From a media player app: select 'VB-Virtual Audio Cable' as the playout device.

Set your playback device via one of the following options:.

This will create a new virtual input (microphone) device on your system called 'VB-Audio Virtual Cable'.

This will create a new virtual speaker device on your system called 'VB-Audio Virtual Cable'.

Switch between your microphone and the virtual device in the conferencing app.

Change apps and/or Windows to play out to the virtual device.

Use Audacity (or equivalent) to monitor the output audio device locally so you can hear it.

Use Virtual Audio Cable (or equivalent) to pipe output audio into a virtual input device.The overall flow for the process of adding a virtual audio device in Windows is: Select Loopback Audio as your microphone.While in a meeting, hover over your self-view in the lower-left corner and click the gear icon.This can be done before or while in the meeting. If you want to hear the output of what you are broadcasting select your audio output device.Īfter you have configured your local setup you need to select the correct capture device for the respective video conferencing app.Leave these in place so you can see if audio is being captured.Do not leave both sources on at the same time. Optionally you can add the mic you normally use so you can quickly switch back.If you are using Chrome I'd suggest using either a different browser or app for playback. This new virtual device can be used as a Mic in your Video conference app.Note: this changes your mic input and you will not be heard again until changing your local input device back to your mic.

Generally audio played back through your speakers is a poor experience for everyone else on your call. This is most often used as a presenter during screen share when you need to play an external video or audio file with high fidelity. This is a tutorial about how and when to use a virtual audio device to bypass audio.

How to setup virtual audio cable