Can I listen to something in a different window, but not have it picked up in recording/streaming and still have gameplay audio heard?

[trashtcan]

I want to record gameplay but listen to music or listen to a youtube video in the process, but I don't want that picked up in the recording. I still want to be able to have the gameplay audio heard in the recording and my headset as well, just not music in the recording.

Thanks to anyone if you're able to help :)

 

[AaronD]

It doesn't take much to exceed OBS's audio capabilities, and you're right on the edge. There probably *is* a way to make OBS do what you want, but I think it'd be easier to manage if you switched to running your audio *outside* of OBS, and only gave it what you want to record.

You might start with one of these:

VB-Audio VoiceMeeter Banana

VoiceMeeter Banana, the Advanced Virtual Audio Mixer by V.Burel

vb-audio.com

VB-Audio VoiceMeeter Potato

VoiceMeeter Potato, the Ultimate Virtual Audio Mixer for Windows

vb-audio.com

Pick the one that fits what you're doing and likely will do in the future.

In addition to the physical connections, each of those also installs some virtual devices that behave the same way to any application, but they're connected to the virtual audio mixer instead. Now:

• Your mic connects to a physical input of the virtual mixer, NOT OBS!
• Your game connects to a virtual input of the mixer (a virtual speaker), NOT OBS!
• Your music connects to a different virtual input (a different virtual speaker), NOT OBS!
• Your headphones connect to a physical output of the virtual mixer, NOT OBS!
• OBS connects to a virtual output of the mixer (a virtual mic), AND THAT'S ALL!
  • You might use two virtual outputs (virtual mics), just to have different processing in OBS that Voicemeeter doesn't do, but that's as far as you go with audio in OBS.

Use the routing buttons in the virtual audio mixer, to send each thing to where it needs to go, and not to where it shouldn't go.