Sound with VR

[SCG_motoadve]

What do I need to select so VR headsets sound starts when VR starts?

And they stop when VR stop?

 

I set it to VR when it starts , but i keep hearing the desktop speakers instead of the Rift VR speakers.

[TG-55Panthercules]

What do I need to select so VR headsets sound starts when VR starts?

And they stop when VR stop?

 

I set it to VR when it starts , but i keep hearing the desktop speakers instead of the Rift VR speakers.

 

I believe that you can use the OTT (Oculus Tray Tool, or something like that) to make a profile with those settings, but I just use Steam VR's own settings to do that. Under Settings/Audio it has menu items to set your playback device when in VR and after exiting VR.  Has always worked for me, but if you've tried that and it's not working for you then maybe trying OTT would be the way to go.

[BeastyBaiter]

In steamVR (that's what BoS uses), go to settings and tell it to switch to the HMD's audio when starting and to revert back when exiting. Note that this happens when SteamVR opens/closes. If you launch BoS, it will launch steamVR imperceptably after BoS starts, which will cause the sound to still come from the speakers as the speaker/headphone assignment must occur prior to launching BoS. To get around this, manually launch steamVR first. Alternatively, you can just click the speaker icon next to the clock on the taskbar and switch to the Rift/Vive/Odyssey manually prior to launching. That's what I do, it's the simplest and most reliable way. Works every time.