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How can I play different music playlists through different output sources on the same media player?

So one Bluetooth speaker playing nirvana. Headphones playing Led Zeppelin. And network speaker playing AC/DC. All on the same media player at the same time. What combination of solutions can I do that with? So for example, if I were to use Media Player Classic how could I change their output sources on a per-instance basis? Or do I need a multiple software solution using Virtual Audio Cable somehow?

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  • Does it have to be the same player? Or to be more precise, does it have to be the same instance of it? AFAIK you can only set the output per-application(-instance) but you could run multiple instances of the same media player (e.g. using su - to run as different users) and then set different output streams using pavucontrol.
    – confetti
    Commented Mar 1, 2021 at 3:12
  • @confetti it could be multiple instances, but even then I’m not sure how to change the output source setting for a media player to different things for different instances.
    – Ethan
    Commented Mar 1, 2021 at 3:43
  • What OS are you using or how to us? Please note that requests to recommend software are off topic. You could rephrase this question to remove the parts about requesting a software package to do this and instead ask how this can be accomplished.
    – music2myear
    Commented Mar 1, 2021 at 5:43
  • @music2myear I’m doing this with Windows 10
    – Ethan
    Commented Mar 1, 2021 at 5:44
  • Oh I thought we're talking Linux. On Windows, no idea.
    – confetti
    Commented Mar 1, 2021 at 11:32

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If you use VLC Media player, you can change the audio output device on a per-instance basis.

All you have to do is open Audio -> Audio Device Then you can select the speaker that you want to play it out of.

More generally spoken, you need a media player, that supports

  • running more than one instance at a time (probably in the same user session)
  • setting the audio output device on a per-instance basis (like VLC does)
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  • I tried it and it turns out I can do the same thing with Media Player Classic too. I'll accept this answer, but don't go getting a big head or anything. XD
    – Ethan
    Commented Mar 11, 2021 at 21:27

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