Question / Help Music/mic help with obs

[Lornedh]

Im a new streamer and i cant figure out how to use my mic and play music / game sounds at the same time
(btw i have my stream paused)

There is two inputs that i can see on obs audio desktop audio device and microphone/aux audio device.

When i use my stereo mix with microphone/aux audio device
My viewers can hear my music and game sounds but my mic doesnt work.
when i use my microphone as my input they can hear my voice but cant hear my music or game sounds they can just hear it echoing through my mic.

How do i get/use two inputs so i can use my mic and have my game sounds / music still streaming through my sound card.

I see tons of streamers using obs that have music playing with no echos and there mic works.

Thank you.

 

[Sapiens]

What program/device are you trying to include on your stream that isn't sending audio to the playback device you set in OBS?

 

[Lornedh]

What program/device are you trying to include on your stream that isn't sending audio to the playback device you set in OBS?

Im trying to stream wow sounds and pandora radio/youtube and still be able to use my headset for voice

it seems like there is only one input for sound either microphone or stereo mix ( playing what you hear through the input)

 

[Sapiens]

They all need to output sound to the playback device you've selected in OBS. Browsers generally don't let you select a playback device manually and instead use the default playback device set in the Windows sound control panel, so make sure the Windows default and OBS are set to the same thing. Example of a problem scenario:

- OBS is set to record your USB headset as the playback device, and its mic as the recording device
- WoW is set to send audio to your headset
- The Windows default playback device is your onboard sound instead of your headset

Result: OBS will record your game and mic, but programs like your browser will send audio to your onboard sound because it's the Windows default, and as a result sound from those programs won't get recorded.

 

[Lornedh]

okay so if i understand what you are saying if i have the browser sounds on default and my mic on input i get both lines of audio appearing in stream mic and game sounds

 

[FerretBomb]

You have two inputs settable in OBS, under Settings->Audio. Two dropdown boxes at the top. One for the system audio (desktop audio device), and one for your microphone (microphone/auxiliary audio device).
Your mic should be set to your mic.
Your Desktop Audio Device should either be set to 'Default' (windows default output device, set on the OS level), Stereo Mix/What-U-Hear, or Speakers unless you're doing something weird with it (like using VAC to split your audio).

 

[Baiin]

Ok, so I'm having a similar but slightly more annoying problem. I have audio set up with an ASUS Xonar DGX Sound card, took me some fiddling around to get it working and OBS to recognize the device through all the usual means that I have seen in these forums and have read above.

However, now that sound is working and being picked up by the stream, OBS is very finicky about which games it allows this to happen for. For example> sound works fine and will broadcast (both mic and desktop audio) for my copy of Batman Arkham Asylum on steam. Also works for Skyrim.

It will not however broadcast game sound from Bioshock (mic broadcasts and I can hear the game audio on my end but stream doesn't pick up game audio) and also won't work for Dishonored. This is really damn frustrating. Any thoughts? I don't believe it to be the sound card as I have it working for everything on my rig and sound works great on my end. I feel like it's something with OBS.

Any help would be appreciated.

I should note these are all Steam games.

 

[Baiin]

Bump to see if I get my question addressed.

 

[snfaazil]

do i need a separate
microphone to record vids

 

[Swilla05]

I have a Headset with a mic and it wont record what I say