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Question / Help Music on stream
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You need a VAC setup for that; have a look at this thread for example;
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/include-audio-sources-into-your-stream-or-recording.9/
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/include-audio-sources-into-your-stream-or-recording.9/
Voicemeeter might be a possible solution for 8.1. It's quite a bit more interface-y than VAC since it shows a big mixer all the time, but it seems to do the job. That said, I haven't tried it myself yet.
I am however going to look into it after new-years or so due to the MIDI capabilities. I'm after a software mixer that's ties to a hardware mixer so I can use real faders to control Windows sound sources, i.e control the level of for instance TeamSpeak and Spotify.
Best part; it's free (well, donationware) :D
link: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/
I am however going to look into it after new-years or so due to the MIDI capabilities. I'm after a software mixer that's ties to a hardware mixer so I can use real faders to control Windows sound sources, i.e control the level of for instance TeamSpeak and Spotify.
Best part; it's free (well, donationware) :D
link: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/
Just tried Voicemeeter, although the "Banana" version (lol?).
I tried the regular version first but quickly ended up with "Banana" due to with the regular version you "only" get 2 hardware inputs (for instance mics, or any windows recording devices) and one virtual along with one hardware and one virtual output. With Banana you get 3 hardware and two virtual inputs along with three hardware and two virtual outputs. More channels suits my setup better.
It works like a charm and you get a nice mixer board kinda layout along with a compressors, gates, EQs, modulations, #D space postitioning and echo FX (dunno why tbh ;P) for the inputs. There's more goodies as well but none that helps streaming imo. You really can do a crap-ton of stuff! :)
I actually use my second virtual output for/as my mic so I get a nicely compressed and gated device in TS/mumble/whatever VOIP :D
tl;dr: I like the Banana version alot!
I tried the regular version first but quickly ended up with "Banana" due to with the regular version you "only" get 2 hardware inputs (for instance mics, or any windows recording devices) and one virtual along with one hardware and one virtual output. With Banana you get 3 hardware and two virtual inputs along with three hardware and two virtual outputs. More channels suits my setup better.
It works like a charm and you get a nice mixer board kinda layout along with a compressors, gates, EQs, modulations, #D space postitioning and echo FX (dunno why tbh ;P) for the inputs. There's more goodies as well but none that helps streaming imo. You really can do a crap-ton of stuff! :)
I actually use my second virtual output for/as my mic so I get a nicely compressed and gated device in TS/mumble/whatever VOIP :D
tl;dr: I like the Banana version alot!
Sorry, don't have skype but check this guide out, it covers the basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPh2_5m0cGA
Cluttered desktop? Hell yeah and I'm not even having the Notifier, Twitch Dashboard or anything up ... :P
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4170539/twitch/stream_desktop.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4170539/twitch/stream_desktop.jpg
Just to be clear, what are your end goal?
Split output to different outputs (headset vs. speakers) or just exclude/include certain sound sources from the stream? Combination of both?
EDIT: To be able to do the following, you either need Voicemeeter Banana or an additional Cable; http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/index.htm. This due to the limitation of only one virtual input with regular Voicemeeter.
If you've done the proper prerequisites correctly (configured your default Windows playback device, specified music player output etc) take a look at the following:
To split output you just need to configure A1 to be your headphones and A2 to be your speakers and route your inputs according to your liking.
B1 is what will be audible on stream, so if you don't want you music in your headphone or speakers, make sure only to send that sound to B1
Take a look at the screenshot I linked to above. There you can see my microphone only sending to B1. If I had A1 active I would hear the mic in my headphones. As you can see I have another channel called Spotify where I at the time of the screenshot output my music both to A1 and B1, i.e. both headphones and stream. Normally this would only be set to B1, not A1.
The first Virtual Input is where I input my default Windows playback device. It's where all normal sounds will end up, like games, web browser etc etc.I send this audio both to my headphones (A1) and the stream (B1).
Unused input channels are the Hardware Input 2 and the virtual input Voicemeeter AUX.
