Help needed with DSDPlus, SDRSharp & VAC

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Reelfishguy

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I have those installed on my laptop with the RTL2832U dongle. I have 2 portable radios--one DMR and one NXDN. My soundcard recording is set to Line 1-VAC, the playback is set to the laptop internal speakers. I do not hear the decoded digital audio in the speakers but I can hear analog audio in the speakers. I cannot see any audio waveform in the DSD screen. I tried to run Zadig.exe but the RTL dongle is not listed as a device although List All Devices is checked. I probably have several problems but would like to get this finally working. Thanks for all the suggestions.
 

RayAir

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Post some screenshots of your audio set up for SDR# and DSD+.

Filter audio is unchecked on SDR#, right?
 

Reelfishguy

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Thanks for the help!! I did make some changes today. I am feeding the laptop with a discriminator output in to the mic in and it does decide both DMR and NXDN. I am hearing in the speakers both the decoded audio and the discriminator audio (which is the raw digital audio). My setup for the sound card is Control Panel>Sound>Playback--Line 1 in (Virtual Audio Cable) set to Default, and Speakers (internal) Ready; Recording--Microphone is set to Default Device and Line 1 (Virtual Audio Device) is set to Default Communications Device. Using a separate receiver certainly made the decoding very stable. I just hear both the discriminator audio and the decoded digital audio at the same time. Just want to hear the decoded audio. Thanks again for the help
 

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If you're using a discriminator tap, then there is no need for a virtual audio cable, so at this time, I wouldn't suggest installing one - or since you already have, just uninstall it for the time being. You can always reinstall it later.

With no virtual cable present, your onboard sound device should be input device #1 as well as output device #1 - which are also the default devices that DSD+ uses for input and output, so easy peasy, nothing needs to be specified on the DSD+ command line.

If you're still hearing the raw audio through your speakers, there's typically a setting you need to adjust. Here, I have to click on Sound / Playback devices / Speakers / Configure / Speakers Properties; once I'm there, there are mute buttons for Microphone and Line In; when they're muted, raw audio doesn't come through the speakers.
 
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