1. A method comprising: maintaining, at a device, grouping data specifying relationships between a plurality of components through which the device routes audio or visual information; determining to route audio or visual information through a first component of the plurality of components; in response to determining to route audio or visual information through the first component: reading the grouping data to identify a relationship between the first component and a second component of the plurality of components; and based at least on the grouping data indicating the relationship between the first component and the second component, the device determining whether to route audio or visual information through the second component while routing audio or visual information through the first component; wherein the method is performed by the device.