Question / Help Microsoft Lifecam VX-5000 Constant Beeping

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Nithix

New Member
I'm not sure if this is a direct problem with OBS, but for some reason when I stream using my Microsoft Lifecam VX-5000, the microphone has a continuous beeping that is mildly loud and annoying for viewers. I've tried a couple things like making sure I'm not feeding audio into my headset, changing USB ports, updating drivers... I'm not sure what the problem is, but maybe someone here can help. Thanks a bunch, OBS is a fantastic piece of software and I'm excited to be able to commentate my SC2 matches without angering my viewers with incessant beeping!

Nick

Edit: I should clarify, it doesn't have this problem when I'm just on Skype or any other VoIP or when I'm recording the microphone in a separate program.
 
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WayZHC

Member
This is the right place to ask. Questions and help :p anyway:

Do you use the webcam also as a mic or do you use separate mic for your streams?

You didn't tell when does the problem start. As soon as you start stream or as soon as you have changed scene? have you added the webcam as a global source? Some webcam drivers doesn't like restarting too often in short time and may cause problems. Adding as a global sources might help IF you are changing scenes during streams having the webcam in two or multiple scenes since it keeps the device and drivers active. If added separately to every scene, it will restart the device everytime you change scene.

E: Can you link one of your past streams here so we can also hear it. And it shows when the problem starts. Straight at start or during the stream.
 
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Nithix

New Member
WayZHC said:
This is the right place to ask. Questions and help :p anyway:

Do you use the webcam also as a mic or do you use separate mic for your streams?

You didn't tell when does the problem start. As soon as you start stream or as soon as you have changed scene? have you added the webcam as a global source? Some webcam drivers doesn't like restarting too often in short time and may cause problems. Adding as a global sources might help IF you are changing scenes during streams having the webcam in two or multiple scenes since it keeps the device and drivers active. If added separately to every scene, it will restart the device everytime you change scene.

E: Can you link one of your past streams here so we can also hear it. And it shows when the problem starts. Straight at start or during the stream.
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Thanks for your response. To answer your questions:

I'm using the webcam for both the Mic and the video feed. The problem starts as soon as I start streaming and even in the preview window, I can see the Mic level bump up, and when I tell it to playback I can hear the beeping/screeching noise. I'm only using one scene. Just for the sake of trying it, I added all of my stuff as Global Sources but it didn't resolve the problem. Here's a VOD of the problem in the flesh:

http://www.twitch.tv/nithix/b/404942333

The rest of my videos will have it too minus the first two I did. I can't figure out what is different - I've even tried switching from 32bit and 64bit clients to see if it made a difference, but it hasn't. Thanks a bunch for taking the time to help me out. I appreciate it a lot!

Nick
 
Krazy

Krazy

Town drunk
Hi, can you post a log file, please? Instructions on how to do so are stickied at the top of every forum section.
 
FerretBomb

FerretBomb

Active Member
Also a new VOD; it appears all of yours currently available don't seem to display the problem.

Just spitballing, could be anything from feedback, to having a copy of your stream open and unmuted (which plays over the system channel and will loop to a horrible state very quickly).
Down side to using the built-in webcam mic... they aren't known for quality, clarity, or ambient noise cancellation. Also why most streamers will use headsets, over-the-ear boom mics, or devoted standalones like the Blue Yeti. Looks like the problem isn't happening with your headset.
 
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SATovey

New Member
Try the following:

Go into control panel.
Click on Sound.
Select the Recording tab.
Select your microphone and then click the properties button.
Select the Listen Tab.
Verify that the "Listen to this device box" is NOT checked.

If the box is checked, the computer acts like an amplifier
sending whatever the mic picks up directly to the speakers
which can feed back into the mic.

Hope this helps.
 
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