Play phone music on computer but controlled from phone

Jaiy

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Apr 19, 2015
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Hi,
I have a samsong phone with songs stored on it.
What I want to do is to be able to play those songs directly controlled from the phone ( without having to transfer to computer or play from computer, which I can do ) through a wired connection e.g usb connection.

I am using windows 8.1 and when I have my phone set up with usb or with connector ( the headphone type jack ) I can set in windows audio panel to use those inputs ( under recording tab). Whether its usb or line in I do see the meter go up and down when I play the music from the phone so I know the signal is getting through to the computer.

However when I select headphones ( I currently do not have computer speakers ) under the playback tab and set it to default device and enabled I get no sound; I don't even see the meters move. Although when I do "test" ( in windows panel ) the sound does come through and other sounds do work if say I play a game or listen to music directly from computer.

Again I just need to know how I can play music through computer speaker/headphones that is stored on the phone and controlled from the phone e.g. select random plays/ repeats.

It's a long story why I need to do it this way, so to keep this request short as possible I am not detailing why.

Maybe it's software that is needed to act as an interface? I've seen some that seems it might do the trick but they are through wireless, I need this to be wired connection.

Thank you for all who can help