Question / Help Is it possible to do this ?

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LemonWAG1

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I want to play music behind my stream (I know how this works)
But my game volume is way to high...
Is there a way to lower my game volume ? (I use a Blackmagic to capture)
Or is there a way to make my music a lot louder ?
 
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Redderik

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Couldn't you just use the Volume Mixer in Windows to adjust the game sound down, and keep whatever your music player is to stay at a louder volume? Click on the speaker on the bottom right, and when the volume control comes up click on "Mixer." You should be able to adjust the volume on individual applications. I'm assuming you're on Windows 7? Let me know if it works!
 
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Xarox

New Member
I had to do a lot of tweaking with the volume controls to get it to the way I wanted it to.

OBS has 1 volume control.
The game has 1 volume control.
The musicplayer has 1 volume control.
Your headset/pc speakers has 1 volume control.

etc..

Takes patience to get it right. :)
 
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LemonWAG1

Member
Redderik said:
Couldn't you just use the Volume Mixer in Windows to adjust the game sound down, and keep whatever your music player is to stay at a louder volume? Click on the speaker on the bottom right, and when the volume control comes up click on "Mixer." You should be able to adjust the volume on individual applications. I'm assuming you're on Windows 7? Let me know if it works!
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Then my music volume also goes down :(

Xarox said:
I had to do a lot of tweaking with the volume controls to get it to the way I wanted it to.

OBS has 1 volume control.
The game has 1 volume control.
The musicplayer has 1 volume control.
Your headset/pc speakers has 1 volume control.

etc..

Takes patience to get it right. :)
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I am doing now something like that, but it doens't really work that well :(
 
dodgepong

dodgepong

Administrator
Community Helper
LemonWAG1 said:
Isn't there a way to just lower the capture source ?
(Video Capture Device)
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Not in OBS. The way to lower the volume of the game would be either to change it in the Windows mixer (click the speaker icon on the bottom right corner of your screen and click "Mixer") or to actually edit the in-game options of the game to lower the master volume. You can't adjust the volume of individual programs in OBS, just individual audio devices.
 
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LemonWAG1

Member
dodgepong said:
LemonWAG1 said:
Isn't there a way to just lower the capture source ?
(Video Capture Device)
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Not in OBS. The way to lower the volume of the game would be either to change it in the Windows mixer (click the speaker icon on the bottom right corner of your screen and click "Mixer") or to actually edit the in-game options of the game to lower the master volume. You can't adjust the volume of individual programs in OBS, just individual audio devices.
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Ah okay.

Do you think there will ever be a way to do this ?
Because now you need to make a whole way around to get the job done
 
dodgepong

dodgepong

Administrator
Community Helper
LemonWAG1 said:
Ah okay.

Do you think there will ever be a way to do this ?
Because now you need to make a whole way around to get the job done
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No, because that's not the way sound works in Windows. Programs can't get access to individual audio levels of other programs, or even individual audio streams of other programs. They can only capture sound from sound devices.

I'm not sure why adjusting the volume on the Mixer or in-game won't work for you, but the only solutions to the problem otherwise can get complicated.
 
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Bensam123

Member
You could probably do this with virtual audio cable, but it would require tweaking and initial setup. VAC is pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it though.
 
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johnnytstream

Member
He probably has the same preference as me. I prefer to listen to music loud, but if it's too loud then it wont be comfortable for the stream audience. However, if he turns it low until its at a reasonable volume for the stream, then it's too quiet for him. I have the same "issue", but I can deal with quiet music and I dont want to make EVERY stream viewer to lower the volume or get blasted with music the second they go onto my stream
 
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LemonWAG1

Member
dodgepong said:
LemonWAG1 said:
Ah okay.

Do you think there will ever be a way to do this ?
Because now you need to make a whole way around to get the job done
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No, because that's not the way sound works in Windows. Programs can't get access to individual audio levels of other programs, or even individual audio streams of other programs. They can only capture sound from sound devices.

I'm not sure why adjusting the volume on the Mixer or in-game won't work for you, but the only solutions to the problem otherwise can get complicated.
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But if you make it so that you can change the volume for every source ?
Just as in xSplit you can put the source volume lower
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That has nothing to do with the way sound works in Windows ?
 
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LemonWAG1

Member
johnnytstream said:
He probably has the same preference as me. I prefer to listen to music loud, but if it's too loud then it wont be comfortable for the stream audience. However, if he turns it low until its at a reasonable volume for the stream, then it's too quiet for him. I have the same "issue", but I can deal with quiet music and I dont want to make EVERY stream viewer to lower the volume or get blasted with music the second they go onto my stream
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No that's not the problem,
it's more that my game volume is way to high and you can barely hear the music...

If I lower my volume in game, it's to low to play on..
 
dodgepong

dodgepong

Administrator
Community Helper
LemonWAG1 said:
dodgepong said:
LemonWAG1 said:
Ah okay.

Do you think there will ever be a way to do this ?
Because now you need to make a whole way around to get the job done
Click to expand...
No, because that's not the way sound works in Windows. Programs can't get access to individual audio levels of other programs, or even individual audio streams of other programs. They can only capture sound from sound devices.

I'm not sure why adjusting the volume on the Mixer or in-game won't work for you, but the only solutions to the problem otherwise can get complicated.
Click to expand...
But if you make it so that you can change the volume for every source ?
Just as in xSplit you can put the source volume lower
195aa83253826f197a16fdf7def8accc.png


That has nothing to do with the way sound works in Windows ?
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Ooooooooooooooh I didn't realize you were capturing sound from a capture card, too. That makes more sense...I thought you were just capturing desktop sound.

I believe in your Recording devices in Windows, you can adjust the sound volume for your input (in Properties > Levels tab)...I'm not sure though.
 
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LemonWAG1

Member
dodgepong said:
Ooooooooooooooh I didn't realize you were capturing sound from a capture card, too. That makes more sense...I thought you were just capturing desktop sound.

I believe in your Recording devices in Windows, you can adjust the sound volume for your input (in Properties > Levels tab)...I'm not sure though.
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Oh hahah
I will try that tomorrow,
hopefully it will work!

Thanks for the help anyway :)
 
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LemonWAG1

Member
dodgepong said:
Ooooooooooooooh I didn't realize you were capturing sound from a capture card, too. That makes more sense...I thought you were just capturing desktop sound.

I believe in your Recording devices in Windows, you can adjust the sound volume for your input (in Properties > Levels tab)...I'm not sure though.
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Blackmagic doesn't have a Input by my devices :(
 
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