How to exclude music from your Twitch VODs
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Just wanted to make a quick lil' video for all the people that have been asking how to have music or other application audio during a stream without it going to the VODs. The new OBS just made this super easy.
IMPORTANT: Desktop Audio must be muted as it captures everything. You'll need to capture all audio sources separately.
If something changes and this no longer applies I'll update the information here.
Just remember that while the music will not appear in the VODs, and these will not be muted, streaming copyrighted content is still not allowed and can be detected by Twitch.
Have fun!
I don't usually do tutorials, but I've been streaming for a while so if someone wants to know something specific, drop me some suggestions, I might cover it in a video if I have the time to do it 👍
Absolutely brilliant. I appreciate you taking the time to do this! I found this from Reddit :D
Omg thank you so much. I feel like this was much harder to do a few years ago? Also, you explained it so well and not as fast as lighting so much appreciated!
It was a bit harder yes. OBS didn't have audio capture so we needed virtual audio cables and other software to route the audio from APPs to different devices and then use those devices in OBS. This is a bit easier.
This was the ABSOLUTE BEST tutorial I've found ! TYSM! All the suggested videos are long and out of date
Saw your comment somewhere on reddit, this is the easiest solution yet thanks for that so my VODs will not be copyrighted!
Thank you! This is an important detail that was not in another guide I was looking up on how to play music on my twitch stream. Much appreciated
Glad I could help!
ah thank you so much for this!! saw your link on reddit!
Thanks for this, man! It helps a lot. Just have a quick questiono tho. Does this also work when I'm streaming on Facebook?
If it's anything like youtube I would assume no, but I never streamed to Facebook so I couldn't tell you. I use the multi rtmp output plugin to simulcast to youtube and twitch and the best I can do is leave a track out, but there's no separate VOD track.
tysm! just came over from reddit and this was amazing
Informative, helpful and most appreciated of all, straight to the point. Thank you so much! No more copyright free bibbidly bops for me (I mean... I'm still gonna have em, just mixed in with actual music people like now)
Nice. Just remember that Twitch still checks live streams now and then, so getting VODs muted can still happen. It's very rare though.
woah streaming for yearssss and now it come up to my mind like how so many ppl these days plays some dmca songs was so confused and than I see this what a king! so that mean now I can play randomly sometimes eminem etc and no troubles ?
Yes, just bare in mind that livestreaming copyrighted content is still a big no no so, as long as that's not the main focus of the stream, you should be fine. Sometimes though (very rarely) they also check livestreams ... live, so you might get some vods muted now and then. But generally speaking you should have no trouble because your VODs and clips will not have that content.
@@davexmachina thanks for answer i was thinking sometimes to play in background just like nothing focused just to be there sometimes in background. :)
Hey, I recently switched from twitch to youtube and saw this from a Reddit post and followed your link. I found the “seperate twitch vod track” setting on streamlabs OBS and was curious if it worked the same for youtube if you knew? CZcams also uploads the streams after your done like twitch. But would that setting still work?
I can't remember but I think YT doesn't have that feature. If it did, you need to be extra careful because YT content ID system is ruthless, even while you're live. I've gotten false flags for my own music even xD. What I have been doing though is simulcasting on YT and Twitch with the "Multiple RTMP outputs plugin" for OBS, and in the youtube part you can select a track. In this case I just select track 2 (the one I disabled for music) and people on Twitch can hear music while people on YT can't.
Hi, thanks for the awesome tutorial. I was able to find similar settings for Streamlabs OBS. It looks like you do have a separate track for in-game music, so I'm assuming we set desktop audio to zero so that it doesn't pick up the spotify audio as well right?
Yes, I mute desktop audio, otherwise it picks up everything
Cheers man, quick & useful.
Glad it helped
TYSM! Very informative and easy to follow!
Dave is being a helpful person =O , oh this is good if use the other UI obs as its different from mine
many people keep asking so I decided to put it public
Hi thanks so much for the video!! do you know if it will mute music in clips too? or just the vods?
it will mute music in clips too
straight forward and helpful, thanks
Thank you for this! You made it so simple! Do you have a suggestion on great DMCA Free Music?
The CZcams audio library has some stuff. Humble Bundle sometimes sells packs of DMCA Free Music you can use as well. You can check some more DMCA Free music here: sisypheanproductions.com/
@@davexmachina Thank you!
@@davexmachina Hi man, I tried this method, and it is playing through my desktop audio which also means it will play into my VOD, Do you have separate every single one of your audio and disable desktop audio?
@@aaronbong yes, because desktop audio captures everything.
@@aaronbong What I did is: for the basics you add three sources of AAC's (application audio capture) for your game, music app and browser. Then if you use a mic you can add a source of AIC (audio input capture). Now you can choose whichever sort of audio you want on your stream or on your vod or both in the mixer settings with the designated channels 1 (for stream) and 2 (for vods). By the way this is also a bit easier to setup in Streamlabs, which is basically a bit more user friendly version of OBS.
