Whenever I launch OBS I will hear a random ad play, but there are no audio source open so I am unsure of where this is coming from. I have had ads from Netflix, redbull, verizon, etc so its not the same ad if that matters. Started happening about a month or two ago and has gotten worse with time. Anyone have an idea?
Why am I hearing ADS whenever I launch OBS?
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FerretBomb
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You have a number of Browser Sources in your scenes. If any of those pages added in-line ads, OBS doesn't block them.
But OBS itself does not include any ads.
But OBS itself does not include any ads.
The browser sources are just alerts that I setup well over a year ago and haven't touched, so I do not believe that is the case as this problem started about a month ago. But I delete all of my browser sources and still hear it, I legit cleared EVERYTHING from my scene (even cams) and still get the ad at startup. HELP
Lawrence_SoCal
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If you search this forum, you'll find reference to 3rd party plug-in that played an ad
Do you happen to have a link? The one I found was from 2 years ago and didn't have a solution. Thanks in advance!
Lawrence_SoCal
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Your comment appears to represent a misunderstanding of how OBS Studio works. And being caught out by the nature of poorly coded plugins, etc.
OBS Studio by default process every source in every scene in a given Scene Collection. Why? so you can switch to a scene and have all sources visible/audible when you get there. You would not want it otherwise.
In your case, I'm suspecting a settings issue where your source was outputting Audio to an Audio source you have active (like Desktop Audio) ... so you hear it ... ie, system working exactly as designed. maybe not as you intended, but exactly as it is supposed to.
In your case, why are you allowing audio from that browser source into your setup at all (ie, why isn't it muted?). Or turn off (disable) the specific source when not in use... I get that may not be practical.