Question / Help OBS Audio Not Working on Mac and PC

[NCCNathan]

Hello,

I have OBS running on 3 devices.

2 PC's and 1 Mac. On all of them I can't get any audio playback on "media source"

Im getting a reading in the audio level meter. but nothing is coming out of my speakers.

Can anyone assist?

Thanks,

 

[pet777]

Hello

I do have the same problem.
VU-Meters show there is sound getting processed.
Streaming works, recording works, so sound gets mixed down and is produced by OSB.
But why on earth can't I hear anything from my PC speakers (which I want to use as a monitor speaker).
I am sure all is setup correctly, as streaming/recording workes fine (except on windows, sometimes some of the sound sources where missing, but after restart of OBS it worked again.

My big question:
Does OBS just not playback the mixdown audio what is shown in the VU-meters or recorded. Is that on purpose?? If so, I really wonder how people can work with OBS when you cant hear a bit while you are recording/streaming something...

I can hear the system sounds or from other progs like VLC etc.
I dont want to record games, only media files and USB camera.
Tried it with Win10 and Ubuntu: Same result
In both test cases it was the same system, a Intel Celeron N3150 in an Zotac Mini
(The only one I have supporting OpenGL above 3.2.)

I assume that NCCNatan has different hardware, but the same problem.
Maybe its a problem with certain hardware or audio drivers

Or is there some hidden switch that mutes the playback through speakers connected to the PC?

Thanks!

 

[pet777]

Just got the answer on the chat:
OBS does not playback any sound from the audio mixdown, but recording/streaming works normally (and includes the mixdown sound).
(It would be possible to listen to your own stream like any other from the audience.)

It happened to me a few times, that the audio from one or the other (or all) media souces was occasionally missing in the mixdown stream. The VU-Meters still showed activity (so its misleading you!). A restart of OBS usually fixed that to work normally again.

Local audio monitoring (on PC-Speakes /Audio card) of what gets recorded/streamed seems to be on the future feature wish list already.

BTW: OBS is a great thing!