Question / Help Recording Separate Audio Tracks not Working

[DuskTillDwan]

Hello All,

Thank you for your time. I want to separate my game audio, my mic audio, and my discord audio so i can handle each instance separately.

I have set up VB-Cable B for discord and VB-cable for my desktop sound. Both are then played through my headset.

Below is my mixer. as you can see each is active and is has sound.

I see each source in the mixer, but when i record with OBS i only get one audio track.

My settings:

Advanced Audio Properties:

So i'm using MP4 which as i understand supports multiple audio tracks. However, when i import the file into Adobe Premier, i only see one audio track.

What am I missing? Are there any likely culprits?

Again thank you for your time.

 

[FerretBomb]

Premiere hates files recorded by OBS directly to MP4. This can lead to missing audio tracks, missing video, failure to scrub, stuttering playback, and even outright crashes in some cases.

You should NEVER record to mp4 directly for any reason anyway; it is not a safe recording format.
Record to MKV, then after the recording has completed, go into OBS' File menu, and select Remux Recordings. Takes seconds to re-wrap them as mp4, and Premiere should have no issues with the remuxed files. There's also a checkbox in the Settings to automatically remux any recordings to mp4 on completion (in Settings->Advanced, under the Recording secion, 'Automatically remux to mp4').

Additional note, don't use CBR for local recordings. Use CQP or CRF, which are quality-target based encoding. Uses as much or as little bitrate as needed to maintain a given quality level, so there's no wastage with a too-high rate set, and no choke if a scene is especially complex/fast-moving.

 

[DuskTillDwan]

Premiere hates files recorded by OBS directly to MP4. This can lead to missing audio tracks, missing video, failure to scrub, stuttering playback, and even outright crashes in some cases.

You should NEVER record to mp4 directly for any reason anyway; it is not a safe recording format.
Record to MKV, then after the recording has completed, go into OBS' File menu, and select Remux Recordings. Takes seconds to re-wrap them as mp4, and Premiere should have no issues with the remuxed files. There's also a checkbox in the Settings to automatically remux any recordings to mp4 on completion (in Settings->Advanced, under the Recording secion, 'Automatically remux to mp4').

Additional note, don't use CBR for local recordings. Use CQP or CRF, which are quality-target based encoding. Uses as much or as little bitrate as needed to maintain a given quality level, so there's no wastage with a too-high rate set, and no choke if a scene is especially complex/fast-moving.

Thank you! I opened the saved files in VLC and was able to see my audio tracks. I'll follow you advice and have them saved as MKV then remuxed to MP4. Really appreciate the support!

 

[SpeciallyElite]

Thank you! I opened the saved files in VLC and was able to see my audio tracks. I'll follow you advice and have them saved as MKV then remuxed to MP4. Really appreciate the support!

Your little comment of switching audio tracks in VLC just made me feel so dumb, here i was trying to see why i wasn't able to record desktop and microphone audio separately i searched for so long for so many hours and just now i read your comment about switching tracks in VLC and i did just THAT AND NOW I SEE IT WAS OBS WAS RECORDING AUDIOS SEPARATELY ALL ALONG AND IT WAS ME WHO WAS JUST NOT SWITCHING AUDIO TRACKS AND HERE I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH OBS FAM, I literally made an account just to tell this to you @DuskTillDwan, I really hate you and also thank you