Unused output channels are A2, A3 and B2.
No matter if you use VAC or Voicemeeter there will be some stuff to figure out. First is to get how all the things are connected, the second and biggest part is to accept how Windows needs to be configured. The way of thinking is pretty much identical no matter if you choose VAC or Voicemeeter.
I like Voicemeeter better due to that you actuallt get a (very good) mixer a really nice GUI. All the FX and extras are just that ... extras :)
Split output to different outputs (headset vs. speakers) or just exclude/include certain sound sources from the stream? Combination of both?
EDIT: To be able to do the following, you either need Voicemeeter Banana or an additional Cable; http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/index.htm. This due to the limitation of only one virtual input with regular Voicemeeter.
If you've done the proper prerequisites correctly (configured your default Windows playback device, specified music player output etc) take a look at the following:
To split output you just need to configure A1 to be your headphones and A2 to be your speakers and route your inputs according to your liking.
B1 is what will be audible on stream, so if you don't want you music in your headphone or speakers, make sure only to send that sound to B1
Take a look at the screenshot I linked to above. There you can see my microphone only sending to B1. If I had A1 active I would hear the mic in my headphones. As you can see I have another channel called Spotify where I at the time of the screenshot output my music both to A1 and B1, i.e. both headphones and stream. Normally this would only be set to B1, not A1.
The first Virtual Input is where I input my default Windows playback device. It's where all normal sounds will end up, like games, web browser etc etc.I send this audio both to my headphones (A1) and the stream (B1).
Unused input channels are the Hardware Input 2 and the virtual input Voicemeeter AUX.
Unused output channels are A2, A3 and B2.
No matter if you use VAC or Voicemeeter there will be some stuff to figure out. First is to get how all the things are connected, the second and biggest part is to accept how Windows needs to be configured. The way of thinking is pretty much identical no matter if you choose VAC or Voicemeeter.
I like Voicemeeter better due to that you actuallt get a (very good) mixer a really nice GUI. All the FX and extras are just that ... extras :)
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Even tho not being relevant to the original question, I bought a midi controller yesterday and plugged it in.
The MIDI support is a bit rough and with that I mean two things;
1. The Learn functionality for assigning buttons, knobs or faders to specific functions in Voicemeeter works kinda ok. The only assignable features on HW-inputs are fader, solo and mute. Same on virtual inputs and both types of outputs, but since all the latter is Surround capable you can also
2. Support for button toggle is not working as it should, for instance the mute button. Like in the GUI, mute toggles with one click to activate, one click to deactivate. Same thing goes on the hardware, one press and the button starts to glow red, another press to turn it off. What happens in Voicemeeter is that the first press mutes (and hw-button turns red), next press just deactivated the red light, nothing happens in the GUI. Third press deactivates mute in GUI and turns on red button glow on hw. Fourth press does nothing in GUI but deactivated hw-button light. This is tried with two two different brands of controllers, Korg nanoKONTROL2 and Samson Graphite MF8 (kept the latter).
One big side track, altho Voicemeeter related :)
I'll email VB-Audio about this tho
The MIDI support is a bit rough and with that I mean two things;
1. The Learn functionality for assigning buttons, knobs or faders to specific functions in Voicemeeter works kinda ok. The only assignable features on HW-inputs are fader, solo and mute. Same on virtual inputs and both types of outputs, but since all the latter is Surround capable you can also
2. Support for button toggle is not working as it should, for instance the mute button. Like in the GUI, mute toggles with one click to activate, one click to deactivate. Same thing goes on the hardware, one press and the button starts to glow red, another press to turn it off. What happens in Voicemeeter is that the first press mutes (and hw-button turns red), next press just deactivated the red light, nothing happens in the GUI. Third press deactivates mute in GUI and turns on red button glow on hw. Fourth press does nothing in GUI but deactivated hw-button light. This is tried with two two different brands of controllers, Korg nanoKONTROL2 and Samson Graphite MF8 (kept the latter).
One big side track, altho Voicemeeter related :)
I'll email VB-Audio about this tho