Question / Help No Audio on my recordings.

[Saicred]

Trying to record using OBS MP. I can stream with audio and no issue. I can see OBS MP is picking up audio from both my mic and desktop, but once I go back to review the recording I have no sound. I can use the Old OBS at the same settings and record just fine. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Adrian Schofield]

Can you try playing the recordings using VLC please and let us know if that works

 

[Saicred]

Works using VLC, but how am I supposed to edit my videos if my Video Maker doesn't play sounds either?

Programs that don't play sound...

Windows 10 - Movie Player
WMP
Video Maker

Am I doing something wrong? Like I said the old OBS works fine on all these programs, and I'm saving the recordings as mp4's. I thought all these programs would play mp4 files without issue.

 

[Harold]

mp4 is only a container. It doesn't have strict control over the specific audio formats in the files.

If you want a video editing program that will work with the files, avidemux.

And saving directly to mp4 still has some problems if the encoding process is terminated in a non-graceful way. (It's just harder to do a non-graceful shutdown of the encoding process in multiplatform)

 

[Saicred]

Thank you, I'll just find another recording program to use till its fixed if ever.

 

[Harold]

It's a windows media-side thing not an OBS side thing.

 

[Saicred]

That's fine. Again the old Obs works without issues and the new one doesn't. Both used on the same PC, with the same version of Windows. Either way, plenty of other great recording software out there. Not a big worry. Thanks for the help.

 

[Harold]

You should honestly be trying to find a new video editing software. The stuff built into windows is below even the worst of the free video editing software out there.

Try using avidemux as your editing software for a while instead of dropping obs.

 

[Saicred]

Hmm not sure I see your logic here. I could find a new recording software - I then have to download 1 additional application to fit my need, or I could do as you have wanted so far. Downloading at least 2 different applications to make a workaround for something that was working just fine on the previous version of this application... plus avidemux is nothing to brag about. Really thank you for the comments. Def. appreciate the time, but I'd rather not have to download a ton of alternate applications to make a workaround for an application that did work before, and now doesn't with its current rewrite.

I have faith OBS will get in fixed in the future and I'll keep an eye out for the update. Until than thank you again sir for the help and comments.

 

[Harold]

Because the videos work in VLC, the problem isn't with OBS.

avidemux may be nothing to brag about, but the software built into windows (Windows media player, windows movie maker) are nothing to brag about either.

WMP/WMM have historically had abysmal format support, relying on a LOT of external software and plugins to pick up the slack. Avidemux doesn't have that limitation. It uses the same decoder and encoder modules that ffmpeg has.

Containers:
http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php?id=general:input_formats
http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php?id=general:output_formats

Video Formats:
http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php?id=general:video_decoders
http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php?id=general:video_encoders

Audio Formats:
http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php?id=general:audio_decoders
http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php?id=general:audio_encoders

Having faith that a program that isn't actually broken will get fixed to support a program that IS broken is misplaced faith.

 

[Osiris]

You could probably get away with using windows movie maker, by installing a codec pack like k-lite or cccp

 

[DoAGoldeneye]

You could spring for Sony Movie Studio (the little brother of Sony Vegas). You can get it starting from 75$ and it gives you a full multi-track timeline!