OBS Discord Screensharing Guide

UPDATED 1/5/2024 (New method using capture device)

Things you need

• OBS (https://github.com/obs/obs-studio/releases)
• win-capture-audio plugin for OBS (https://github.com/bozbez/win-capture-audio/releases)
• VBCABLE (VBCABLE_Setup_x64.exe)

Initial Setup

Install all the software from the first section and open OBS

OBS Setup

• Navigate to file>settings>audio
• Set audio monitoring device to CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)

• Add some sources to a scene, we'll use a basic display capture as an example
• Right click the sources list > Add > Application Audio Capture
• Select the running applications you DON'T want to capture audio from (Discord.exe and obs64.exe)
• Check "Capture all audio sessions except for the selected executables"

• Right click the audio mixer > Advanced audio settings
• Next to Application Audio Capture, set monitor to "Monitor and output"

• In OBS, click Start Virtual Camera
• In Discord, start a screenshare
• Select Capture Devices, select OBS Virtual Camera, set audio device to CABLE Output (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)

• You're streaming using OBS in Discord! Wow!