Discord mutes all other sounds
Whenever i get in a call, to a person or in the server, Discord mutes everything except the call. I changed the settings in the windows which reduces voices when in calls, changed the Discord options which lowers the volume when speaking with others etc. I tried to start other apps as administrator, still no sound. Worst part is after i exit the voice channel i have to wait like a minute to get my voice back. And when that happens, all the voice resources in my computer starts to play simultinously. Youtube videos, spotify or any video in the background just starts to play.
I tried my headphones, different headphones, without headphones, bluetooth headphone. My sound driver is up to date. This wasn't happening like 5-6 months ago. Also it doesnt happen in mobile version, only desktop.
I searched the internet, some other people have this problem too. But none of hte solutions listed there worked for me.
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I have the same problem on my laptop since this week and can't seem to fix it.
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I have same issue, using BT headphones.
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I've also got this issue, when I use bluetooth headphones for voice chat it shuts off audio from all other apps. Quite annoying.
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Hello,
I had exactly the same problem for about a month. I searched up the internet and none of the solutions worked. However, I managed to fix the problem. I will tell you what I did and you can try it to see if it works or not.
First click on the speaker button on the task bar:
Then you will see more than one device. Change the one selected to one of the others available and make sure you have the same one on the Discord app. Keep changing the one on Discord and the one from the task bar until it works.
I hope this works for you.
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https://www.techjunkie.com/windows-reducing-system-volume/
This link worked for me. Shortening:
Control Panel -> Hardware and sound -> Sound -> Communications:
When Windows detects communication activity: Do nothing
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Ibraheem you legend, this works. it was working on the browser but the app wouldn't work for me. Turns out Bluetooth have 2 different options for audio output the first being hands free and the second being stereo. they have to match for you to hear audio from other sources well in a call.
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That one worked for me.
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@Ibraheem yeah, your method worked for me thank you very much!
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@Ibraheem Just logging in to say thanks a lot for that. It worked for me too and now I can have music with classes and meetings.
Arigato.
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I'm still having this problem and wanted to know if anyone could help. This issue only arises when I use my SkullCandy Uproar Bluetooth headphones, not when I'm just on my laptop, so it might not even be a Discord issue, but a Windows one. Anyways, going into communication settings didn't do anything, and changing my audio output with the speaker setting *technically* worked, but now all the audio from other applications sounds super compressed, so it's more infuriating than anything. Does anyone have any tips? And please don't say "just don't use your headphones"! I'm looking for a solution for my problem, not an escape.
P.S. I apologize if I sound pedantic and rude, it's just that this issue has been bothering me for two weeks now and it's really starting to get on my nerves.
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My discord started doing this about two or three weeks ago. I am using the SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless headset, which is "Certified" by Discord. Like what I assume many of you all have, there are two separate outputs for the headset, a game and a chat output. In the Discord Voice and Video settings, the headset output is listed as the certified one, and the headphones (game output) is somewhere else in the list.
If I change the output to the headphones, the sound for the other devices comes back and works fine. Also, if I go into the sound device properties check then uncheck the "Disable all enhancements" box and click apply it will start working again. Neither of these are what I would call a solution, as it negates the features of being able to isolate the chat sounds.
Two days ago, I did a complete uninstall of Discord. This entailed uninstalling the app, then manually removing the registry entries and app data (Things Discord should be deleting when they uninstall, but that is a different issue.). Upon reinstalling Discord, the problem was solved until today. I will attempt to do a basic uninstall, and let people know how it goes.
Update:
Neither the basic nor the complete uninstall worked today.
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@Ibraheem Well..... That fixed the entire problem. But the sound is not so normal.
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@Ibraheem Thanks this worked for me. But unfortunately it really kills the sound quality. I'll be swapping it back when I'm not using discord.
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Didnt work for me, it did seems in the drivers from Jabra, with sound I had 2 jabra drivers jabra elite 75T strereo and Jabra Elite 75T Hands -Free AG Audio.
Did disable the first and all problems where sorted. But thanks for the communication explenation, that one did improve the discord experiance while during phone call game sound back with 50% works fine.
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I've got this issue for a while now, and it is really annoying.
Steelseries Arctics Pro (gamechat + audio)It only happens for me when i join a discord channel or someone starts talking. So as soon Discord outputs sound all my other sounds goes towards the output channel of Discord, Which in my case is not the default audio because im using gamechat as output for discord and the rest de default audio output.
switching back and forth audio outputs will fix it until I an another channel.
For so far as I'm reading I narrow the issue down towards Discord programming or a conflict with Windows sound or some sort.
