Please Help! Having major issues with 'Steam Streaming Microphone' in OBS, robot voice IF OBS IS RUNNING BEFORE GAME.

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KptnKMan

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Hi I'm kind of at my wits end trying to workaround and fix this very odd issue.
Firstly, I record PC flatscreen and VR gaming gameplay with OBS v29.0.2 (Yes I understand its an old version, PLEASE bear with me).

I record gameplay using my PC and Steam Deck (Using Steam Link/'Remote Play' to connect to my PC remotely).
The Steam Deck Headset Mic is streamed to the PC, and captured by OBS.
I use Touch Portal to control the START/STOP recording, Select Scene, etc in OBS while not sitting at my PC.

Everything NORMALLY works fine without issues, or I'm able to workaround any issues encountered.

Currently I've been having an issue where OBS has been recording my Mic device 'Steam Streaming Microphone' (This is the output device of the 'Remote Play' Steam Deck client device) device as a robotic tinny sound, and I've been poking around a lot to find out what it is. After much much MUCH experimenting, it seems that the issue is OBS, and seems to resolve IF I START OBS AFTER ANY GAME I wish to record, then my voice sounds fine without issues no robot voice. I have tested this repeatedly and verified it. This happens in every game while using OBS.

I GUESS that that it might be some kind of device control issue, where OBS wants exclusive control of the device, and somehow running the game FIRST somehow doesn't happen?

I'm not sure really, I have been all over the forum and internet searching for answers, so I've registered and account to ask for HELP, PLEASE!

Here are some sample recordings, and I have also attached the OBS logs from these exact recordings.

Recording using OBS started before the game.

Recording using OBS started AFTER the game

Please thanks for any help!
 

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1. The Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling ("HAGS") feature in Windows is currently known to cause performance and capture issues with OBS, games and overlay tools. We recommend disabling it via these instructions as a troubleshooting step. Be sure to restart after disabling it.
2. Run OBS as Admin. The 2nd log is not running as Admin.
3. Audio buffering hit the maximum value. This can be an indicator of very high system load and may affect stream latency or cause individual audio sources to stop working. Keep an eye on CPU usage especially, and close background programs if needed. Occasionally, this can be caused by incorrect device timestamps. Restart OBS to reset buffering.

Source affected (potential cause): Desktop Speakers/Audio
4. Display, Game and Window Capture Sources all interfere with each other. Never put them in the same scene (STREAMING - Game PC Flatscreen (Headset Mic), STREAMING - Game PCVR (Steam Link / AirLink / Virtual Desktop), Web Cast 1 (Maxed) TEST!!! and SideQuest / ScrCpy PCVR (AirLink / Virtual Desktop) 3 right eye) and SideQuest / ScrCpy (PCVR) Jabra Mic,).
5. Multiple Game Capture sources are usually not needed, and can sometimes interfere with each other (STREAMING - Game PC Flatscreen (Headset Mic), STREAMING - Game PCVR (Steam Link / AirLink / Virtual Desktop). You can use the same Game Capture for all your games. If you change games often, try out the hotkey mode, which lets you press a key to select your active game. If you play games in fullscreen, use 'Capture any fullscreen application' mode.

If still having issues after making those changes, please provide a new log.
 
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