PLEASE HELP - AUDIO ISSUE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY

[SClaytonSports]

I am converting vhs and camcorder tapes and CANNOT GET THE AUDIO TO WORK. Ive attached photos of my setup along with a video of the sound. I really hope someone knows how to fix my issue. The audio is choppy. it will come in loud but cut off. its crazy Ive disabled all the audio tracks and this choppy sound it still coming through
Equipment
Yitrox HD Video Convertor
Elgado HD 60X
New Dell Inspiron 16 Laptop with Windows 11
Camcorder Sony Carl Zeiss 40x

OBS audio issues exist no matter the equipment I attach. VHS, different capture card, etc
I tried to upload a video so you could hear but I guess I cannot attach to the post

 

[AaronD]

Does OBS's meter follow the cut-outs? That would indicate which side of OBS to look on.

For the video, I believe you can upload 15 minutes' worth at a time to YouTube with a free unverified account. (hence the "long thing in 20 parts" that you might have seen before) Upload there, make it Unlisted if you don't want the general public to stumble onto it, and post the link here. Google Drive works too, limited only by the file size.

Longer than 15 minutes, or live streaming, need a valid phone number that they can send a code to, and then it waits 24 hours after you give them the code back to actually turn it on, just to make it somewhat inconvenient for spammers. And if you have any kind of Google thing at all, then you also have a YouTube account. It's all together.

 

[SClaytonSports]

Does OBS's meter follow the cut-outs? That would indicate which side of OBS to look on.

For the video, I believe you can upload 15 minutes' worth at a time to YouTube with a free unverified account. (hence the "long thing in 20 parts" that you might have seen before) Upload there, make it Unlisted if you don't want the general public to stumble onto it, and post the link here. Google Drive works too, limited only by the file size.

Longer than 15 minutes, or live streaming, need a valid phone number that they can send a code to, and then it waits 24 hours after you give them the code back to actually turn it on, just to make it somewhat inconvenient for spammers. And if you have any kind of Google thing at all, then you also have a YouTube account. It's all together.

Actually I have a little YouTube channel
Link to Audio
https://youtu.be/KSzbyW1fbS4

 

[AaronD]

Actually I have a little YouTube channel
Link to Audio
https://youtu.be/KSzbyW1fbS4

Looks like the meter follows it, so the problem is before that point.

If you keep the same wiring but replace the capture card with a TV, does the TV do the same thing?

 

[SClaytonSports]

Looks like the meter follows it, so the problem is before that point.

If you keep the same wiring but replace the capture card with a TV, does the TV do the same thing?

This is the craziest thing.
I fixed the audio by changing audio output to desktop - directsound
Audio device custom - capture card.
Under settings - I made desktop audio default and disabled everything else.
If it is a normal setting with people talking it sounds great.
However my other tapes are ballgames None of the background noise in the video is coming through. When it does it’s choppy. It is a ball game and kids are hollering and cheering but this is not picking up one OBS.
Not sure why. Do you know what would cause that.

 

[AaronD]

Under settings - I made desktop audio default and disabled everything else.

I always advise against using Default, because that defers the choice of device to the operating system. It's the best chance to get *something* on a fresh install, but it can also change seemingly at random.

The most common reason to change is if you plug in a new mic, then you presumably want to use it, and so the OS switches to it. But there's no difference between that and a device of some kind that goes to sleep and wakes up, which triggers a disconnection/connection event, and provides a mic, possibly among other things. Then "Default" in OBS will switch to that device instead of the one you still want to use, even in the middle of using it.

Always select a specific device in OBS, never Default. Default is only for fresh-out-of-box testing, nothing more.

If it is a normal setting with people talking it sounds great.
However my other tapes are ballgames None of the background noise in the video is coming through. When it does it’s choppy. It is a ball game and kids are hollering and cheering but this is not picking up one OBS.
Not sure why. Do you know what would cause that.

That sounds to me like a noise suppressor. OBS has one as a filter. Are you using it?

Windows might have one too, as a "convenience thing" because it thinks you're doing something different from what you actually are, and it thinks you're too stupid to tell it that you want a "straight wire" in terms of processing. And in order to not confuse your stupidity, it buries the option to disable it deep in the settings where you're not likely to stub your toe on it. (in case you couldn't tell, that's dripping with sarcasm against Windoze)

Anyway, noise suppressors are designed for voice in consistently-noisy environments, like a conference room with loud HVAC, or a lobby with background music. They also do a number on sound effects, like in a game or theatrical production, if the effect stays around for more than a second or two.

If yours were sentient, it would probably wonder why on earth you chose to phone into a board meeting from the middle of a ball game, and try all it can to make you intelligible and non-disruptive despite that.

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