No sound from browsers when headphones are re-connected

[InTeGeR13]

Tried to sum up the whole issue in the subject itself. When watching a YouTube video, for example, and you switch from speakers to headphones, or just remove and re-connect the headphones, the audio goes dead and video is locked at that point. I need to restart the browser to get the audio back. Observed on both Firefox and IE 7 now.

This does not upset media players, like foobar2000.

Browser - Firefox 3.2 a1pre
Motherboard - ASUS P5Q Pro
Websites - YouTube, Pandora
Flash version - 10.0.12.36
Operating System - Vista Home Premium (64-bit)

Anyone know why it is so?

[SNM]

USB headphones provide a separate sound device and so tend to break audio output on programs when they are disconnected; it's possible that foobar2000 is aware of this and checks for changes in the output options periodically. That's my initial guess.

[InTeGeR13]

USB headphones provide a separate sound device and so tend to break audio output on programs when they are disconnected; it's possible that foobar2000 is aware of this and checks for changes in the output options periodically. That's my initial guess.

Just to add on - These are not USB speakers/headphones. They connect to the regular 3.5 mm slot.

[Nitrodist]

Sounds like an issue with Realtek and its detection of the jacks being plugged in and out. Perhaps disabling the detection method in the Realtek control panel would be beneficial.

[morphine]

In that case, updating to the latest Realtek drivers may fix the issue (with some luck).