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[donac64]

My system:
PC Windows 11
JRiver Media Center 31.0.36 (64 bit)
Equalizer APO
Playback devices: Monitor speakers on HDMI or Fiio K5 Pro on USB

Everything works fine when I play a music file with Windows Media Player: the sound is played correctly on the selected Windows default playback device.

When I play it with MC (Audio Option: Default Audio Device [Direct Sound]), MC plays it on the Monitor speakers, despite Fiio being selected on Windows as the default playback device.

I can change the Audio output in MC settings, forcing the sound to played on Fiio, but in that case I cannot enjoy the Equalizer APO effects, because MC skips Equalizer APO.

Today I discovered a workaround. I use Soundswitch, a free software to quickly switch between Windows default playback devices, either through clicking the tray icon or through a keyboard shortcut. If, in Soundswitch, while MC is playing some music, I select the Monitor speakers and then I select again Fiio, I am able to listen the music played by MC on Fiio with the Equalizer APO effect. But, if I restart MC to play something else, the sound comes out again from the Monitor speakers, despite Windows showing that the default playback device is still Fiio.

In conclusion:

MC setting “Default Audio Device [Direct Sound]” does not follow Windows chosen default playback device.
I can force it to follow it through Soundswitch, but MC resets when restarted.

Any solution?

[JimH]

Playback devices: Monitor speakers on HDMI or Fiio K5 Pro on USB

Can you not select these in MC?  Tools > Options > Audio Device.

[donac64]

Yes, I can, but, if I select them in MC, it is like MC connects to them directly, so that the effect of Equalizer APO is ignored, skipped.
I know that MC has its own equalizer, but Equalizer APO is much more powerful.

[JimH]

Have you had a look at JRiver's Equalizer and Parametric Equalizer?

https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Equalizer

MC also supports VST plug-ins.

[JimH]

It also looks like they Equalizer APO needs the Windows Mixer.  No ASIO or WASAPI possible.

"APIs like ASIO or WASAPI exclusive mode can not be used"

https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/