USB3HDCAP How to Capture Audio Outside of OBS

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Hey there, I have been using the Startech HD capture card for years now and it is great. In OBS, to capture audio I have to add a custom audio device such as CY3014 Analog 02 Waveln. I am trying to capture this audio outside of OBS so that I can set it as its own audio device and listen and control it in Voicemeeter, Matrix, etc. When I check audio devices there is nothing that is attached to the StarTech like other USB capture cards. Is it not possible to capture the audio separately while recording in OBS? I don’t really NEED to do this, but if I wanted to have all audio on my PC while streaming/recording this would be the way I do it. Is this not possible with this capture card? In Device Manager I see the StarTech, but in the Sound control panel there is no device for it.

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Hello @polymathical,

Thank you for you asking your question here on the StarTech.com community page.

I have reviewed our documentation for the USB3HDCAP, and what I found seems to validate what you have discovered. The audio input for the USB3HDCAP is integrated with the video. This means the audio can be captured with software like OBS which can read the integrated video and audio, and separate them, but the audio device is not available separate from the video.

Though you do not have an urgent need, I will add for your interest, we do have separate USB audio devices, and USB capture devices that will provide a separate audio device accessible in Windows.

Two video adapters with separate audio interfaces.

I hope that helps!

Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help with the USB3HDCAP or any of these other devices.

Sincerely,

@DavidF

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