I just recently bought a Samsung Earphones (3 mm one jack) with legit & working inline controls & mic, tho it only works on smartphones and tablets? Is it possible to make it work on PC too? Do I need drivers for that?
My headphones here
I'm just using the Generic Sound Drivers for Windows since my laptop is an Windows Vista era laptop and the audio drivers isn't fully compatible with Windows (such as SRS Premium Sound, Surround Sound settings, Equalizers) so I just uninstalled it.
I was hoping too to also make my PC recognize other audio inputs when something is put on the jacks, and apply the separate volume level separate with my PC speaker? Is that still possible for my PC? This what my jacks look like
It will also be much generous of you if you can also even help me bring back that old and more audio improvements features on my audio drivers. The SRS, Surround Sound and the Equalizer. It stopped working when I updated on Windows 8.1. It's working on Vista to 8.
Best Answer
The standard audio outputs are output only. There is no hardware to receive the feedback. A headphone with a microphone built in has 4 channels where a normal plug has 3. Count the black bands on the plug. You will see either 2 black bands or 3.
There is only one audio input on most sound cards. If you need multiple audio inputs you will need another sound-card. I recommend one built for audio recording.
You can get cheap USB sound-cards if you don't need studio quality recordings.