Help a tyro \(^u^)/ having audio issues.. uber new at this

[CrystalBlue]

Hello out there all you IT wizards... I am a total newb to this whole OBS thing. I tripped on it totally by accident while diligently seeking a better yet simple/budget conscious way of live streaming our church services. This pandemic may have closed many doors, but it most definitely cracked open lots of windows. I've gone from just live streaming from my phone on facebook for mass to assisting other families connect during funerals via zoom, hosting graduation parties via Youtube live, to asynchronous training/meetings at work.
However...when I compare myself to all the influencers and tweenies tiktoking out there, my content looks whack. And so, the need to step it up.

Ok - that was background...this is where I'm at now. I am trying my darndnest to learn this OBS thing...and in the last 36 hours I've learned how to stream to Facebook using my laptop camera, a usb camera and even how to connect my phone as a wireless camera (obs ninja ROCKS)... HOWEVER... here is my problemo - We've been using wireless mics (RODE GO) because the church has wicked acoustics which makes it uber hard to pick up on reg phone mic. Soooo...my question is this - How can I make only the audio of one camera be the primary and only audio? Is that even possible?

So my setup is very primitive - I use HP laptop - I use my Samsung tablet as a hot spot (because church has no wifi or nothing) - I have a cheap 20$ USB web camera, a set of RODE GO mics, my Samsung Note 5 phone, my dad's Iphone (not sure what kind or what, but it's how it all started because he's the Deacon of our church). I recently bought a Sokani Tiny Twin mic set (Merry Christmas to me). I have 2 aluminum tripods and 1 tripod dolly (to roll around the church). I have no IT experience except I was the first in my family to use a vhs camcorder and everyone calls me to reset their microwave clocks (I'm a boomer, i believe the kids are calling it)....

Please >_< help a newbie out!!!
Thanks in advance....

 

[FerretBomb]

That depends on how your audio input chain works, and if you want to switch between cameras' audio while only having one audible at a time, or only ever want to have audio from one camera. Also, if you have wireless mics, why use camera audio at all?

In the cameras' input properties you should be able to set the audio to 'Capture Only', and then in the Advanced Audio Properties (right click in the mixer area, or click on one of the cogs there) uncheck all of the Track tick-boxes. (Each audio track is separate, like choosing a language on a DVD.)
You can then add an Audio Input Capture source, pointed at whichever audio device you want to use (most webcams provide an audio device too).

For extra-complex setups, you can then add only the AIC source you want to hear in a given scene to that scene, so when you switch scenes (cameras) it changes the audio to use whichever AIC source you want on that scene.
You can also mix-and-match by adding all the AICs to a single Scene, then adding that Scene to each of your camera scenes, and enable/disable each audio input capture source via hotkeys (though an Elgato Streamdeck makes this much easier) so you can choose whichever audio source you want, on whichever scene you want.

For example:
-I have Cameras A, B, and C. I have a wireless mic setup coming in on USB.
I'd set up five Scenes.
One with A fullscreen, one with B fullscreen, one with C fullscreen, and one with ABC arranged however I like so I can show all of them simultaneously in smaller windows.
I'd also set up an 'Audio' scene, and add it to each of the other four scenes as a source.
Inside Audio, I'd create an Audio Input Capture for Cam-A, Cam-B, Cam-C, and WirelessUSB.
I'd define hotkeys for each AIC in Settings->Hotkeys to turn them on and off (assign the same hotkey to both on and off to make it a toggle).
Then I can just swap to whichever scene I want to show, and hit the hotkeys to turn each audio feed on and off as I like.