NEW! How to Connect OBS & Zoom w/ new Audio Routing Plugin

THE EASY WAY

0:00 - 0:28 - Using OBS Video and Audio with Zoom
0:36 - 2:08 - Why connect OBS with Zoom
2:40 - 3:15 - Wiring Diagram with Virtual Cables
3:16 - 3:45 - In-ear audio monitor for OBS and Zoom
3:46 - 5:20 - Connect video to Zoom
5:21 - 8:25 - Connect audio from OBS to Zoom
8:26 - 11:04 - Using virtual audio cables to Zoom

Just connect Video and Your Mic. Leave the Audio with your regular settings
Only requires 1 free virtual audio cable for PC

THE NEW BEST WAY

Connect Your Webcam with the Virtual Video Camera
Connect your Microphones from OBS to Zoom
Connect the Zoom audio output in OBS
This is ideal for recording and streaming the content
This plugin allows you to choose each audio output you want to send to Zoom individually. This way you can still use your monitor output for your headphones.

First of all, why would you want to connect OBS and Zoom? By connecting OBS to Zoom with video you can use the virtual webcam feature of OBS to power Zoom. In this way, your webcam source in Zoom can have all kinds of awesome video sources that you can manage in OBS. You can use this to use lower thirds, show overlays, mix together multiple sources, display countdown timers and much more. The only limitation is your creativity.

Next, why would you want to connect your Zoom audio through OBS? First of all, in OBS you can enhance your audio with VST2 plugins and you can mix together multiple sources of audio and output that into Zoom. Want to play a video clip and have everyone see it in Zoom? Sure you could use the Screen Share feature, but it’s much cleaner to manage everything in Zoom. Want to record and stream your Zoom conference on YouTube and Facebook using OBS. Well you are going to need the audio from your Zoom guests into OBS to do that properly.

So, the easiest way to get started is to start with video. You can bring your webcam into OBS and then output into Zoom using the “Virtual Webcam” option. This button is in the right hand corner by default right below start recording and streaming. Next, in Zoom you can select “OBS Camera” as your webcam in Zoom. Now everything you see have in the output screen on OBS will show up your webcam source in Zoom. Easy right?




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[gregoryjwellls]

Thanks for this video and all the effort to communicate how to get this set up but for some reason, I couldn't get this to work without getting a feedback problem.
I finally resolved this with the following setup. Maybe this can help some other similarly dimwitted people like me.
First of all, I purchased and installed the A Cable and B Cable per your instructions
I also installed the audio monitor 0.6.1 for OBS on Windows
1) in Zoom on my primary PC, I hosted a meeting
2) On an ipad (I also could have used a phone) I joined that meeting so I could test my results since the challenge is to get both my voice and the audio portion of a video to be audible to Zoom participants. ( Plugging in earbuds to this test device can help prevent artificial feedback loops)
3) In the primary Zoom session, on the audio popup (the up arrow by the mute/microphone icon in the lower left), select Cable A for the microphone and Cable B for the speaker
4) In the primary Zoom session, on the video popup (the up arrow by the vide icon in the lower left), select OBS virtual camera
5) open OBS
6) create a new scene by pressing the + in the lower left
7) add a new source for Mic/Aux, select your preferred microphone as the input. Next add an audio monitor filter for this source with the device set to Cable A
8) add a new media source as any local video file that also includes audio, add an audio filter and set the device to Cable B
9) right click on the Audio Mixer header and select Audio monitor if it's not already checked
10) Set the audio output slider in the Audio Monitor in the middle of the range
11) This is the basic configuration that worked for me

[brucequinnplayground]

It seems like OBS could simply have a dedicated simple audio virtual output. In zoom, you would select obs (virtual) camera and obs (virtual output) audio. It would be a 15 second tutorial instead of 9 minutes.
I agree, OBS gives you things you can’t do directly in zoom, like the compressor filter for audio, or the option inside the audio menu to delay the audio by 100 or 200 ms so that it sinks better with the video channel.

[jpennel]

I was doing everything in the book to try and get zoom to take a mic input. Make sure you check your windows mic privacy settings. Fixed my issues after uninstalling everything then reinstalling

[dises]

I run the last version of OBS (on a mac) and I have installed VC A + B. However, I cannot select Cable B in the preference/audio/ desktop audio of OBS. (I see cable B in the list of my audio sources elsewhere)

[NateNakao]

As an FYI for folks, if you want to be able to control source volume in OBS, you need to check the radio button labeled "Volume linked to source volume, " and select "Linked to source muting" in the "Mute" selection.
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Having said that, I'm having an issue where the video I'm playing on YouTube (or any desktop audio) seems to be bypassing this entirely, and I can't seem to mute or control the volume. I can control my microphone's volume though.

[gcmdigital]

With NDI tools you do not need virtual cables or the virtual camera of Obs. Audio and video go simply through NDI input.

[alvinbiblechurch]

Every video I watch leaves out a dozen steps. I am absolutely frustrated. I would love a video on how to set up a guest interview with the ability to both watch a video and react to it all while recording it, without looping or double recording. But so far you guys are the most helpful.

[YnnadzCatacutanizer]

Daghang salamat Paul! I SUPER need this for my online classes!

[NickRainsPhotography]

The Speaker view in Zoom seems to go out at 360p by default - this is the “webcam input” view. Screen sharing is much better, but how do you get around this low res limit in the Speaker View. 360p looks very poor!

[matthewhodgson]

This is the best video I've watched in a long time. Thank you for helping with this issue.

[SusilRatnasekara]

How do you connect an analog audio mixer into this setup? Line in and line out?

[lgf]

Just what I needed to understand. Thank you. One more item to consider. I also have a Blackmagic ATEM mini pro. I want to add that into this flow as well. I think the audio plugin and virtual audio cables will make this work.

[TawandaDiza]

very powerful presentation, I am up and running soon after following your vid

[GDBOYFilms]

Thanks! I just needed one cable and it worked great. Appreciate the tutorial.

[drewbsn]

for me on 21.0.1 on mac I had to do it a bit differently I think to get OBS audio to feed to zoom - in OBS click the settings wheel next to an audio device, advanced audio, set to monitor or monitor/output (turn on monitor, I didn't have a filter option to do this.) Then in general obs settings at the bottom right of the whole obs window, audio tab, advanced - monitor device set to VB-cable.

[jamesclarke_aus]

Excellent and super helpful video guys. Thanks

[mgdacosta]

Thanks Paul very useful information. For the window capture part though, in my head I am seeing a tunnel. So session recording would have to be done from zoom.

[truthtv]

Thanks for the videos. Can you sow in a video how to connect OBS sound with Behringer audio mixer? To be able to monitor sound and send to Zoom as well as YouTube/Facebook.

[seungsoojun]

Thank you for the information. I have one question. I'm trying to bring the feed from zoom, process it through OBS, and then stream it live FB. But what happens to the people in the zoom group? If A from the zoom is speaking, and we process it through OBS... one output will go to FB live and the other should feedback to zoom. Wouldn't that create feedback? Does it mean all the zoom participants need to use a headphone?

[lachleerpodcast]

great video but I work with NDI to connect OBS to zoom or skype. So I was wondering what are the benefits of the solution presented here?