cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/7148311

Does Multipoint functionality in headphones allow you to listen to two different devices at the same time?

I have been using an audio mixer at my desk for a while now so I can do things like listen to music while I play video games but I am wondering if Multipoint could replace my audio mixer and simplify my setup. Would it allow me to listen to two different devices at the same time?

I have been reading about Multitpoint on websites selling compatible headphones (Jabra and Google) and it doesn’t sound like this is the case. It sounds like it’s simply a faster means of switching back and forth between devices. What makes me second guess this though are posts I have seen in forums suggesting Multipoint is the solution I am looking for.

If not could some wireless DAC be the solution?

  • gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I have 2 different multipoint headphones and neither can, but I can’t say for certain that it’s not possible. With the main one I use, once you start playing audio on one of the paired devices, it’ll completely switch over to that device.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Not simultaneously, no. It just switches to the last device that output sound. So if you had two things playing music, it will either not switch or constantly switch between the two sources.

    I don’t even know if there’s a good way to get 2 or more sources to play simultaneously through the same speakers. I can certainly go the other way and split 1 source into 2 systems, but I don’t know if you can just reverse a splitter to have output from 2 sources into a single input. 🤔

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      you can use a physical mixer and attach it to a bluetooth transmitter or, if one device is a PC, use audio in and configure it to mix it with its own sounds. physical analog 2 way splitters can also be used in reverse.