Question / Help Crackling audio with 160 bitrate encoding

[EntarioFox]

So I guess we all know how Twitch is forcing you to switch to 160 bitrate encoding. I did just that and now my stream is suffering from this loud annoying crackling. I can't seem to figure out what is causing this? Please note I am using the AAC encoding option.

 

[Kharay]

No, you're not forced into 160 Kbps AAC. The MAXIMUM is 160 Kbps AAC soon. But you can still stream at lower bitrates.

 

[EntarioFox]

No, you're not forced into 160 Kbps AAC. The MAXIMUM is 160 Kbps AAC soon. But you can still stream at lower bitrates.

Ah, my bad. I used to stream at 256 kbps AAC which was working out just fine for me. Lowering it is what caused this problem. Any ideas?

 

[Kharay]

Honestly, I am not 100% sure but you may want to ensure your audio's sample rate is set no higher than 48Khz and not enabled to be used exclusively.

Audio Devices -> Select whichever device -> Properties -> Advanced

 

[PINHEAD49]

Ye, 44.1Khz should be fine. Otherwise you can try to disable the S/PDIF output. If the problem is not only on twitch and you're using USB 3.0, please try to use USB 2.0