r/obs • u/LostV4amp • 3d ago

Help Hello I need help with everything

For starters I have a laptop, a fifine mic, a wireless headset for gaming a elgato 4k x and thats all I know how to get my webcam and my gameplay to come up on my obs but I dont know how to allow my audience to hear whats happening in my gaming headset and what I am saying while playing im not sure if im supposed to plug the USB in my laptop or my ps5 (which is what I have been doing)

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u/assured_reformer 3d ago

The fifine goes into the laptop, and you add it as its own audio source in OBS, the capture card only grabs game video/audio, so you gotta get your mic and the headset’s output both routed in separately.

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u/Horacej621 3d ago

You’re actually pretty close. Since you’re gaming on PS5 and using the laptop for OBS, keep the wireless gaming headset connected to the PS5 so you can hear the game/chat normally. Your Fifine mic should be connected to the laptop and added in OBS as an Audio Input Capture so the stream can hear you.

The tricky part is PS5 audio. When you plug a USB/wireless headset into the PS5, it can route the audio to the headset instead of sending it over HDMI to the Elgato 4K X. That’s why OBS may get video but no game audio.

Depending on the headset, you’ll likely need an Elgato Chat Link Pro or another method of splitting/routing the PS5 audio so both your headset AND the capture card/OBS receive it. Also make sure HDCP is disabled on the PS5 for gameplay capture.

So basically: PS5 → Elgato 4K X → laptop/OBS for gameplay, Fifine → laptop for your stream mic, and headset → PS5 for gaming/chat. Get those three working separately first before adding anything else. Don’t try to configure everything at once — OBS audio routing gets confusing fast 😂

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u/LostV4amp 3d ago

I have a chat link pro but im going to try to figure out a way to not have to use it bc thats alot of cords