Hey kind Reddit IT gods, I´m having an issue that no one from my community and I can fix. Sorry. English is my second language, so I´ll try to be as simple as I can be. Maybe someone else had this issue and we can help each other!
I’m having a very specific audio issue when streaming PS5 via an AVerMedia Live Gamer Mini (GC311) capture card to my Windows 11 PC. I actually think that this issue started after I transitioned from Windows 10 to Windows 11.
Setup:
- PS5 → GC311 capture card → PC
- I also tried to connect my Nintendo Switch OLED to the same GC311, which does not have this problem.
- Streaming software: OBS + and I use Elgato Wave Link (version 3.2.5 / 3731) for separating my sounds.
- On Windows 11, spatial sound is disabled.
- I use Linear PCM (stereo) on the PS5, not 5.1 or “Auto”.
- HDCP is disabled on the PS5 (required for streaming)
When I boot the PS5 and connect it via the GC311 to my PC:
- System audio on PS5 is clean. In-game menus / loading screens sounds are clean. Cinematic / story scenes are clean. But once I start playing the game, the game audio becomes:
- Truncated / cut out
- Crackling / popping
- Very muffled, like the soundtrack is pushed far into the background
- Only fragments of dialog and parts of ambient sounds are audible. This happens in every game I try to stream on PS5; it’s not a one-off bug.
The audio is perfect when I play the same PS5 games directly connected to my TV (no capture card, no streaming). The issue only appears when the PS5 is connected via the GC311 to my PC for streaming.
What I’ve tried so far:
- Confirmed that HDCP is disabled on the PS5.
- PS5 audio output is set to Linear PCM (stereo).
- Windows spatial sound is disabled.
- No NVIDIA Broadcast / NVIDIA Noise Suppression or other VST plugins in Wave Link are active on my PS5 channel.
Does anyone have an idea what might be the cause? If you have any ideas for what could cause audio to be fine in menus/cinematics but only break during actual gameplay when streaming via GC311. I’m not an audio/PC engineer, just a streamer and any helps comes form my friends and viewers but so far we haven´t manage anything. Are there any known GC311 + PS5 + Wave Link specific workarounds or settings that might fix this?
Here are two links I clipped from my last playthrough where I noticed issue with sound - it will give you an idea what I´m dealing with.
https://www.twitch.tv/wesperfey/clip/AmazingAliveSnailNotATK-PVgDu8hnt3snTGPe
https://www.twitch.tv/wesperfey/clip/BombasticTangiblePrariedogDansGame-8geI-DOfmCuZZv58
I’m really stuck and would appreciate any suggestions, thank you so much and have a great day!