Bug Report Scenes without capture card play no audio at all

[undertaker219]

I have an avermedia card and I need the Waveout renderer in order to prevent crackling due to the way windows handles things (see: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/static-popping-noise-while-using-extremecap-u3.9752/#post-54962). I also have the stream set to send audio to the desktop so music can be played. Apparently doing so means any scene that does not have a capture card in it streams no audio at all, the viewers hear nothing, despite me hearing music through my speakers. OBS shows no audio activitiy whatsoever. So if I switch to a be right back scene without the capture card in it and have music playing on the desktop, the audience hears nothing at all.

Can this be fixed in the next update?

 

[Sapiens]

Have you tried adding your capture card as a global source?

 

[paibox]

This can't be fixed, sorry. I suggest dealing with the crackly noise (assuming it goes away) for a period of time at the start. Also yes, this problem is most likely caused by using the capture card as a global source, since it mutes its sound when you switch to a scene where it's not present, and the WaveOut renderer directly affects the host application's volume control.

This is another "Windows, y u do dis" situation, which will be remedied in one way or another in obs-studio, where we will have the option to NOT use either the built-in DirectShow DirectSound or WaveOut renderers.

 

[R1CH]

As a workaround you could add the card to every scene and move it off scene / behind other elements.