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I am trying to connect my speakers to my xbox one s directly because my tv doesn’t have an audio port. But my xbox does and it won’t recognize the speakers unless i plug them into the controller.

Hi As the Xbox one s does not have a 3.5mm audio output, you will need a HDMI to HDMI + audio adapter like the one linked below. This will use the HDMI port of your Xbox and give you a audio out as well as HDMI. Good luck https://www.amazon.de/AAMANKA-HDMI-Audio

Have the same issue with my Xbox 1x. My monitor has a headphone jack and audio in. Tried both and neither work and it only works through my controller.

I’m trying to connect my Xbox 1 S to our 4 built-in surround sound speakers without an optical output cord. Is there any way to do this?