monitoring

  1. K

    Audio Monitoring cuts out when I switch scenes or activate/deactivate source

    Like the title suggests when I switch to a new scene and come back to the original one the audio that I have set to monitor to my headset stops play. The file is still playing and the levels are active but I am hearing no audio. I can fix it by turning monitoring off for the media and turning it...
  2. C

    Can't monitor sound with Audient iD4 sound controller

    I'm so stuck. I have an audient id4 sound controller for my mic which is going to OBS, and while I am getting a signal into it (I can see the OBS mic levels moving), and I can hear the mic just when the id4 dial is turned to 'mic', I can't hear what's being outputted from OBS. I need to hear the...
  3. C

    Control audio via OBS for Alerts causes audio glitching

    Hello~! So, I've been experimenting with OBS for the first time and I've been working on setting it up for some streaming I plan on doing in the near future with some friends. I've run into a couple of issues and this is the one I'm currently focusing on and trying to resolve. Only, I've run...
  4. C

    Source Defaults 1.1.1 test

    Source Defaults for OBS Studio An OBS Studio Plugin that lets you set a source as a "default source". Created sources of the same type will get the settings from the configured default source. Installation Click the "Go To Download" button at the top of this page, and download the installer...
  5. CZakarya

    browser source not playing audio

    Hello, I have a browser source in my OBS scene, and it is supposed to play audio. It shows that it is playing audio with the volume meter, but I don't hear it. I turned on audio monitoring, but there was a massive amount of latency. I cannot live with this latency, it needs to be fixed. Any...
  6. C

    Can no longer hear my browser alerts in my headset, but sounds still go to VOD

    Up until yesterday, I could hear all my browser alerts in both my headset and the VOD, but I haven't been able to today. It's affecting multiple browser sources (StreamLabs is one, Mix It Up bot is another). You can see in the screenshots below, but I have my monitoring device selected, I'm...
  7. T

    Separate Desktop Audio in two to use ZOOM

    Hi guys. Yes, first i know I have a complicated configuration, but maybe you can help me use this as i intended: My problem is, that i want to be able to monitor and hear what comes out of the stream but if I do it ill double the audio because I am using ZOOM to comunicate with my coworkers...
  8. D

    Microphone monitoring without echo

    Hi! I've been using OBS for YEARS but I have never found a way to monitor my mic without having it echo on my desktop audio capture. I know I can just change it to mute output: "Monitor Only (mute output)" and route my mic through my desktop audio but I want it to be independent so that if I...
  9. K

    Audio Monitoring doesn't work at all.

    Hi all, I've been tearing my hair out with this issue. I understand you must get a lot of requests for help on this forum but I've been through google for a week now researching a fix and I can't find anything. I'll explain what's going on... I'm trying to get the notification sounds from my...
  10. bossefraise

    Audio (monitoring) problems

    Hi, I've run into a very weird problem which I can't seem to find a solution to. I've been troubleshooting for the last couple of days to no avail. I'm just about to give up. To start it off, I followed the steps in this video a couple of months ago to be able to stream my in-game audio only...
  11. A

    Double Uses for Monitoring

    There are two things I want to do with OBS monitoring. One of them is to export the filtered sound of my microphone to other platforms. The other is feeding in a lot of the sounds from my computer to a virtual audio cable, and then using monitoring to play them back to me like they would be...
  12. A

    Using Monitoring Twice

    The solutions to two common problems both use monitoring. The first: Exporting your audio out of zoom to other platforms. For example, discord. You set up a virtual audio cable and turn on monitoring, making the monitored audio go to the cable. You then use the cable as input. The second...
  13. drewbsn

    Where do audio media sources output to?

    Hi everyone, I can't seem to figure out how to hear (monitor) my audio media source I use in my intro screen. Where does an audio media source output to? I'm also not super clear on the relationship between and meaning of Desktop audios vs Mic/Auxs. My audio and video is all coming through on...
  14. A

    Question / Help Recording audio, not able to monitor

    Hello guys this is my first time using obs. I'm actually recording my lectures to view later. When I window record with obs, it records the screen and the audio perfectly. the only issue is I cannot hear anything while it is doing so. I tried enabling audio monitoring, it seems to have no...
  15. erik.tews

    Question / Help Add audio delay for an virtual sound cable on Windows

    Hi I'm using OBS on Windows and I have several video inputs and a microphone. I use OBS Virtual Cam to participate in live streaming via Google Chrome. OBS VirtualCam by default always buffers 3 frames, which means we get at least 100 ms at 30 fps of video delay there and due to the processing...
  16. J

    Question / Help Macbook Mono Audio / Monitoring problem

    Hi guys, Sorry if this is a n00b question. I am having trouble with setting up OBS audio on my MacBook. 1. My mic is only coming through on the right side. Can I select stereo somewhere? It's coming in through a USB interface, which is normally automatically stereo in Garageband etc 2. I...
  17. U

    Bug Report Monitor (actual) Output Audio

    The current audio monitoring options do not allow you to hear exactly what is being sent to the output. Even when "Monitor & Output" option is enabled for all the audio sources in Advanced Audio Properties, the audio monitoring behavior is strange, to say the least. You do not actually hear the...
  18. G

    Bug Report After waking no sound from audio monitoring source

    This was extremely embarrassing as we went live on Facebook to read Scripture from the Bible assuming all was well after testing multiple times before the broadcast. Went through testing process live on Facebook and recording. All audio output and monitoring sources worked properly. I left the...
  19. B Saint

    Question / Help Microphone Latency/Delay issue. (SOLVED)

    I was originally using my Play Station Gold headphones/Mic and everything seemed to be working ok just not a great quality microphone, so I switched to my microphone and headphones that are connected to my USB audio interface (Steinberg UR22MKII). That is when I noticed that while monitoring my...
  20. J

    Question / Help Issue with Audio Monitoring Drifting over Time

    I have two capture devices, "Magewell USB Capture HDMI Gen 1" and "Magewell USB Capture HDMI PLUS". When I use the PLUS with the XRGB video format and its audio device set up with the "Use custom audio device" option in the video capture source properties, then the monitored audio from that...
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