Question / Help Changing the Audio Codec?

[Jake Eddie]

Hello everyone. I'm currently trying to figure out how to change the audio codec to something besides AAC. The reason is because I record two audio tracks when I play games, but the editing software I use (Hitfilm 4 Express) doesn't import multiple audio tracks. Because of this, I need to import the audio tracks into Audacity and separate them, but Audacity doesn't support the AAC format of audio. I know people have been able to change the audio codec, but I can't seem to find where to do it in OBS Studio. Anyone know how?

Thanks,
Jake.

 

[Simes]

You can use other software to extract the audio. ffmpeg will do it, and will convert it to WAV for you as well if you need that. It's a little intimidating to use but very powerful.

 

[Suslik V]

Using OBS For Audio ONLY

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/post-production-tools-you-can-use.34080/
For Audacity you can navigate to Edit>Preferences...>Libraries>FFmpeg Library (Download & Locate), then you can import AAC via File>Import>Audio...

And read this thread: Recording without muxing

Just in case, OBS Studio Help Guide: https://obsproject.com/forum/resour...ware-studio-multiplatform-help-guide-pdf.365/ there you can find how to enable Custom Output (FFmpeg) at recording tab options too (only single audio track is supported by now).

 

[Jake Eddie]

Using OBS For Audio ONLY

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/post-production-tools-you-can-use.34080/
For Audacity you can navigate to Edit>Preferences...>Libraries>FFmpeg Library (Download & Locate), then you can import AAC via File>Import>Audio...

I did install the ffmpeg library for Audacity, but it still won't open files with the AAC audio codec.

 

[Jake Eddie]

Never mind. Apparently you can't load them into Audacity at the same time. Not at once. Disregard what I just said to you Suslik. Thank you for you guy's help.