RexBuckingham
New Member
Hello OBS devs & users! I encountered this issue earlier this day when using the application & I'm very confused why it happened. In my OBS, I have an Application Audio Source that is set to be my Chrome browser & assigned to a specific tab that I always have when streaming. Today, I opened up that tab in a private Chrome window like I always have done in the past & prepared to play the audio from that tab (it's a YouTube music video) when I would go live. Then, I launched OBS afterwards (it was not running before this). The result was that when I went live & clicked the play button on the YouTube music video, OBS refused to capture any of the audio & did absolutely nothing.
When attempting to fix the issue, I tried several things including changing the application to something other than Chrome for capturing the audio, then reverting it back to Chrome. I tried changing the Window Match Priority, I tried removing the Application Audio Source entirely & creating a brand new one. Nothing I did would work & OBS still refused to capture the Chrome tab's audio.
I decided to test out Firefox instead of Chrome, creating a brand new Application Audio Source & selecting my Firefox browser. Unsurprisingly, Firefox had zero issues whatsoever & OBS perfectly captured the audio. As a final test, I tried one more change. I completely closed the Chrome window I had open, reopened a new Chrome window, then opened up the exact tab the Application Audio Source was set to. When I did this, all of a sudden, OBS starts capturing the audio without problems.
So then, I decided to test Firefox in the exact same way. The resulting conclusion I discovered is that if I open up the Chrome window & specific tab before I launch OBS, the Application Audio Source refuses to capture audio. However, if I have OBS already launched & running, then I open up the Chrome window & specific tab after OBS is active, everything is fine. Even more confusing though is that Firefox does not experience the same behavior. Regardless of whether I have the Firefox window & tab open before or after OBS is launched, OBS does not have any issues with capturing Firefox's audio. I don't have any explanation as to why.
Does anyone have an answer to this mysterious situation?
Also as a side note, I highly doubt my log file shows anything relating to this Chrome Application Audio Source issue, but I have it attached for reference. Thank you!
When attempting to fix the issue, I tried several things including changing the application to something other than Chrome for capturing the audio, then reverting it back to Chrome. I tried changing the Window Match Priority, I tried removing the Application Audio Source entirely & creating a brand new one. Nothing I did would work & OBS still refused to capture the Chrome tab's audio.
I decided to test out Firefox instead of Chrome, creating a brand new Application Audio Source & selecting my Firefox browser. Unsurprisingly, Firefox had zero issues whatsoever & OBS perfectly captured the audio. As a final test, I tried one more change. I completely closed the Chrome window I had open, reopened a new Chrome window, then opened up the exact tab the Application Audio Source was set to. When I did this, all of a sudden, OBS starts capturing the audio without problems.
So then, I decided to test Firefox in the exact same way. The resulting conclusion I discovered is that if I open up the Chrome window & specific tab before I launch OBS, the Application Audio Source refuses to capture audio. However, if I have OBS already launched & running, then I open up the Chrome window & specific tab after OBS is active, everything is fine. Even more confusing though is that Firefox does not experience the same behavior. Regardless of whether I have the Firefox window & tab open before or after OBS is launched, OBS does not have any issues with capturing Firefox's audio. I don't have any explanation as to why.
Does anyone have an answer to this mysterious situation?
Also as a side note, I highly doubt my log file shows anything relating to this Chrome Application Audio Source issue, but I have it attached for reference. Thank you!
