CyBeRoni
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4 months ago I have had this same issue, I believe. The audio has very frequent, very short dropouts when it happens:
This screenshot is from a recording where I played a file using a media source (48KHz audio in the file, OBS also set to 48KHz) and output that scene through the decklink output (using the filter plug-in, though this happens also with the default output) and looped that output back over SDI and captured that input, while also recording the source audio directly to a second track. So the top track in the screenshot is the looped-back decklink output while the bottom track is the direct output of the media source in OBS's recording. (Obviously I set this loop up specifically to test this -- the problem also occurred with the signal sent elsewhere.)
Stopping and re-starting the output temporarily (for a few minutes) solves the problem.
It did not seem to happen to me when I swapped the media source's source file out for one with 44.1KHz audio, but this could be a coincidence as it doesn't always happen in general.
As for the CasparCG note: CasparCG outputs 32-bit audio while OBS outputs 16-bit audio.
pbelbin
chakphanu
QuestAndChaos
Operating System Info
Windows 10
Other OS
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OBS Studio Version
30.1.2
OBS Studio Version (Other)
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OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/tLPaxbIJtyP72JJa
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
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Expected Behavior
Audio should not glitch when playout is happening of video content
Current Behavior
Audio output exhibits seemingly random glitching / dropouts.
Steps to Reproduce
Windows claims the system audio is set to 48K sampling, as is OBS.
The OBS Settings -> Audio -> Advanced section has not got the low latency mode enabled, although I have tried it, and it appears to make no difference.
Configure BMD Desktop Video outputs on the DeckLink Quad 2 to output with the following options
Open OBS Project
Use the 'Tools -> DeckLink Output' and set the:
Create a scene that plays out a video.
Cut the scene into program and monitor the output audio
After a while, observe that audio glitching is happening on a video downloaded from YouTube
If I play out the exact same video clip using CasparCG 2.4.0, the audio is not a problem. Sounds fine.
I have a BlackMagic WebPresenter 4K, and, observing the outputs from both OBS and CasparCG, I notice that the number of bits being used for audio are different between the two, with the OBS audio using fewer bits - ie: the first 8 bits seemingly being always showing 'L', while the CasparCG output shows only the first 4 bits constantly being 'L'.
Image of audio section of BMD WebPresenter 4K for the OBS audio:
Image of the audio section of BMD WebPresenter 4K for the CasparCG audio:
I don't know if that's the entirety of the issue or not, but, the OBS audio issue does come and go. It's not always distorted.
Here is a sample of the resulting audio:
distorted audio.zip
IF the audio is played out on the local computer monitor, it sounds just fine.
I also tried using Handbrake to re-encode the audio to use FLAC-16 at 48KHZ, but the result was the same.
So, perhaps this is not just about audio bit depth, but something else, like dropping audio data somewhere along the way.
Very strange. The issue persists.
Anything else we should know?
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