Question / Help Reading Audio Properly

[JohninMotion]

Hey all, I have a simple question for you.

I've been streaming for a while now and I feel I have a good handle on it thanks to these forums and a bunch of streamers giving a helping hand and kind word, but I'm the kind of guy who likes to know exactly what he's doing when he changes a value or a slider which brings me to this question:

In OBS, how do you properly read the mic/game audio levels?

I know the red is the volume of the mic or game audio. Am I right in thinking the green bar is to tell if the audio is clipping? That's how I've been reading it and things generally turn out fine.

Thanks all!

 

[Sapiens]

What green bar are you referring to?

 

[JohninMotion]

The green bars below the microphone and the game volume bars in OBS. They are only activated when audio is present, i.e. when previewing or actually streaming/recording. They act like clipping bars so I am assuming they are, but I just want to be sure.

 

[Sapiens]

They are volume indicators, yes. They won't warn you about clipping though, you'd need to listen to a VOD or recording to verify that.