No Audio with Rift CV1 (not problem source selection)

Hello hello! My first post, but I felt inspired because I finally figured it out. I was having the exact same problem, same Realtek drivers, etc. My solution isn't perfect, but it'll get you the audio you're trying to get in your rift headphones. I do hope this helps, but apologize in advance that it's not "perfect."

1) Open your playback devices, set your rift headset as the default device.
2) Right click on your Rift audio device, and select Properties
3) Select the tab that reads Advanced, and change the drop down to CD Quality. (I believe the default is DVD quality.)
4) Open your Oculus Software. Select the settings Icon in the upper right. (Looks like a gear.)
5) Select Devices on the left, then select the headset. In the "VR Audio Output" change it from Rift Headset to "Windows Default."
6) Launch your game.

Hopefully this works for you. Just as a side note, I only recently figured this all out and one thing I noticed as I type this out is when I exit the game (Skyrim, in my case) windows resets the default speakers from Rift to Regular Speakers, so it seems you might need to set the default headphones as the rift every time you want to launch a game. I hope this fixes your problem. Please let me know! Good luck everybody.

Excellent tip, thanks. I also prefer using my surround speaker system, but I could see maybe using the Oculus headphones on occasion, Switching default from the taskbar will make things much easier.

Curious as to why you needed to change from dvd to cd quality though. ?
 
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I just got a CV1 and the above solution was the only way I could get audio in Ed to work thru the Rift. All other VR apps allow me to use my PC speakers/other headset until the Rift is activated. Is there still no fix that allows ED to work like these other apps?
I have tried the Oculus "audio mirroring" without success.
My OS in Windows 7 64-bit with the Realtek HD audio.
I even tried to get an ED partner rift key (although I don't want to install another version of ED on my computer) and all I get is a screen flash with no key provided.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
 
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