I purchased a video capture card so I could stream using my switch while docked. I have my laptop, a monitor and switch all connected. The second I plug my wired headset into my switch while docked the audio from the switch is no longer picked up through OBS. When the wired headphones aren't plugged in it works perfectly fine. Do I need to invest in a wireless headset? Would that work so I could stream and chat in my games?
wired headset not allowing obs to pick up the audio?
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Harold
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The reason the audio cuts when you plug the headset into the switch is that the audio is no longer routed to the HDMI port on the dock, and instead is routed to the headphone port on the switch. Wireless headsets won't solve this.
If you need to use the headset, you also need an audio splitter cable similar to the elgato chatlink cable to split the audio from your switch to both your headset AND your computer simultaneously.
You have no such connection or routing option with a wireless headset.
If you need to use the headset, you also need an audio splitter cable similar to the elgato chatlink cable to split the audio from your switch to both your headset AND your computer simultaneously.
You have no such connection or routing option with a wireless headset.