Media Source & Desktop output not working no matter what I do. HELP! :'(

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TonyaTko

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Please help me, I'm at wits end.
I have an audio source named "Funky Cool"
I want to play this as my intro music... I do not need to monitor it. I just need it to output to my audience.

I've watched many tutorials and read many forum pages implemented changes and nothing is working.
Please see attached images

  • I am running as administrator
  • I am not in studio mode
  • I can see the equalizer moving, but the audience cannot hear the music
  • Even if the desktop equilizer bar is moving, audience STILL cannot hear audio

  1. If I turn "monitor on and output" and have the device as headphones, it will play in headphones, but the audience cannot hear it
  2. If I have monitor and output and the device is speakers audience can ONLY hear it through what the mic pics up (from the speakers)
I have
  • Reinstalled
  • Reinstalled and deleted user settings
  • Restarted computer
  • Restarted PC, reinstalled, run as administrator
Nothing is working.
Please Help
 

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Lawrence_SoCal

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Always best to check out a forum and follow pinned posts, in this case, this one [as pictures of select settings aren't adequate]

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

OBS Studio creates a log file each time you run it which contains very useful diagnostic information. Without a log file, it's much harder for any support volunteers to figure out problems and your post may be ignored. To upload a log file, go to the Help menu > Log Files > Upload Last Log...
obsproject.com

And for reference material - Audio related
Personally, when I was starting, Default Audio only messed me up (I hadn't found the above articles at that time). Regardless, for non-gaming, I found disabling ALL Default Audio worked best for me. That way audio routing is so much easier to think through, and the avoidance of echo when not using headphones to monitor. Then I added the specific audio sources (pre-recorded video, and external microphone, USB webcam, etc) in only the scenes desired (I had until recently). Then as you appear to be aware
- Monitoring = your hearing
- Output = sending to stream/recording
 
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TonyaTko

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Lawrence_SoCal said:
Personally, when I was starting, Default Audio only messed me up (I hadn't found the above articles at that time). Regardless, for non-gaming, I found disabling ALL Default Audio worked best for me. That way audio routing is so much easier to think through, and the avoidance of echo when not using headphones to monitor. Then I added the specific audio sources (pre-recorded video, and external microphone, USB webcam, etc) in only the scenes desired (I had until recently). Then as you appear to be aware
- Monitoring = your hearing
- Output = sending to stream/recording
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Thank you, as shown in the images, I am not using any "Default" audio
and the issue I'm having is that the Output is NOT being sent to the stream
 
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TonyaTko

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Lawrence_SoCal said:
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Thank you. I visited each link. None address the issue of why there is no sound being sent to my stream despite output being enabled.
I will go to the pinned post to see if I need to report a bug
 
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TonyaTko

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Lawrence_SoCal said:
Always best to check out a forum and follow pinned posts, in this case, this one [as pictures of select settings aren't adequate]

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

OBS Studio creates a log file each time you run it which contains very useful diagnostic information. Without a log file, it's much harder for any support volunteers to figure out problems and your post may be ignored. To upload a log file, go to the Help menu > Log Files > Upload Last Log...
obsproject.com
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Did you check the link? It is unfortunately no longer accepting replies.
 
koala

koala

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There is an issue with your OBS audio settings. You capture Speakers (Realtek audio) as desktop audio, as well as define this as monitoring device. You must not capture the device you set as monitoring device. Doing this will create a feedback loop, and OBS has some logic to prevent that and mutes something. If you don't monitor anything, this might not matter, but it's an error nonetheless. As monitoring device use some device you're NOT capturing, for example a dedicated headset used for monitoring only.

Your issue has nothing to do with Windows audio settings, because the audio from a media source is processed within OBS and not by any Windows audio. The media source is playing back the audio directly to the OBS output. Because of that, it's silent in your Window PC as long as you don't activate monitoring (which is fine, you don't need to monitor once you get the volume right).

You didn't show the properties of your "Funky cool" audio source, as well as not the streaming audio settings in Settings->Output->Streaming, so we don't see if you really output this audio to your stream. The audio track you choose in Settings->Output->Streaming must have a check in Advanced audio settings. You showed every track except 6 and 1-5 are checked, so there's a 5/6 chance it's set correctly.
If the meter in the OBS mixer for a source is moving, it has actual audio and SHOULD be on the stream.
And post a logfile that includes a streaming session.
 
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TonyaTko

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koala said:
There is an issue with your OBS audio settings. You capture Speakers (Realtek audio) as desktop audio, as well as define this as monitoring device. You must not capture the device you set as monitoring device. Doing this will create a feedback loop, and OBS has some logic to prevent that and mutes something. If you don't monitor anything, this might not matter, but it's an error nonetheless. As monitoring device use some device you're NOT capturing, for example a dedicated headset used for monitoring only.
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Thank you, however this issue existed when I had headphones as the monitoring device. Frankly playing the sound through the speakers for monitoring is was SAVED me during my livestream because I was able to turn my mic to the speaker and capture the audio that way. (Not the best quality, but it was the ONLY way I was able to get audio out of OBS)

Give me a moment to provide what you ask in the rest of your message
 
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TonyaTko

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properties for audio track and setting for streaming
 

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koala

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You're not streaming, you're using the virtual OSBs webcam? This is completely different, as there is no sound support for the virtual camera. The virtual camera simply does not have any audio output.

You need an external mixer to mix your audio (mic, additional audio) and feed this into a virtual mic device which you can set as mic in the application that uses your webcam. It's reverse to what I told previously. Audio for the virtual webcam is completely external to OBS and solely within the Windows audio system. Don't use a media source for additional audio, use a media player and use an audio mixer app like Voicemeeter to create your audio mix.
 
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TonyaTko

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koala said:
You're not streaming, you're using the virtual OSBs webcam? This is completely different, as there is no sound support for the virtual camera. The virtual camera simply does not have any audio output.

You need an external mixer to mix your audio (mic, additional audio) and feed this into a virtual mic device which you can set as mic in the application that uses your webcam. It's reverse to what I told previously. Audio for the virtual webcam is completely external to OBS and solely within the Windows audio system. Don't use a media source for additional audio, use a media player and use an audio mixer app like Voicemeeter to create your audio mix.
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Thank you!!! FINALLY I HAVE SOUND!!! :-D I used the RMTP to stream to the platforms and that solved the issue of not having audio... But now I have a new issue, the audio is haywire. Sound playing through speakers even though Monitor is set to headphones and monitor is set off... It was a strange and horrifying experience. It completely ruined my stream.

I'm going to download voicemeeter and see is that helps.

Thank you so much
 
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