More than 2 desktop audio sources?

[ChooseOrDesire]

Hi all. Currently, I'm trying to stream with multiple audio sources from my GoXLR. One is desktop audio, then music, then chat, then my mic.

It seems I'm able to set only two desktop sources when I need a third. I could add an audio source to the scene but then it would only be for that scene, which things get complicated.

Is there any way I can do this so it's global, and not set to one scene? I'm using the Twitch VOD track so will need to separate all the tracks. I can see on this site as well there are multiple threads of people asking for help with this, is there any way I can submit this as a suggestion? It's just another track. It's nothing complicated. I already have a third-party program to split all of my audio. Surely after all these years it could just be implemented or if there is a simpler workaround?

 

[koala]

Use Edit->Advanced Audio properties to assign your audio sources to tracks. It's a matrix. You can assign every source to no, to one or to multiple tracks. The streaming track is one track you can use, and the Twitch VOD track is another track (for example track 2).

There is no third track involved with streaming. Where should that track go? Common streaming providers only support 1 audio track. The exception is Twitch, which will get 2 tracks from OBS, from which one track is being sent with the live stream to the live viewers, and the other track is written into the VOD and is sent to any user who is viewing the VOD. That's a custom Twitch functionality made by Twitch, not by OBS.

If you intend to record your stream locally as well, you are recording in OBS terms. And for recording, you have the complete 6 tracks available OBS supports for writing video files. Use Advanced Audio properties to assign your sources to tracks 3-6 and write these tracks to the video file. See Settings->Output->Recording->Audio track. You need advanced output mode for this.