Can we get audio with webcam streaming?

[TedKaczynski42]

I have noticed that webcam-streaming with OBS as middleware works great (taskbar freezes after 10 minutes with other methods) but it does not send any audio. Can we get a toggle for that? Should be simple.

[LeonMarcelHD]

We’re working on a fix for this:

Windows start menu acting unresponsive during / after screen sharing

We currently suspect that the issue, especially the Windows Explorer hanging, is related to Windows Graphics Capture (WGC). Based on our analysis, WGC capturing may lead to instability in certain environments, which could explain the behavior you are seeing. As a precautionary measure, we have temporarily disabled WGC. Please retest the issue once the next version is available. In that build, WGC will be disabled by default. If you would like to continue using capture, please switch to DXGI an…

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If that issue is fixed I don’t see a need for this feature. On the other hand we’re exploring ways to implement audio only streaming. Meaning that you can decide which sound to share without having an active video stream.