Tuesday, February 14, 2012

PS3 HDMI Streaming - Issues w/ Audio for Commentary

It's been a long journey figuring out this streaming business and it ain't over yet! Finally managed to get PS3 stuff streaming on my PC and it's thanks to Jaxel's guide on 8WayRun and TheGunRun's guide on Shoryuken. And some dude on YouTube's video on how to bypass HDCP protection.

Here is my current setup:

Works nicely. However, I have problems when it's picking up live commentary. Since the mic goes directly into the PC, it's possible that it's processing audio feed without delay, while video takes time - causing a de-sync with audio and video.

I came up with this, a bit of a modification of Jaxel's article:


But then looking at this, won't this have the same problems? I've managed to control volumes for mics and game audio onto a separate mixer, but they still might process quicker than the video. So that's when I came up with this:


I believe this is the answer. Assuming that ShowBiz and XSplit aren't the culprits (which now that I think about it, they probably are).

I'll also be toying around with Virtual Audio Cable some more. If I can get it to play nicely with the incoming HDMI feed from the PS3, I won't even need to buy any more equipment - I'll be able to fool the computer into thinking that the HDMI and the input from my mic are traveling together.