Windows 11, Spotify keeps switching to wrong output

[qzn]

Plan

Premium

Country

Poland

Device

PC, Creative G6 soundcard, Nvidia Gforce 2060

Operating System

Windows 11

My Question or Issue

I have a problem with Spotify app constantly switching to wrong output device.

I have to manually pick the proper output in system mixer every time i turn on the app. G6 is set as default device.

If i disable all other devices but the G6, spotify will refuse to play media:

The weirdest part is: if I turn on spotify the mixer will display that it uses G6 as output, but there won't be any sound. But when I switch it to "Default" it will work (although G6 is the default device). When i switch it back to G6 the playback will continue to work.

I tried reinstall and clean reinstall, my device drivers are up to date. There is no problem with using spotify through website (google chrome keeps the correct output device).

[kaworu_bloodpaw]

Hi @qzn

Within the volume mixer, try clicking the reset button. Sometimes Windows can have some strange audio behavior.

Let me know if that helps!

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[qzn]

@kaworu_bloodpaw Tried that multiple times to no avail.

[qzn · Accepted solution]

Ok, found it: other device was set as default for sound playback:

I had to change it in the other device properties, not in mixer nor the proper device settings.