Xbox One controller headphones audio fix

[c4ptainscarl3t]

If you've been playing on your Windows 10 PC with your stereo headphones plugged into a wireless Xbox One controller's audio jack, and like me have been experiencing audio cutting out while watching the video episodes (and sometimes in game too), then hopefully this solution will work for you.

For reference my controller is connected to my PC using the official USB dongle, so no idea if this will be useful to anyone using Bluetooth.
The steps below require you to have your controller turned on and connected to your PC, and your headphones plugged into your controller.

Right click on your windows speaker icon and select Sounds, this should open up the Sound dialog window.
Select the Playback tab, highlight Headphones Xbox Controller and click the properties button.
On the Headphones Properties dialog select the Spatial sound tab, select the Windows Sonic for Headphones sound format and check the Turn on 7.1 virtual surround sound checkbox.
Click apply and OK on the dialog windows to confirm your changes.

Start the game and hopefully enjoy stutter free audio from now on :-)

[BondeC]

Originally posted by c4ptainscarl3t:

If you've been playing on your Windows 10 PC with your stereo headphones plugged into a wireless Xbox One controller's audio jack, and like me have been experiencing audio cutting out while watching the video episodes (and sometimes in game too), then hopefully this solution will work for you.

For reference my controller is connected to my PC using the official USB dongle, so no idea if this will be useful to anyone using Bluetooth.
The steps below require you to have your controller turned on and connected to your PC, and your headphones plugged into your controller.

Right click on your windows speaker icon and select Sounds, this should open up the Sound dialog window.
Select the Playback tab, highlight Headphones Xbox Controller and click the properties button.
On the Headphones Properties dialog select the Spatial sound tab, select the Windows Sonic for Headphones sound format and check the Turn on 7.1 virtual surround sound checkbox.
Click apply and OK on the dialog windows to confirm your changes.

Start the game and hopefully enjoy stutter free audio from now on :-)

Thanks c4ptainscarl3t. I will try it. I have the same problem.