Two-PC gaming/recording setup problems...

[duplexmortician]

Is anyone else using two PCs to game/record with?  I ***HAD*** it all working but something happened (maybe a windows update?) that has caused my setup to stop working.

Here's the setup:

PC1 (gaming): 

Windows 10 latest update (just updated this week)

TR 1950x OC to 4.06ghz all cores

Gigabyte X399 Aorus Xtreme mb

3200mhz G.Skill Tridentz RGB "X"-type ram for AMD, running at 3200mhz 

GTX 1080ti

Playing at 4k on HDMI link to Samsung 50" 4kTV

I listen to game audio via headphones plugged into front jack

I feed 4k60 footage (and audio) over HDMI to second PC

I do voiceover via battery-powered mic plugged into front mic input

 

PC2 (recording):

Win 10 latest update

Ry 1800x running stock (this CPU/mb doesn't like to OC and don't really need it just to record)

Asrock X370 Taichi MB

3400mhz Patriot ram running at 3066mhz (cant get it higher for whatever reason)

GTX 1080

Recording 4k60 footage via Elgato 4k60 Pro capture card and Elgato 4k Capture software

 

So I am able to hear my voiceover via using "Stereo Mix" device in Win10 Sound Setup app, via PC1's headphones as mentioned above.  I also used it to mix sound output to both the Elgato 4k60 device on PC2 (PC1 sees it as another HDMI screen) and my headphones.  And I *HAD* the sound going over to the second PC and being recorded by the Elgato app, but as I said, it no longer works for some reason.  Video feeds and records on 2nd PC but not the audio.

 

It is so frustrating I have started shopping for an external audio mixing board that I can feed into the second PC's mic/line input.

Anyone here have a similar two-PC setup that has a trick I can use to get this to work again that doesn't involve buying a $75+ external mixer?  Thanks in advance if you can help!





 

 

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did you check all the settings after update? heard quite a few streamers saying the updates fuck up audio settings

[duplexmortician]

17 minutes ago, Neftex said:

did you check all the settings after update? heard quite a few streamers saying the updates fuck up audio settings

Yup, I spent all morning today trying to get it to work again.  I might try using the headphone output and jacking it directly to the other PC, and listening with a splitter to my headphones.  Before committing to the external mixer that is...