How To Use Winamp With Bluetooth Headphones?

rag-2-riches · 26th July 2020, 00:18

Anybody ever figure out how to use bluetooth headphones with Winamp? Because my wireless headphones work fine everywhere except with Winamp. I've see other very old posts in the forum about this, but with no resolutions. I don't see anything showing up in Output or Input Plugins that I would select to get the headphones to work. Any suggestions?

Thank you.

rag-2-riches · 26th July 2020, 04:22

Well, if anyone else ever needs to know. Winamp does not switch to headphones automatically. You got to do it manually. Go into Options. Then Preferences. Select "Output". Click on "Nullsoft DirectSound Output". Click "Configure" at bottom of screen. Then change the "Device" field to the Headphones. It's probably on "Primary Sound Card" by default.

qodakixu · 27th July 2020, 09:14

Hey, thanks for investigating

btsoundz · 29th December 2021, 00:26

>1 year later and I came upon this. Thanks for sharing the preferences change. If anyone else still has issues, try enabling General Preferences -> global hotkeys. I had to do this for the audio controls on my Sony WH-1000XM4 to work.

SudenKapala · 29th December 2021, 01:56

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Originally Posted by btsoundz

>1 year later and I came upon this. Thanks for sharing the preferences change. If anyone else still has issues, try enabling General Preferences -> global hotkeys. I had to do this for the audio controls on my Sony WH-1000XM4 to work.

Thanks for bumping this thread! With my 1000X Mark 3s, I've never had trouble playing -- my wAmp versions (on DirectSound output?) follow Windows in whereto sound is played. But I'd given up on trying to use the Xm3's buttons for controlling wAmp. Going to try tomorrow!

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rag-2-riches Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 2	How To Use Winamp With Bluetooth Headphones? Anybody ever figure out how to use bluetooth headphones with Winamp? Because my wireless headphones work fine everywhere except with Winamp. I've see other very old posts in the forum about this, but with no resolutions. I don't see anything showing up in Output or Input Plugins that I would select to get the headphones to work. Any suggestions? Thank you.

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26th July 2020, 04:22	#2
rag-2-riches Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 2	Well, if anyone else ever needs to know. Winamp does not switch to headphones automatically. You got to do it manually. Go into Options. Then Preferences. Select "Output". Click on "Nullsoft DirectSound Output". Click "Configure" at bottom of screen. Then change the "Device" field to the Headphones. It's probably on "Primary Sound Card" by default.

27th July 2020, 09:14	#3
qodakixu Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 1	Hey, thanks for investigating

29th December 2021, 00:26	#4
btsoundz Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2021 Posts: 1	>1 year later and I came upon this. Thanks for sharing the preferences change. If anyone else still has issues, try enabling General Preferences -> global hotkeys. I had to do this for the audio controls on my Sony WH-1000XM4 to work.