Audio tracks not recording

[Possible_sympathy]

I’m having issues with one not recording multiple audio tracks. The mkv file does not record my game audio (track 2). The track is selected to be exported track 1 and track two.

It’s either the exporting or the audio pick up channels. I have all my audio nested and use either a window capture or application capture but have tried both and both will not pick up audio on recording saved video file and remux version.

In one it shows audio is being picked up for the game but is not recording. Does anyone know of a fix

 

[AaronD]

Two possible problems:

1. You don't have multiple tracks enabled to record. If you're using Simple mode, you only have Track 1. In Advanced mode, you can record any combination of all 6. You can still only stream one, but at least you get to pick which one.
2. You are in fact recording multiple tracks, but they don't mix. That's on purpose, for alternate languages, visually impaired descriptions, things like that. Some people use them to mix later in post-production. Players only use one at a time, and the crummy ones don't even let you switch. They're just stuck on Track 1. The good players let you pick one, but it's still just one at a time. If you want to hear multiple things at the same time, they need to be on the same track.

 

[Possible_sympathy]

I need two separate tracks for video editing. There are some videos with it enabled and the tracks are separate but it’s likenibs picks and chooses which it wants to use

 

[koala]

To check your multi track recordings, you need to actively switch audio tracks in your media player. The media player will play only one at a time. It will not present a mix of tracks - creating a mix is the task for your postprocessing.

 

[Possible_sympathy]

I have remuxed the recordings I have and on the MKV file there is audio for both MIC and Game but when remuxing or adding to VLC there is no audio

 

[AaronD]

...VLC...no audio

VLC does read alternate tracks. Are you sure you've selected the right one? Again, they don't mix, so you have to select one to hear it, and then you don't hear the others. VLC selects Track 1 by default, but it's possible that you changed that at some point.

And as I said before, make sure you're actually recording what you think you're recording. Look through all the settings. It may also help - so we don't keep hammering on things that you can clearly see are right - to post screenshots of those things so we can see too. What you *don't* post, is just as much of a clue as what you do: some things are in weird places, and you may not have found them yet.

 

[Possible_sympathy]

VLC does read alternate tracks. Are you sure you've selected the right one? Again, they don't mix, so you have to select one to hear it, and then you don't hear the others. VLC selects Track 1 by default, but it's possible that you changed that at some point.

And as I said before, make sure you're actually recording what you think you're recording. Look through all the settings. It may also help - so we don't keep hammering on things that you can clearly see are right - to post screenshots of those things so we can see too. What you *don't* post, is just as much of a clue as what you do: some things are in weird places, and you may not have found them yet.

Yeah I saw the other post in OBS about it but there is just no recording of MIC only game.

 

[Possible_sympathy]

there is audio being picked up

and both are on right tracks

 

[AaronD]

Yeah I saw the other post in OBS about it but there is just no recording of MIC only game. View attachment 111612

there is audio being picked up View attachment 111613View attachment 111614 and both are on right tracks

That *should* work. A lot of people miss the Advanced Audio Properties, but you got that too, and it's good.

So...
Track 1 does NOT work? Even if you explicitly select it in VLC?
Track 2 does work? And has the correct content?
Track 3...???

It does look like a bit of a mess, but if you really do *need* all of those sources at the same time, then there's not much to do about that...except to pop the audio work out to an external tool (usually a DAW or physical console) so that OBS becomes completely silent except for the final finished soundtrack to pass through completely unchanged. Then everything connects directly to that other tool, not to OBS, and you'd deal with *that* support instead of this one, if you even need to.
(record multitrack audio-only in that other tool, along with a "scratch track" in OBS for alignment; and then stick it all together in the editor and mute the scratch track)

 

[AaronD]

I have remuxed the recordings I have and on the MKV file there is audio for both MIC and Game but when remuxing ... there is no audio

I just happened to see this part again. Can your editor take MKV directly?

Most things can. It's a pretty basic function, since MKV is so good for raw recordings. (crash resilience, for just one example)
If yours can't, along with a few other basic things, then I'd question how serious it really is in the first place. (regardless of what it's called or what it looks like or how good their marketing team is...)

Here's a good free one that does:

Shotcut - Home

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux

shotcut.org

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It doesn't solve the original problem - remuxing is indeed supposed to preserve everything - and it can be a bit of a learning curve to completely switch tools, but if it gets you going at least......

 

[prgmitchell]

Seems like you have things configured in a way that should work but I will leave this here either way

Multiple Audio Track Recording Guide | OBS

OBS Knowledge Base. Split your audio into multiple tracks for recording

obsproject.com

You should be able to open your video in VLC and use the audio>audio tracks menu at the top to swap between tracks just fine.