OBS Studio 28.0.2 YouTube Browser Source Audio Randomly Cutting Out

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mrstartipper

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I recently updated to OBS Studio 28.0 (and now 28.0.2), and the audio from my browser source (YouTube - drm safe music) will randomly cut out. When it does, my Desktop Audio and Source Audio (for the music/browser source) will both show the audio bar go from active to the audio dropping to 0 (like the battery level in any Sci-Fi movie - a smooth, sudden, fluid movement/drop to 0). Then it will suddenly come back bouncing around on the audio bar like usual, and then it will drop/cut out again randomly. It's never at the same point in the song(s) on the different scenes (intro, brb, etc.). The issue has only cropped up since updating to at least 28.0.1, possibly just in 28.0.2.

As a side note, the Desktop Audio is not monitored (it's just there/set for me to listen to myself via my Twitch stream when live to check audio levels/issues, etc. It serves no audio purpose for OBS/outputting. The only audio source that is having issues is the browser source audio, which is set to Monitor & Output (audio controlled by OBS Studio).

When looking at the attached/linked log file, the scenes in question having issues are: "Starting Soon Overlay" (Intro Audio - New browser source); "BRB Overlay" (BRB Audio - New browser source); "Goodbye Overlay" (Ending Audio - New browser source".

This issue is occurring both when just running OBS Studio and when streaming live.

If you need any additional information, let me know.

 
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AaronD

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mrstartipper said:
I recently updated to OBS Studio 28.0 (and now 28.0.2), and the audio from my browser source (YouTube - drm safe music) will randomly cut out. When it does, my Desktop Audio and Source Audio (for the music/browser source) will both show the audio bar go from active to the audio dropping to 0 (like the battery level in any Sci-Fi movie - a smooth, sudden, fluid movement/drop to 0). Then it will suddenly come back bouncing around on the audio bar like usual, and then it will drop/cut out again randomly. It's never at the same point in the song(s) on the different scenes (intro, brb, etc.). The issue has only cropped up since updating to at least 28.0.1, possibly just in 28.0.2.

As a side note, the Desktop Audio is not monitored (it's just there/set for me to listen to myself via my Twitch stream when live to check audio levels/issues, etc. It serves no audio purpose for OBS/outputting. The only audio source that is having issues is the browser source audio, which is set to Monitor & Output (audio controlled by OBS Studio).

When looking at the attached/linked log file, the scenes in question having issues are: "Starting Soon Overlay" (Intro Audio - New browser source); "BRB Overlay" (BRB Audio - New browser source); "Goodbye Overlay" (Ending Audio - New browser source".

This issue is occurring both when just running OBS Studio and when streaming live.

If you need any additional information, let me know.

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I don't have this problem...but I'm also on Linux, so...

Anyway, that log is really cluttered with obs-browser refusing Javascript. Kinda hard to see much else. If you're not really using the Desktop Audio, could you ditch the internal browser and use an external one instead? Capture it in OBS via that Desktop Audio? Does that have the same problem?
If it doesn't, then it seems to me like a solution, albeit slightly more Rube Goldberg than you really want.
If it does, try the external browser without OBS running at all.
 
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