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Originally Posted by JackieLikesVariety
I have the $20 external CD/DVD drive pluged in and I got it to play a CD on Windows Media Player because I haven't downloaded the other option/s yet.
should I be able to play it with the Bang & Olufsen Audio or if not, what is that for?
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The Bang & Olufsen app is just a fancy-schmancy group of settings to adjust the sound your computer plays. You can set up presets for speakers vs. headphones, futz with the bass/treble/etc., tell it to listen for background noise when you're using the microphone (like on a Zoom call) and cancel the background noise out, etc.
Here's the HP Guide:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05299856
And here's the B&O guide:
https://corporate.bang-olufsen.com/en/partners/hp
Keep in mind, settings in the B&O app and settings in any app that actually produces sound (foobar, Media Player Classic, your web browser, Zoom, even Windows when it makes its little noises, whatever) will combine (or, if you're a D&D nerd, "stack"), so if you boost the bass in one and then boost the bass in the other, it'll be extra-boomy. Most folks would fiddle with the system-wide sound (B&O), set-it-and-forget-it, and leave the settings in individual playback apps alone ... but YMMV. No wrong answers, it's all a matter of taste.