Question / Help Spotify Muting on headset with OBS open but recording as desktop audio

[JustGMinis]

Hi as per the title, using a bluetooth headset with built in mic OBS is picking up and recording spotify through desktop audio but I can't hear whats playing through my headset? on a seperate scene I have discord linked up as an audio output and I can hear that fine.

tried searching but not come up with any solutions?

Cheers G

 

[Harold]

If your audio is muting when you launch OBS, and you're using a Bluetooth headset, it's caused by the underlying design of Bluetooth.

Bluetooth headsets typically have 2 modes, stereo audio (A2DP), and headset (HFP - Hands Free Profile). These two profiles have separate audio devices on the computer side.

When you have OBS set to activate a Bluetooth headset's microphone, that causes the headset to automatically switch to HFP mode, as A2DP is a lower priority. The reason your audio mutes is because it's still being sent to the A2DP device instead of the HFP device.

To fix this, you either switch to a wired headset, don't use the Bluetooth headset's mic, or set your sound to go through the HFP device for your headset.

Note: HFP offers lower sound quality.

 

[xDanny1225x]

Thank you so much! I disabled the "headset" portion of my Bluetooth device and set the "stereo" portion as default - for input and not output (audio only).