07-19-2020 05:56 PM
It's been almost a full year since this issue started popping up for many people (Aug/Sept 2019). Just wondering when this issue would get addressed/fixed. Its existed since 1.38 or 1.39 where audio will stop on the headset after a brief moment where the entire headset (audio, video) freezes. Video in the Rift S resumes but audio no longer works. This prevents audio from working not just in game but from anything played on the computer with the Rift S as the output audio source. Even videos from Youtube won't even be able to play until you manually restart these drivers (disabling/enabling the Rift S audio). Example here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn448wcU-rE&feature=youtu.be
where the drivers already crashed. You'll be able to see that when I switch to my monitor's audio drivers, the video plays no problem but switching back to the Rift S audio drivers stops playback.
I won't be sending any tickets as that proves to be a waste of time as I've already tried doing that in the past (hardware isn't officially supported bs, etc..) Many people have experienced this but I'm surprised it still hasn't been fixed or even addressed. I've been reading on posts that affect not just the Rift S but even the Rift in the past. All of these posts have people coming up with workarounds but no responses from Oculus employees/support.
Currently, I have to go into my Windows 10 sound settings and manually disable/enable the Rift S audio drivers to get audio back. It's completely unacceptable. I'm tired of periodically having to take off my headset, minimize the game on my monitor and go to sound devices and disable/enable the Rift S audio. This doesn't happen every single play session but every other or every third play session.
Another thread of people experiencing the exact same thing I'm describing: https://forums.oculusvr.com/community/discussion/87559/rift-s-audio-issues/p1
X1 Extreme Gen 1 8750h w/ Aorus 1070 Gaming Box, using a USB port of the laptop.
07-19-2020 08:15 PM
07-19-2020 09:17 PM
TomCgcmfc said:
Try using the Oculus Tray Tool (OTT) audio switching options. This seems to work well for me. Win10 feature updates can also screw around with audio settings
07-20-2020 05:49 AM