This is amazing. Will it work with CZcams music as well?
you can always capture the audio from the browser instead of spotify or other application so whatever plays there will not be included in the vods.
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ty for the help bro much love
Hey mate! Thanks for the video! Perhaps, do you know if it is possible to do this on Streamlabs? If so, how? Thanks in advance!
Sorry, I never used streamlabs so I have no idea. It's supposed to be a fork of OBS but I don't know if they included application audio capture.
They should still have the vod track options, but if there's no application audio capture you have to split the audio in some other way: with the help of software like VOICEMEETER BANANA from VB-Audio for example.
@@davexmachina nah, I haven't found anything! No worries though, I guess I will definitelly change to OBS Studio! Thanks and cheers! Thanks for your answer and for the help setting up this :D
thanks dude, gonna give it a try now
Hey, the Twitch VOD Track setting is not appearing, I have twitch connected btw. Any reason for this that you know of?
it should be in settings -> Output -> Streaming Tab -> Streaming Settings if you have the advance settings on
or settings -> Output -> Streaming if you have the simple settings on
@@davexmachina Thanks! Had the same issue, found it!
when i do this method do i have to mute desktop audio in obs or can i leave it on?
you have to mute desktop audio, otherwise you'll get the music or whatever else you're trying to exclude through there.
That was easy 🔴 will the vod that saves through OBS have the music?
it should, yes
nice video,thanks
So it will play on stream but not for vods? I'm having such a a rough time lol I will literally pay money to play copyright music on stream (as long as price is within reason) I just don't understand how to get permission and all that. So annoying. Why is it so god damn hard to just play some classic rock music while streaming?
You are correct, it will play on stream but not on VODS or clips, yes. Just remember if you are using application audio capture, you want to mute desktop audio and capture your game with application audio capture as well, otherwise it will still go to the vods because desktop audio captures everything.
Youre the best ty!
thx!
so if i do this i wont get a copyright strike against me?
You can still get a copyright strike if they check it while you are live and you are broadcasting copyrighted material. But usually what happens is that when they check it live they will mute the VODS to avoid this (even when the VOD does not contain the music)
Generally what happens is that your VOD will not contain any of the tracks you keep out, and so the likelihood of your VOD being muted is lower because the live checks are less frequent.
thanks for tutorial! im on OBS v29 and I don't have Application Audio (Beta) in my list of scene add-ons. what else can I use instead? thanks
I've tried to use it via window capture and play on the browser but it won't show up in my audio settings
well if you don't have audio capture in OBS, the only other way is to route the audio through something like
"VOICEMEETER BANANA" or any other application that gives you virtual cables so that you can have a separate audio capture for whatever you want to leave out, the rest of the procedure is the same.
@@davexmachina I think there’s a deeper issue now.. the desktop audio stopped registering the output sound from the computer (decibels not moving at all) and doesn’t show any devices available (but the computer settings are fine - shows both Computer speaker, headphones and audio interface )/ Eventho it used to work just fine until 2 days ago … very confused why that happened and can’t seem to find any information on this issue , would you know by any chance ? Thanks . but yes it doesn’t have the application audio capture for me for some reason on obs 29:((
@@pixelpriestess that's strange, application audio capture was introduced a couple of versions ago. As for the audio issue, make sure that settings -> audio -> desktop audio is set to the proper device in obs. That's all I can think off the top of my head.
@@davexmachina yeah the thing is there’s no devices other than default …
that was sooo helpful tysm
Glad it helped!
I tried this for spotify and it worked but when I tried to use apple music it show up only on desktop and not the application audio capture was wondering if there a simple fix for this or if it just wouldn't work with apple music. I want to use apple because I already pay for the subscription so I didn't want to have t buy spotify premium just for OBS.
If the desktop app is now showing, you could open the Web version in the browser and capture audio from the browser.
@@davexmachina thank you great idea simple solution!
I looked at that vod option under settings> output but its not there. I am on OBS 30.
Any idea if it still there and they just renamed it?
I'm on v30.1.2 Under Settings -> Output -> Streaming Tab, it's still there both in Simple and Advanced output modes. I believe Twitch VOD Track is enabled by default and set to 2 but I included it here just in case.
Does this still work
yes, if something changes I'll take it down or update the info
@@davexmachina is it the same for stream labs
@@bobbyjonesfoo stream labs is a fork of obs but I honestly have no idea if they have audio capture integrated
You are a f#cking legend!!!!
This does not work, I can still see it showing up on the volume for my desktop audio with my headphones, and it's still showing up in the VOD
Desktop Audio needs to be muted because it captures everything. I added this to the description to avoid further confusion. Any additional audio source you want to capture, you need to do it individually. For game capture there's now an option on the latest OBS that allows you to capture audio as well. For anything else you need to add individual audio capture sources.
i followed this exact and my spotify is still being picked up through both spotify souce and desktop audio
Desktop audio captures everything so you need to mute it and capture game audio or other application audio directly.