VBAN Audio 0.3.0

[norihiro]

EDIT:

installed the plugin on my Mac M2 its not showing up on obs 29.1.1 in sources though i tried in on my Windows and its showing up

can you please have a look into it for Mac users? that would be great thanks!

I confirmed VBAN appears on the source type list on OBS 29.1.1 on M1 mac. Once it’s correctly installed, please click a plus button on the source list, then select “VBAN Audio Source”.

 

[sixdenk]

Yea I see know thanks. Btw can I use voicemeeter from windows pc to send audio tracks separately to streaming pc (Mac) using this plugin?

I want to have seperate tracks for example for Spotify/Gaming sounds/browser/ to have them in obs

 

[norihiro]

Yea I see know thanks. Btw can I use voicemeeter from windows pc to send audio tracks separately to streaming pc (Mac) using this plugin?

I want to have seperate tracks for example for Spotify/Gaming sounds/browser/ to have them in obs

This plugin has the ability to receive multiple VBAN streams. Please specify the name on the property dialog of the source.

VoiceMeeter Banana and Potato has ability to have multiple buses. Please assign your application to a bus, then send VBAN stream from each bus. As far as I know, VoiceMeeter series cannot send VBAN stream directly from applications. I hope the number of buses is sufficient for you.

 

[sixdenk]

So I have to use voicemeeter banana or potato. Here I assign for example for Spotify a bus (A) on Mac under sources I create a source with vban plugin and choose the bus (A) ?

 

[ne0lines]

Love this plugin, but would love to be able to set VBAN Output as an audio monitor output, or in the LUA instead of selecting a track, select monitor as the audio source.

 

[norihiro]

Love this plugin, but would love to be able to set VBAN Output as an audio monitor output, or in the LUA instead of selecting a track, select monitor as the audio source.

OBS Studio does not provide any mechanism for plugins to access the monitor so it is impossible. https://ideas.obsproject.com/ would be a good place to suggest a new feature for OBS Studio.

 

[ne0lines]

Can't get audio from VBAN Audio Source after update to 30.2.2.8051 (64 bit).

 

[norihiro]

Can't get audio from VBAN Audio Source after update to 30.2.2.8051 (64 bit).

Could you share a log file to investigate the issue?

 

[skants]

hello,great work my friend.
is there a button toggle to on/off vban monitoring in obs hotkeys?

 

[norihiro]

hello,great work my friend.
is there a button toggle to on/off vban monitoring in obs hotkeys?

unfortunately, no, it seems there is no hotkey for that.
I would suggest that OBS Studio have hotkeys that toggle filters so that not only VBAN plugin but also other filter types can be enabled/disabled by hotkey.

 

[norihiro]

norihiro updated VBAN Audio with a new update entry:

VBAN Audio Plugin 0.3.0

This is an experimental release of a VBAN Audio Plugin for OBS Studio.
Changes in 0.3.0

• Implemented DNS lookup to accept host name instead of IP address.
• Added RPM packages for Fedora 39 and 40.
• Introduced some code clean-up and fixed deprecated API usage.

Limitation

• Not all binaries are tested.
  • Windows: 0.1.0 was tested with OBS 28.0.
  • macOS (Intel): 0.3.0 was tested with OBS Studio 30.0.2 using Rosetta 2.
  • macOS...

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Legen Dary]

Fixed, just an UDP port conflict, changed the listen port of OBS to 6981 and found how to set destination port from VoiceMeeter, everything works like a charm \o/

This comment needs to be pinned, highlighted, and whatever else.

 

[norihiro]

Thank you. I added a description of the port number on REAMDE.

GitHub - norihiro/obs-vban: VBAN audio plugin for OBS Studio

VBAN audio plugin for OBS Studio. Contribute to norihiro/obs-vban development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[azido]

I wonder i didn't see this plugin earlier. What a great time and resources safer, thank you very much.

 

[REDDDDY]

can someone please tell me about the latency? is it good?

 

[azido]

can someone please tell me about the latency? is it good?

it is exactly as fast as it is using 2 copies of voicemeeter and connect them via VBAN. My users see and hear no difference. There is some latency, but nothing to be worried about. If you really care, you can adjust the rendering of your video to be a bit behind with a filter in obs.

 

[norihiro]

When configuring a round-trip as OBS/VBAN plugin -> VoiceMeeter -> OBS/VBAN plugin, the latency is around 60ms.
You may consider my other plugin Audio Video Sync Dock to fine-tune the latency settings.

 

[Legen Dary]

Fixed, just an UDP port conflict, changed the listen port of OBS to 6981 and found how to set destination port from VoiceMeeter, everything works like a charm \o/

Anything you'd care to share with the class, such as just how you did that?

 

[contactmike1]

You are right, just one program can listen one UDP port on the same network device. It's tricky to change the destination port on VoiceMeeter; you need to right-click "Info" at the right of "IP Address To".

Can you elaborate on this? I can right click on info and it displays the machine name and stats in read only format. How/where do you change the destination port on this read-only context menu?

I have Potato and OBS on the same computer. I would like to ingest a VBAN stream inside OBS for use on particular scenes. If I am understanding the comments about UDP conflict, OBS needs a different port from voicemeeter's 6980, AND the outgoing stream to OBS on the VBAN configuration screen also needs this different UDP port. I just can't find the right way to set a unique port for the stream.

Also, what IP do you use? Should it be the IP address of the network card so voicemeeter and OBS are using the same IP, or should the outgoing stream and OBS be set for 127.0.0.1?

 

[contactmike1]

Can you elaborate on this? I can right click on info and it displays the machine name and stats in read only format. How/where do you change the destination port on this read-only context menu?

I have Potato and OBS on the same computer. I would like to ingest a VBAN stream inside OBS for use on particular scenes. If I am understanding the comments about UDP conflict, OBS needs a different port from voicemeeter's 6980, AND the outgoing stream to OBS on the VBAN configuration screen also needs this different UDP port. I just can't find the right way to set a unique port for the stream.

Also, what IP do you use? Should it be the IP address of the network card so voicemeeter and OBS are using the same IP, or should the outgoing stream and OBS be set for 127.0.0.1?

I was able to solve this. Don't right click on the info button or icon! Right click in the blank space between the info button and sample rate. This will toggle on/off a hidden view with the port number.

As for the IP address, both your actual IP address and the 127.0.0.1 loopback will work. Oddly enough, you can even mismatch both IPs together, and the stream will still get picked up.

I hope this helps someone!