Question / Help Need Audio Help for 2 PC Setup

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DerkTV

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DISCLAIMER: I've already read a ton of guides but to no avail.

Ok, I've finally built my long awaited gaming PC. I already had what I knew to be my streaming PC. I have the video working fine. It's all running into my Avermedia C985 in my streaming PC. Now I'm hitting a brick wall with the audio. I'm not sure if I have the right tools to fix my problem. That's why I am coming here. So here's what I've got:

  • Alesis Multimix 4 USB (4 Channel, cheap mixer with USB capability) (picture)
  • 1 1/4 cable (male to male)
  • 2 1/4 to 1/8 cable (male to male)
  • 1 1/4 to 1/8 Adapter (not cable)
  • Audio Technica AT2020 XLR Mic (with XLR cable)
My ideal goal at the end of this is to transfer my gaming PC's audio to the streaming PC and to use my AT2020 for my streaming mic. I've got a headset mic that can be used for the gaming PC's mic so I won't need to get the XLR mic to the gaming PC.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
Set your gaming PC's default output device to the HDMI output, so it sends the game sound along (and in-sync) with the video to the encoding machine.
Plug the mixer into the encoding machine, AT2020 into the mixer. Mic audio over USB interface. No leads go to this from the gaming system at all.

Now the tricky bit. Three ways to do this.

1. You can set the HDMI in to 'listen to this device' on the streaming PC in Windows so it plays back, and not set an audio device for the cap card. Plug the headphones part of your headset into the encoding PC. This should result in minimal/no delay, but can lead to the stream audio being off-sync, as OBS is capturing the audio through the Desktop channel.

2. You can set the Source audio normally, and set to 'play to desktop' instead of 'direct to stream'. This means you will hear a variable delay on game audio, dependent on game capture.

3. Set up the capture normally, set to 'direct to stream'. Then on the GAMING PC, set up either Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) or VB-Audio as the default sound output device, and then in VAC/VB-A pipe the audio to the normal system speakers AND the HDMI audio out devices. Plug headphones into the gaming PC only.
 
FerretBomb said:
Set your gaming PC's default output device to the HDMI output, so it sends the game sound along (and in-sync) with the video to the encoding machine.
Plug the mixer into the encoding machine, AT2020 into the mixer. Mic audio over USB interface. No leads go to this from the gaming system at all.

Now the tricky bit. Three ways to do this.

1. You can set the HDMI in to 'listen to this device' on the streaming PC in Windows so it plays back, and not set an audio device for the cap card. Plug the headphones part of your headset into the encoding PC. This should result in minimal/no delay, but can lead to the stream audio being off-sync, as OBS is capturing the audio through the Desktop channel.

2. You can set the Source audio normally, and set to 'play to desktop' instead of 'direct to stream'. This means you will hear a variable delay on game audio, dependent on game capture.

3. Set up the capture normally, set to 'direct to stream'. Then on the GAMING PC, set up either Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) or VB-Audio as the default sound output device, and then in VAC/VB-A pipe the audio to the normal system speakers AND the HDMI audio out devices. Plug headphones into the gaming PC only.
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Hey Ferret! Thanks for the response. I am currently having lunch and will let you know how this works when I get some time later tonight to tweak it. I really appreciate the help and keep up the awesome streams! <3
 
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