Also tried to change the default output of discord in windows, unfortunate still the same shitty result. No audio when i join discord ( only Discord audio) all the other sounds in windows are being outputted towards the default discord device which I am not using as output in windows. So resulting in no audio !!
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Well I also found this out from someone. IF you have a microphone built into the computer, you can just disconnect from the headset part of the headphones,and connect to your built in microphone and connect to your headphone part of your headphones so that you don't have lack of sound quality! I mean you can do this if you have a built in microphone and your bluetooth mic is trash lol.
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I tried Carlos Almeida's method, but it didn't work for me. Got any other solutions?
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This kinda worked for me: https://old.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/61bc5o/discord_muting_all_sounds/dj4kqqg/
FEAR NOT FOR I HAVE FOUND THE SOLUTION. Go to playback devices on your computer(right click on the sound for windows, not sure how to get there for macs/ linuxes). It should show your bluetooth device as two things, a headset and a headphone. Right click and disconnect the headset. BLAM MAGIC IT WORKS NOW.
***I tried disabling it, but that just kept anything from playing, so just re-enable and then disconnect instead if that happens.
This method prevented my Bluetooth mic from working, but still a good solution if your headset mic isn't your primary input.19 -
Here is the most straight forward method, similar to the most recent post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/7ofarc/discord_muting_all_my_other_sounds_need_help_im/
For newer versions of Windows 10, go to "Sounds" and click on the text that says "Manage sound devices". "Playback" is now "Output Devices", and "Recording" is now "Input Devices. Disable the any of the options that has "Hand Free" on it. Then ta-dah, everything works. However, the mic on your bluetooth device is not going to work. I guess this is the only way for Windows to not recognize it as a phone call and disable all other audio.
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Mee too.
I had the same issue. I use win 7. I could not hear anything including the system sounds and notifications of discord.
I uninstalled discord but still, I could not hear anything. So I uninstalled my audio driver(Realtek HD Audio Driver) and installed the driver again. It worked. I could hear everything again. I installed discord again and nothing has happened till today. I have not allowed discord to start at system startup bcz I felt that was the reason I could not hear anything. It happened when I enabled to start at system startup and rebooted my laptop. Till today I have had no issues after doing this.
Update : Ok guys. Now the same thing happened again. So what happened is that I could not hear any sound after hibernating my laptop with discord open. What I understood is that You must not have discord running when your system is booting. Discord must not be running during startup.
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I had this same issue using a bt headset, What fixed it for me was just having a wired headset plugged in to my PC. Not to use the wired headset, but just it being plugged in seemed to change something. Works great now!
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I have a USB-C option for connection on my headset. Connecting to my computer using the USB-C to USB-C allowed for discord and other sounds without compromising the sound quality.
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Registered just for this, I hope it would help somebody still looking at this problem:
The discord app seems to be more hardware-consumpting then the web-version. The same goes for the Netflix app on windows. In-browser it works fine, but in the app it seems to full-reserve your hardware.
Set your headphones as default device and use discord from your browser seems to get around the problem.
Hope this helps!
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Ibraheem thanks a lot
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hey! i'm having the same issue. every time i get into a voice chat, all sounds from my pc are muted. neither of these solutions have worked. i tried Ibraheem's method and theinfamousclam's too. neither seem to work. if you find a solution, please dm me at spooky spooky#3882
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If it's on windows, try enabling stereo mix. Its disabled on win10 by default most of the times.
https://superuser.com/questions/753061/what-is-stereo-mix-supposed-to-be-used-for-in-windows
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@Carlos Almeida Thank you soooo much, it worked for me!
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Ok, I found a solution to this. At least in my case..
If you are using Bluetooth headphones and they are also being used as a microphone, there is just not simply enough bandwidth in the headset to do both. There is an old post about this here. You'll notice that although the post is old, there is a comment about someone trying this with Bluetooth 5.0.
In windows 10, you can disconnect the microphone portion completely and that seems to fix the problem. You'll need to use another microphone (easier for laptop users).
To disconnect the microphone component:
Control Panel -> Sound Settings -> Sound Settings Control Panel (on the right side lists) -> Recording
Once you're there, right-click the headset and 'disconnect'. This is not permanent and you can re-enable it by following the same steps. It should work right away.
Hope that helps. This was EXTREMELY annoying and I couldn't find a quick walkthrough for this anywhere. Hopefully, this thread will stick around.
Leaving some keywords for the almighty search algorithms:
WINDOWS 10
DISCORD AUDIO ISSUES
BLUETOOTH HEADSET
NO AUDIO
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Ibraheem Thanks a lot, I searched for an hour before I found your solution. :D
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This is also happens due to Discord MIC Problem. I solve this issue by taking some simple steps. Thanks to Discord team also for a great support.
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