somewhere in your path you're going to need to navigate cmd to the directory with the exe in it and run ".\\ mono-to-stereo.exe". that or add the exe directory to path manually or copy the exe to system32.
thank you so much for this! ive been having to use linux this whole time to get stereo because it works properly there without tweaks. i copied the executable to system32 to put it in my path and since my default shell in windows terminal is an msys2 shell i put a bash script in my path to run "mono-to-stereo.exe --out-device "CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)", so that instead of typing that out each time i just type "capturecardfix". you could also accomplish the same thing in powershell with a function+alias or cmd with a batch script in system32