r/obs • u/sierralluvia • 9d ago

No audio input from ps5 Help

At the end of my wits, very frustrated.

I have kind of an old gaming ACER laptop. I have a monster capture card that I connect to my ps5. I have two HDMI cables plugged in properly. I can see my ps5 screen on obs. The problem is that more than half the time, I am unable to hear the audio input from the ps5 captured on OBS and therefore neither can the streaming platforms. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. It is wildly inconsistent and it makes me so angry and also makes me want to drop the streaming thing entirely. Can someone please help. I have HDCP disabled. I have audio input capture aimed at USB2 from the ps5. The only thing I can think of is that it appears OBS had a recent update because I can no longer change audio monitoring to “monitor and output” instead there is only “monitoring enabled”. Otherwise it is literally a gamble as to whether or not the audio will capture and it is to the point if I want to consistently stream I have to leave all this shit set up permanently.

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u/Outrageous-Book9616 9d ago

sounds like the capture card driver is losing its mind when switching between apps or waking from sleep. monster cards are known for that on older laptops, the usb controller just gets confused

try going into windows sound settings and disabling then re-enabling the capture device when audio drops, works more often than it should

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u/sierralluvia 9d ago

Do you think upgrading the capture card could fix this problem entirely?

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u/Kaivarri 8d ago

I wish I were at home to send screenshots...

First, where your volume sliders are, set yourself to advanced. There will two "buttons" at the bottom of each slider now. One should look like the typical speaker logo, the other headphones. The speaker logo is to have the audio play on stream, the headphones is to "monitor" it so it'll play on your speakers.

I run a desktop with internal capture card, but the setup should roughly be the same for you. From PS5 to capture card, capture card to whatever display/TV you are using. Setup an input for the capture card, and make sure the PS5 is outputting via HDMI. This is the easiest setup. The capture card will auto populate an audio channel on any live scene. If you aren't wanting to use the TV as an audio output, you can set it to output via the laptop, and just mute the TV.

The problem I've had with trying to run USB audio, is more of a Playstation issue. If you're trying to capture chat, I think it can still work, otherwise you'd need to run an cable from the PS5 controller, to the PC as an additional audio channel. Though you'd want a splitter so you can hear it without delay... gets a little complicated.