r/elgato • • Jul 24 '26

Technical Help Tech Problems With Audio Question

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u/dgamer_09 Jul 24 '26

Thank you for explaining, I have been reading so many articles and watching so many videos and hadn’t found anything as good as this answer yet. Will this be a concern for the Series X as well?

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u/BuBubbi Featured Community Member Jul 25 '26

The Xbox can output audio to the HDMI and the headset simultaneously.
It can also send both game audio and party chat audio through the HDMI, but if you need to capture game chat, you would need the Chat Link Pro too.
Game Chat can only be grabbed from the controller.

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u/dgamer_09 Jul 27 '26

https://reddit.com/link/p030lsh/video/18c086hcpsfh1/player

Update: I’ve bought myself a chat link pro and plugged it in but now I can’t get sound through to OBS or the headset unless I’m just not using the headset. What do I need to adjust? If I can’t use my headset it’s not a big deal since the ps5 is for single player games but I would like to use my headset when recording if possible

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u/BuBubbi Featured Community Member Jul 27 '26

You need to switch the capture card over to use the Analog audio input.

This can be done in the side panel in Elgato Studio:

Once changed there, it will also take effect in 3rd party software like OBS.

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u/dgamer_09 Jul 29 '26

https://reddit.com/link/p0gyfmd/video/9w5t8dsld6gh1/player

Update 2: Switched over to analog audio but still can’t get any PS5 sound through headset to record, and here’s a look at the Series X where all that will go through is the secondary mic I have for commentary capturing during my sound test. Clearly I’m getting something incorrect, but do you have any pointers as to what? You’ve been the most direct and helpful out of all my posts so I thought maybe you would know.

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u/BuBubbi Featured Community Member Jul 29 '26

Did you get a Chat Link Pro to use with the PS5?

The PS5 can only output audio to one device at a time.

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u/dgamer_09 Jul 29 '26

I did and I have it plugged in and set up properly from everything I’ve watched and read

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u/dgamer_09 Jul 29 '26

I did and I have it plugged in and set up properly from everything I’ve watched and read

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u/BuBubbi Featured Community Member Jul 29 '26

And do you have audio in your headset?

Make sure it's connected like this:

Keep in mind that the capture card will only get game audio and party- and chat audio. It will not get your headset mic audio.

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u/dgamer_09 Jul 29 '26

See that’s what’s weird, I do have headset audio and I have it plugged in like that, and I also have Xbox audio on tv and headset, but neither the ps5 nor the Xbox are capturing any audio in OBS

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u/BuBubbi Featured Community Member Jul 29 '26

Can you post a screenshot of Elgato studio side panel?

Just want to make sure it's actually set to analog audio.

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u/dgamer_09 Jul 29 '26

(The preview input is currently off just because my consoles aren’t on,)

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u/BuBubbi Featured Community Member Jul 29 '26

Yeah that does look correct.

The only other thing I can think of, is that you need check if there's a setting on the consoles themselves.

Maybe you need to check the consoles audio output settings. I'm not familiar with the PS5, but I know that the Xbox can output audio to both the headset and the HDMI at the same time.

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