
But support of the various streaming services or web players has not been tested. Or it can remove a channel (ex: 3.1 source to 4.0 output removes the LFE channel).ĭolby: Streams can be encoded in ac3/eac (using Output > Advanced > Custom FFmpeg recording > stream to URL). This channel rematrixing mixes channels in general. There is an automatic channel rematrixing when either downmixing or upmixing is mandated by a difference in channel layouts between source and output. If you don't, channel mixing may (or may not) occur. ⚠ IMPORTANT WARNING: make sure to select the same channel layout as your input (if you have a 4.1 audio source do not select 7.1). For surround sound, will be of interest: libopus, aac (native), pcm formats (uncompressed).

all (free) codecs supported by FFmpeg are available (check the box 'Show all codecs').As a rule of thumb 64 kbs x number of channels should be CD quality. By default OBS-Studio selects 160 kbs for stereo. Advanced > Audio Tab: larger bitrates are unlocked for surround sound (up to 1024 kbs).Click OK to the Warning pop-up and restart OBS. Settings > Audio: just select a channel different from Mono or Stereo in the Channels list. The audio channels can be surround sound channels or more general multichannel ones. OBS Studio can stream and record up to 8 audio channels. Traditionally this is a feature reserved to professional broadcast appliances. OBS Studio is the first mainstream streaming software to support surround sound streaming and recording.
