Question / Help OBS keeps tunneling my audio both in stream and recording.

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Chiaki Nanami

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First of all, here is the log: https://gist.github.com/4b1295617b111097e36208df4e57468e

So, when I both stream to twitch or record, I realize that there is a "tunneling" effect on the whole sound, like it doesn't sound quite right, I can hear the sound correctly on my headphones but then when I go to OBS video or stream it sounds kinda, idk if say "tunneled" or "bass-boosted", it's bearable, but it sounds quite poor.

I could link videos of my streams where this happens but idk if that is even allowed.

I'm pretty sure it's OBS fault because I can watch YouTube videos and other things perfectly with my headphones (they are a brand new Superlux 668B so they CAN'T be the issue) checked that it didn't happen because of my microphone (recorded both and without it) and it's pretty much that.
 
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Chiaki Nanami

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PiLord said:
record using another media recorder, check to see if it's your mic
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Recorded with Dxtory and no mic, record is the same as OBS...

What the... Why I can hear my audio fine but everytime I record something it looks so bad? If it was driver's fault wouldn't it look bad both when I record and when I hear videos and things?
 
Suslik V

Suslik V

Active Member
Chiaki Nanami said:
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Also I noticed that after recording the video looks like "brighter", if background is black, in video it will look like dark gray.
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Try to follow this, OBS Studio: Color Space, Color Format, Color Range settings Guide. Test charts., in part of video range.

About sound, what config has your Windows Speaker devices? Any enhancements, multi-channel, surround sound? Did you Configure it as full-range speakers in Windows?

And don't forget to upgrade your Studio to the most recent version (v0.16.2).
 
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Chiaki Nanami

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Suslik V said:
Try to follow this, OBS Studio: Color Space, Color Format, Color Range settings Guide. Test charts., in part of video range.

About sound, what config has your Windows Speaker devices? Any enhancements, multi-channel, surround sound? Did you Configure it as full-range speakers in Windows?

And don't forget to upgrade your Studio to the most recent version (v0.16.2).
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I noticed it's not OBS fault, weird.

My windows speaker device has all sound levels up to 100, only enhancement ticked is virtualization and "immediate mode" is also ticked, advanced options show that the audio is studio quality (24bit 48000 Hz), also the 2 options below (allow apps to take full control of this device and give priority to apps in exclusive mode) are also ticked

OBS-Studio is already up to date, idk why the log shown otherwise
 
Jack0r

Jack0r

The Helping Squad
It seems to have quite a few problems initializing your microphone in that log:
14:51:52.300: [WASAPISource::TryInitialize]:[Micrófono (Realtek High Definition Audio)] Failed to activate client context: 88890004
14:51:52.300: [WASAPISource::WASAPISource] Device '{0.0.1.00000000}.{92929353-0870-435a-989a-b3efe4030bf3}' not found. Waiting for device
14:51:52.505: adding 185 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 185 milliseconds
and then 1 minute later its finaly initialized:
14:53:01.381: WASAPI: Device 'Micrófono (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized

Do a new test recording and keep an eye on the green bars shown in the audio mixer of OBS:
obs32_2016-10-16_15-33-26.png

Do the volumes look a bit like mine, or are the green bars completely filled up to the right? If they often completely fill up that would mean your sound input into OBS is probably too loud which could degrade the sound quality. Simply lowering the sound volume might work.

If the problem persists you can do the following:
Download the latest Realtek Drivers you can get (not the ones that came with your Motherboard for example)
Remove the old ones, reboot and install the new ones, reboot again.
In Windows check the properties of all your audio devices and make sure they are all configured to the same: 16bit 48khz
In OBS make sure its also set to 48khz (was 44.1 in the log)
Also in OBS, directly select your Microphone and Headset in the Audio settings (instead of default)
Then test again.
 
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Chiaki Nanami

New Member
Jack0r said:
It seems to have quite a few problems initializing your microphone in that log:
14:51:52.300: [WASAPISource::TryInitialize]:[Micrófono (Realtek High Definition Audio)] Failed to activate client context: 88890004
14:51:52.300: [WASAPISource::WASAPISource] Device '{0.0.1.00000000}.{92929353-0870-435a-989a-b3efe4030bf3}' not found. Waiting for device
14:51:52.505: adding 185 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 185 milliseconds
and then 1 minute later its finaly initialized:
14:53:01.381: WASAPI: Device 'Micrófono (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized

Do a new test recording and keep an eye on the green bars shown in the audio mixer of OBS:
obs32_2016-10-16_15-33-26.png

Do the volumes look a bit like mine, or are the green bars completely filled up to the right? If they often completely fill up that would mean your sound input into OBS is probably too loud which could degrade the sound quality. Simply lowering the sound volume might work.

If the problem persists you can do the following:
Download the latest Realtek Drivers you can get (not the ones that came with your Motherboard for example)
Remove the old ones, reboot and install the new ones, reboot again.
In Windows check the properties of all your audio devices and make sure they are all configured to the same: 16bit 48khz
In OBS make sure its also set to 48khz (was 44.1 in the log)
Also in OBS, directly select your Microphone and Headset in the Audio settings (instead of default)
Then test again.
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OMG It's finally solved! Thank you so much!

But the "brightness" thing still happens both in OBS and non OBS devices, what can be causing that? :(
 
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