Ever since the 10.0 update, the drop down for changing my current audio output device in the settings no longer seems to do anything without a game restart. This is problematic as I often swap between Speakers/Headset while playing depending on what I’m doing, and both are plugged in all of the time. I have a script for changing the device in Windows quickly, and prior to 10.0 I used to be able to go into System → Sound in WoW and quickly change it there and be good go.
Now I have to do that, and then restart the client for the update to register.
This was never an issue prior to the Dragonflight update. I can also do this fine in other Blizzard games (Overwatch, Diablo 3) without issues.
Worth noting that I identified (and reported) this issue on beta a couple of months ago and it seems like it went live like this.
Does anyone know of a possible workaround for this until the functionality is fixed?
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My addon has an update pending but if you’d like to try it you can do “/ar” to restart the audio engine after swapping audio devices and should be good to go. Make sure you get the v10.0.0, it should be approved in the next 5-10 minutes.
Yours was the first return when I googled this exact issue, which I’ve been experiencing this week. It’s super annoying as I also swap frequently between desktop speakers, “audiophile” headphones, and regular gaming headphones depending on what activity I’m doing. Hope you get a reply or they notice it. Just wanted to add my voice to the mix.
I am also having this same issue
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What addon restarts the audio engine?
Same here I have to change to my headset log out completely and then back in.
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A workaround is type into your chat:
/run Sound_GameSystem_RestartSoundSystem()
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Having the same issue, it’s driving me mad.
Work around is nice except it seems to reset the volume to 100% which sucks if you don’t notice.
Wanted to bump this because it’s been bugging me all week, glad to see I’m not the only one. I generally swap between my speakers and headphones (solo vs playing with friends) and it sucks that I’ve had to restart my game every time. Only been happening since prepatch
I too am having the same problem. It’s cool that people are offering a work around or another addon to help with this, but prior to 10.0 this was not broken. Hopefully they fix soon.
They should add a button in the Options>Audio menu in game that runs this command after you select a new sound device from the pulldown menu…
Had the same problem! Thanks for the workaround I added it to my audio switching macro, works perfectly!
/run local cvar,val=“Sound_OutputDriverIndex” val=(GetCVar(cvar) == “1” and 2 or 1) SetCVar(cvar, val) print(“New sound driver”, Sound_GameSystem_GetOutputDriverNameByIndex(val)) AudioOptionsFrame_AudioRestart()
/run Sound_GameSystem_RestartSoundSystem()
Does any of this solve the issue with my sound that now pops in and out? Never once had this issue before, don’t have this problem with any other game or app. But WoW now has this popping in and out of sound and it’s very annoying.
I’ve been having this same issue
No blue post on this? 
Same issue since 10.0. Annoying as eff. I use Razr Naris that require their own virtual audio device to be used (one for chat, one for game) and swapping between these and speakers used to be seamless, but now its like “eff you and your headphones”
No clue why it replied to Aledenais, when i scrolled all the way to the bottom to hit reply.
just tried using /run Sound_GameSystem_RestartSoundSystem(). didn’t fix it. had to close and reopen anyway.
It won’t even change when I restart the client now. At least I had that as an option, now im just stuck.