Question / Help Stinger transition audio crackling

[nbtc971]

Hello. I just implemented instant replay into my stream, the transition to the replay is done via a stinger transition with audio. The problem is, when the transition plays, the audio sound crackles a bit. Does anyone have any advice that might help? For now i'm going to use the no-sound version of the transition. Thanks.

 

[nbtc971]

I'm not at home to test this out, but I was wondering if this could happen if the stinger audio and, in this case, desktop audio, were playing via the same channel?

 

[nbtc971]

I guess no one has had this problem with their stinger transitions that include audio?

 

[nbtc971]

I have updated all drivers.. added the iTunes codec and k-lite codecs. I have uninstalled anything I thought might conflict (xsplit among others), I stopped Teamspeak, turned off any games I was playing, reduced my webcam resolution down to 720p, tried turning off the webcam, still, I can switch between sources and the stinger transition will have some crackling, popping sounds about 25% of the time. This is on a fully updated Windows 10 PC 64-bit. If I play the stinger in VLC or any other player there is no sound distortions.

 

[GRAMO]

I have this issue to. I messed with crossfades forever in one file and got them out but that trick hasn't worked for others. It's very frustrating. I'll keep trying things and will report back.

 

[GRAMO]

Ya know - i went to just do a test stream and played the stingers - they sound perfect. Yes, I hear the crackling in my OBS monitor - but it's not on the stream. You should try as well and see how it works for you.

 

[josehardbody]

Hi! I just came here looking for answers. I noticed when my stinger transition plays that the audio level bar on my media sources all drop for a bit, which I assume is when I get the buzzing/crackling, and then they fix themselves. Has anyone found an answer to this issue yet? Here is a clip from my Twitch where you can see the issue. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/374476587##

 

[Aaron Hopkins]

I am also getting this same issue as well. cannot see a resolution to it at all. if anyone does find. please let me know. its an audio buzz or almost like a buffer sound as the stinger starts to play. then the rest of the audio plays fine after the first 0.5 seconds of the audio.

 

[odysseyog]

anything on this yet? same issue for me. every stinger transition has a quick and abrupt static pop. cant figure it out for the life of me. no other audio issues what so ever other then this

 

[Aaron Hopkins]

I haven't found an answer. However, I have found a work around. So I now use a stinger that has zero audio at all. However, I have created an mp3 file that sits in the obs scene. so when the scene is swapped to audio mp3 file plays as a file, and the stinger also plays as a separate file as well. This actually works for me. And i have had to put an mp3 file each and every scene to make this work correctly.

 

[Endersgh0st]

I made an account just to post this. I did my first stinger slides tonight and got the popping noise. I just tried something and it seems to have resolved it. Just change your audio track bitrate to 96kbit instead of 160kbit. No more popping unless I spam the scene. Hope this helps.

 

[alpha_gggg]

I was having the same problem. In my case the problem was the audio and the transition begun at the same time and this caused it to crackle. You can do two things to fix this problem.
1) Move the entire video file a few frames back. I did 4 frames and this worked fine for me. This makes it so nothing happened for 4 frames then the transition begins.
or
2) Move the audio clip a few frames back after the transition begins. In my case I muted the first 4 frames of audio then the audio played normally.
I think the crackling happens because the computer is not fast enough to do everything at once. So if you don't have a fast computer you might need to adjust the frames more.

 

[RestlessWorld]

Hello, I found a solution that works for me and made an account here to share it. I found that making a duplicate scene that includes my audio source from my original scene removes any issue with audio during a transition. If you don't do this, the new scene that you create will switch to the audio source you are already using causing the pop sound or even uneven audio. The same is true if you are using background music. Duplicate the original source audio into a new scene and the track will play seamlessly while switching scenes. Hope this helps.

 

[FilthGnasty]

Hello, I found a solution that works for me and made an account here to share it. I found that making a duplicate scene that includes my audio source from my original scene removes any issue with audio during a transition. If you don't do this, the new scene that you create will switch to the audio source you are already using causing the pop sound or even uneven audio. The same is true if you are using background music. Duplicate the original source audio into a new scene and the track will play seamlessly while switching scenes. Hope this helps.

Hi! I'm hoping you can go into more detail on this method. I'm running into the crackling issue, and also the issue you mentioned where you said the transition is affecting the background music and it's really bothering me. Would you be willing to give a step by step or link a youtube video or something on how to do the steps you mentioned?

 

[DTechNation]

Hey everyone. I found that in the Stinger settings you need to make sure the Audio Fade Style is set to Crossfade

This fixed the popping for me!

 

[Bladereyn]

Greetings!
I come with a conclusion to this problem.
This has to do with the "Monitoring" feature of OBS. If you were to set "Monitor Off", and hit Start Recording, change scenes, and you will find that the audio plays just fine. Mine has been crackling- and I have tried everything from changing audio bitrates, volume, audio fade and crossfade, .mov and .webm, nothing has changed the fact that it crackles and pops.


Please, let me know if this is the case for any of you as well! If I return, it means my stream viewers hear the crackling noise. If I do not- you can be assured that it is only a monitoring feature, and not heard upon normal output!