OBS Ignoring VoiceMeeter Global Desktop Audio Devices

[ManedCalico]

Hi there,

I'm a bit stumped, and really hoping for some help here. I'm transitioning from a Windows 10 machine to Windows 11, and my audio setup doesn't seem to be working anymore on the new system.

I have everything routed through VoiceMeeter for the stream audio, but I also like to have OBS record multitrack audio of the raw audio sources. In the past, all I had to do was set VoiceMeeter's VAIO and AUX VAIO outputs as Global Desktop Audio Sources in OBS, and then assigned them to different tracks in the recording. This captured the raw Desktop (VAIO) and Discord chat (AUX) perfectly.

The problem I'm having now is OBS is completely ignoring those devices. If I set my desktop to my speakers, it works. When I set it to either VM VAIO device, nothing happens.

In the screenshots, you can see that I have audio playing, and all the settings seem to be right... but there's nothing. I've looked in Windows too, and everything is correct. I have all of my audio set to 24bit 48000, exclusive control unchecked, unmuted, etc. I can't figure it out.

Is there something I'm overlooking? I'd really appreciate any help!

Thanks!

 

[prgmitchell]

@ManedCalico if it is only voicemeeter devices that are not working then that would imply an issue with their software/your configuration in it, not OBS. As far as what you've posted all the devices seem to be loading fine in the log so if there is no audio there that would mean it isn't being sent there in the first place.

EDIT: you've mentioned your speakers are working fine so that should rule this out but I will mention it anyways: make sure your input/output device for OBS in your windows volume mixer are both set to default and that OBS itself is not muted.

 

[ManedCalico]

Thank you for replying!

I've definitely considered it's a problem with VoiceMeeter, but I'm not sure how to go about troubleshooting it. I'll ask on their forums. VM is sending other audio to OBS correctly, just not the Desktop audio. The Windows defaults and volumes are all correct too. I'll see if there's anything they could suggest. I've been going in circles for hours...

Thanks!

 

[prgmitchell]

Thank you for replying!

I've definitely considered it's a problem with VoiceMeeter, but I'm not sure how to go about troubleshooting it. I'll ask on their forums. VM is sending other audio to OBS correctly, just not the Desktop audio. The Windows defaults and volumes are all correct too. I'll see if there's anything they could suggest. I've been going in circles for hours...

Thanks!

You could test recording the same devices in Audacity in the meantime

Recording desktop audio | Audacity Support

Audacity can record computer audio (including sound from YouTube, Spotify and more).

support.audacityteam.org

 

[ManedCalico]

Good call!! I just tried it and it didn't record anything. So it's definitely a VM issue then. I can't see anything that could be wrong though, so let's hope a mod on their forums approves my account soon...

Thanks for your help!

 

[ManedCalico]

I FIGURED IT OUT! For anyone with the same issue in the future, VoiceMeeter's VAIO driver has a (new?) setting called "Enable Loopback Streaming" that's disabled by default. It looks like it needs to be enabled in order for any program besides VoiceMeeter to have access to the VAIO Input devices.

Go here: C:\Program Files\VB\VBVoicemeeterVAIOs
Run "VBVoicemeeterVAIO_ControlPanel.exe" as an admin
Check "Enable Loopback Streaming"
Reboot your PC

Thanks!

 

[JhaycerC]

I FIGURED IT OUT! For anyone with the same issue in the future, VoiceMeeter's VAIO driver has a (new?) setting called "Enable Loopback Streaming" that's disabled by default. It looks like it needs to be enabled in order for any program besides VoiceMeeter to have access to the VAIO Input devices.

Go here: C:\Program Files\VB\VBVoicemeeterVAIOs
Run "VBVoicemeeterVAIO_ControlPanel.exe" as an admin
Check "Enable Loopback Streaming"
Reboot your PC

Thanks!

Thank you for this!! finally it fixed

 

[Kornster]

I came here just to say that was mighty annoying, Coming from a working VM Potato and OBS setting that to be fair i had been absent in using the pair for a while and wanted to do a quick record last night of some in game footage that turned into a couple of hours of troubleshooting to calling it a night and sleeping on it. I knew VM was working properly as i could see the audio between B1 and B2 coming through the application so i assumed it was a recent OBS update. I made the mistake downgrading OBS including asking an LLM (looking at you ChatGPT) that gave me the worst responses which i knew where totally incorrect to then finding this post and now having enabled loopback i can hear my audio through B2 (AUX). Ironically i had seen the loopback, turned it on and got the message it needed to be enabled as Admin so i thought "That seems like something not required for what im currently trying to do", but is now resolved having enabling it. I wish id backed up my OBS settings before changing waaaaayy too much to get it working but this post answer from @ManedCalico has resolved the audio problems in OBS.

 

[prgmitchell]

Absolute gold! I was this close to reinstalling OBS because nothing seemed to work. Turns out Loopback Streaming was the missing piece all along. Would be nice if OBS gave some kind of warning about stuff like this…

Has nothing to do with OBS and there would be no way for OBS to know if it is enabled or not, this is a voicemeeter setting that determines whether other software can capture it.