Set Channels for Output?

[lifewithmatthew]

When I go to system settings I noticed that for my 3 outputs it says they are configured as 8 channel outputs. I just use a pair of headphones so all I need it 2 channels. 1) Do I free up any computer resources by having this set to 2 channel output and 2) how to I actually configured how many channels I want the outputs to have?

[Vincent Burel]

this is pending on selected output device, how they are configured.
(in Windows Sound Dialog box -> Playback device List -> CONFIGURE button).

[lifewithmatthew]

This got me on the right track. I checked an all my devices were set to stereo, but voicemeeter still showed 8 channels. Once I changed the hardware output from MME to WDM it correctly displayed 2 channels.

[Vincent Burel]

maybe it 's a format negotiation question.
WDM interface will negotiate more directly with the device...
while MME is negotiating with Windows KMixer (which is maybe already configured in 5.1 for other applications).

in all cases, this should not be a problem.