Jun 20, 2019 Sound problem with using Headphones Windows 10. The sound plays fine through the speakers. The headphones work if not plugged into the computer. With the headphones plugged into the computer the sound is very soft and garbled to a point of not being able to understand what is said.
This is probably a question for /r/techsupport, but I figured I'd ask it here as well in case it's an issue specific to Minecraft.
If I start Minecraft with my headphones unplugged, then plug in my headphones, the sound will still play through the speakers. Music and all the other application I've tested play through the speakers as you would expect.
The only solution I've found is to restart the game with the headphones plugged in. It's pretty annoying, especially because sometimes I won't notice and I'll end up annoying people without realizing it.
Edit: Apparently I had my monitor set as the default audio device. Setting it to Realtek Audio Manager fixed it.