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    Split the xps m1530 headphone jacks?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by patkinne, Apr 6, 2008.

  1. patkinne

    patkinne Newbie

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    Hi, i was thinking about using my laptop to dj this party, but i cant figure out how to use one headphone jack for an output and the other headphone jack as another, seperately. is there any way to do this?
     
    patkinne, Apr 6, 2008
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  2. zipx2k5

    zipx2k5 Notebook Consultant

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    You can change the headphone jacks so that one will be front speakers, and the other will be rear speakers. Anything beyond this, I'm not sure. But I wouldn't be too optimistic.
     
    zipx2k5, Apr 6, 2008
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  3. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    A roundabout way to do this is to set up the jacks for a 5.1 system using the sigmatel program, and then redirecting the stereo outputs from two programs to different channels.. For example you could use a media player(say vlc, for example) which allows multiple instances, and then use front LR for one instance, and the Rear LR for another instance..
     
    sesshomaru, Apr 7, 2008
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