Nov 26 2019 09:27 AM
Hi!
My Edge Chromium is not playing sound.
I managed to fix Chrome using this flag: --try-supported-channel-layouts
But Edge does not have that flag.
Is there a way to make Edge to support that?
Nov 26 2019 09:36 AM
Nov 26 2019 09:42 AM
I'm using the Stable release build 79.0.309.30.
At home I have a SoundBlaster Live 5.1 and my PC is set to use 5.1 surround sound.
When I get home I'll send some screenshots.
But Edge is the only thing that doesn't play sound in my PC.
Nov 26 2019 11:13 AM
@Vandrey Trindade wrote:I'm using the Stable release build 79.0.309.30.
At home I have a SoundBlaster Live 5.1 and my PC is set to use 5.1 surround sound.
When I get home I'll send some screenshots.
But Edge is the only thing that doesn't play sound in my PC.
Stable channel will be released in July 15 2020, for now only stick to the official versions
https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download
Nov 27 2019 02:54 AM
I was using the Dev Channel before.
Anyway, I will install every channel and post the result here.
Nov 27 2019 03:25 PM - edited Nov 27 2019 03:27 PM
Hi! Same thing on every channel.
Screenshots:
Channel version:
Canary > 80.0.346.0
Dev > 80.0.334.4
Beta > 79.0.309.30
Sound device: SB Audigy
Nov 27 2019 09:02 PM
So only Edge browsers (all channels) have problem, no other program.
I wonder if it has something to do with audio channels, try using Stereo instead of 5.1 and 7.1 see if you can get any audio out of Edge.
there are also a few flags in Edge (i'm using Canary now) that you can try turning off and on
they're worth a shot
Nov 28 2019 02:51 AM - edited Nov 28 2019 03:05 AM
Thanks, but I've already tested every "audio", "sound" flag...
The only one that used to work is this one: "--try-supported-channel-layouts"
And I really don't intend to change my computer config because one software doesn't have sound. I play a lot of games that are already configured to work correctly.
The best thing I think will be to use another browser until Chromium fix that...
Oh, and I forgot to say it correctly. The problem is with sound on my headphones. Speakers works just fine.
Nov 28 2019 03:49 AM
Nov 29 2019 09:14 AM
Hi again, sorry for the delay.
CSGO:
Diablo:
They can't be applied to Edge because Edge has no sound configuration.
Nov 29 2019 09:41 AM
Nov 29 2019 09:52 AM
Exactly, like the last comment user said on Fri, Jan 18, 2019:
"This problem still exists, and these flags don't seem to work anymore.
Version 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit) Windows 10, Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI Express 7.1 Sound Card."
The only way for surround sound to work is using that flag that appears to be deprecated and I don't know why.
That's the reason why I came here to report it.
Dec 01 2019 03:30 PM
@Vandrey Trindade @Elliot Kirk
This may not be related but there was also a flag at one time that allowed me to cause 5.1 sound to be passed to my receiver.
Below is an old post from when this flag disappeared. Legacy edge is still able to pass through 5.1 sound, but the current Chromium Edge builds no longer seem to have this override available or the passthrough built in.
I'm happy to have any pointers if I have missed how to achieve this in the current builds.
Dec 02 2019 05:46 AM - edited Dec 02 2019 05:47 AM
That's correct.
So they never answered you, right?
Why that flag was removed when there is no option to allow surround instead of stereo?
Does your browser has sound in the current builds?
Dec 05 2019 03:55 PM
@Vandrey Trindade I still don't have a way to pass through surround in the current builds since this flag went away.
Dec 06 2019 05:04 AM
I really expected that someone at Microsoft would answer us...
Jan 28 2020 08:23 AM
Edge stable released and still no Surround sound support.
Mar 27 2020 02:28 AM - edited Mar 27 2020 02:29 AM
I finally managed to get back old Edge Legacy to get surround working.
It was for me a bit tricky. Ive been reading hundreds of threads and tips. But this finally was the right way to go, at least this date today.
Here are my thoughts
You have a soundcard with probably realtek chipset and if 5.1 aint working in games etc it could be intresting to try out Alan finote software