help connecting desktop audio to obs?

cyniikal

New Member
hi! i just started streaming today when i realized that my desktop audio was not connecting to obs, nor my stream. ive never streamed before, nor have i really looked into the technical side of obs, more just the visuals as that's all i knew how to set up. i had a friend guide me through checking desktop audios>properties>device>etc, which gives me two options, neither of which are my headphones (not including default, which does nothing) as i think they should be, therefore i can't get audio through. we've tried a bit with adding an audio output capture, but that doesn't seem to work either, as it gives me the same options.
for reference, i use apple headphones, and plug them into my monitor instead of my pc (glad to answer questions about the pc itself if that's needed, i'm a bit new to pcs in general so i'm not sure what would be needed for context.)
thanks!
 

cyniikal

New Member
posting this to help people out in the future: i had obs muted in my volume mixer, thinking that i would have to hear my output from my stream while streaming. actually, you have to have the audio up all the way, or else it wont actually pick up audio! hope this helps anyone in the future!
 
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