OBS Streaming Causes Discord Sound Distortion/Weak Connections

RedMaster787

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Howdy, for the past week I've run into an issue with OBS and Discord that seemingly came up as a result of updating to OBS 31.0.1. For context, I attempted to stream to Twitch somewhere between 02/18/25 and 02/20/25 and a poor wireless connection for streaming. In frustration to resolve my connection issues I updated my OBS to 31.0.1 and launched the Auto Configuration Wizard to fix it. Neither of these worked but eventually I got my streams to be stable a day or 2 later, outside work was being done that affected my connection.

Fast forward to 02/24/25 and I attempt to stream with friends to Twitch. I start streaming and everyone in a shared discord call notes that my audio quality gets significantly worse. I check discord myself and see that I'm in constant flux on my connection and end stream which restores my audio quality. Since then I have been unable to stream using OBS and be in a discord voice channel at the same time

In the following week I've attempted multiple fixes in hopes of correcting the connection issues and nothing has worked. Fixes include:
- Updating all audio and audio device drivers
- Splitting Audio Sources in OBS to ease any potential burdens faced by both programs
- Uninstalled and reinstalled Discord
- Lowering bitrates in both video and audio
- Attempted to modified video encoder settings, audio encoder is AAC and I have no other options to change to
- Tried to use different audio input devices

It was recommended that I decrease the bandwidth being put on my computer, but I'm not sure what I can to reduce it further and other processes while streaming still work fine. At this point I am out of options to try and appreciate any advice on next steps, open to hearing if anyone else has faced these issues as well

YouTube Video showcasing my issue: https://youtu.be/SHTwOfTevec

OBS Log that tested the issue, unsure if anything can be read from it since I don't think it can watch discord: https://obsproject.com/logs/T7uzZrCDaOs1EvE3
 
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