I cannot hear xbox game sound on my earbuds

Any earbuds should work with an Xbox One controller. The quality might not be the best. I have a pair of Skullcandy earbuds that I've had for a few years that still work and sound great.

Any joy lads?

I bought the Xbox adapter.

Applied the update.

I can hear game sounds. But I cannot hear my friends talk.

They can hear me.

Which makes it more annoying.

Hi,

I'll address each of your points in turn:

Q) You were able to hear system sounds before you included the sound bar.

A) Correct

Q) You cannot hear system sounds with the sound bar included in your set-up.

A) Under certain conditions, correct. These are the conditions:

- When the Sound Bar is connected directly to the Xbox 360 via digital optical, I cannot hear system sounds when using Digital Stereo

- When the Sound Bar connects to my TV via HDMI, and my TV outputs audio to the Sound Bar via digital optical, I cannot hear system sounds, regardless of Xbox's output format. This is because my HDTV outputs only linear PCM when the audio source is HDMI

Q) You are now unable to hear system sounds even directly connected to your TV

A) Correct -- see above for further details

Q) Are you able to hear other sounds in games or movies?

A) Yes -- I watched an AVI movie on my Xbox 360 when using digital optical through my TV, and I didn't notice any issues with the audio.

Q) Is there any configuration of your set-up that allows you to hear the system sounds?

A) There are two situations where I can hear the system sounds:

- When the Xbox 360 connects directly to the Sound Bar, the the output audio format is Dolby Digital

- When the Xbox 360 connects to my HDTV, and then the HDTV outputs analog audio to the Sound Bar

Hi Kathy,

Thank you for your reply. Sorry I couldn't respond earlier.

Regarding your questions:

1. I haven't faced any issues when using my Surface Earbuds to play music.
   
2. I'm able to hear sound when playing other games. And the issue doesn't happen on the loading screen. I'm able to hear the ice-breaking sound when the game is loading. But once I'm in the game, I cannot hear anything.
   
3. My PC doesn't have a speaker and I don't have any other headset now. I'll purchase a wired headset tomorrow and see how it goes.
   
4. I tried to use Intel Driver & Support Assistant to update my drivers(I'm using an Intel NUC). But it didn't solve the issue.
   
5. It has happened since I started to play this game last weekend. My PC has the latest windows update.
   

Thanks and Regards,

Sida

Interestingly, I can hear audio from the xbox through my earbuds, the controllers just don't seem to be sending the microphone audio to the xbox. I was under the impression that the 3.5mm port on the new controllers had both audio and mic capabilities, am
I wrong?

I know that the microphone is sending sound to the controller and I know it's getting sent to the correct pins on the 3.5mm port...