How can you split two audio streams to speakers and headphones, using two separate jacks?

I am running Windows 7 on an Inspiron 531 PC with a Realtek HD audio card and am currently listening to music via the front headphone jack and Windows Media Player,  while simultaneously listening the the Packers/Dallas football game on my PC speakers via the rear speaker jack and the line in jack from my TV.  Steps as follows:

Open the Realtek Audio Manager

Click Device Advanced Settings (upper right)

Check the option ‘Make front and rear output devices playback two different audio streams simultaniously’, then OK

Set the optional Sound Effects for both Speakers & HD Audio 2nd Output

From Windows 7 Control Panel, open Sound

You will have two playback devices shown, Speakers & HD Audio 2nd Output

Click the Recording tab and double-click the ‘Line In’ recording device

Click the Listen tab

Make sure Listen to This Device is checked and  set Playback Through This Device to ‘Speakers’

This will output Line In to the Speakers while the PC default output will be to the front headphones

Now when you open the Volume control in the Task Bar you will have two volume controls, speakers and headphones.  If you click on Mixer at the bottom of each you will see that the Speakers are connected to Line In, and the Realtek HD Audio 2nd Output in connected to System Sounds (the default) & will also show a connection to Windows Media Player if you are playing tunes through the headphones.

To switch the outputs:

From Windows 7 Control Panel, open Sound

Click the Playback tab and select Speakers & click Set Default below

Click the Recording tab and double click Line In

Click the Listen tab and under Playback Through This Device select HD Audio 2^nd^ Output

Then click Apply

To reverse:

From Windows 7 Control Panel, open Sound

Click the Playback tab and select HD Audio 2^nd^ Output & click Set Default below

Click the Recording tab and double click Line In

Click the Listen tab and under Playback Through This Device select Speakers

Then click Apply

Thank you for that wonderful cut and pasted reply.

i was able to solve it by setting the option "Device advance settings" from the top right corner of the realtek utility software, it opens up a lets you choose to either mute the back panel jacks when pluggin into the front panel or see them as separate devices, with the last one you can set either one to be default communication option, so software like skype will use this instead of the back connected speakers.

How can you split audio streams to different outputs in Windows 7

EX: Listen to music threw speakers + have game sound from headphones

Currently have HD Realtek Audio Driver