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How to keep your Twitch VODs from getting muted

Twitch mutes parts of a VOD when it detects copyrighted music. If you play music on stream, you can prevent that by sending Twitch a second, music-free audio track from OBS. You only set it up once.

Why Twitch mutes your VODs

Twitch scans every saved VOD for recorded music it cannot license. When it finds a match, it mutes the audio in roughly 30-minute blocks around it. The live broadcast is unaffected, but the recording and every clip made from it lose their sound. That hits anyone who plays music on stream: DJ and live music sets, listening streams, VTubers, and creators who keep music going in the background.

Send Twitch a music-free VOD track

Twitch accepts a second audio track and uses it for VOD playback. Put your voice, game audio, and alerts on that track and leave the music off it. Live viewers hear the full mix, music included, and the saved VOD plays the clean track.

Getting this through a multistream service usually means switching to special broadcasting software. PSiStream relays the second track from a standard OBS install, so you keep your scenes and encoder settings and only change where OBS sends the stream. The same broadcast can go to YouTube, Kick, and custom destinations at the same time.

Set it up in OBS

1

Open Settings

In OBS, click Settings in the bottom-right Controls panel.

2

Open the Stream tab

In the Settings window, select Stream from the left sidebar.

3

Enter your PSiStream details

Set Service to Twitch. Under Destination, set Server to Specify Custom Server..., paste your PSiStream ingest URL into Custom Server, and paste your PSiStream stream key into Stream Key.

4

Turn on the second audio track

In Settings → Audio, enable the second audio track.

If OBS shows a Disconnect Account button

If the Stream tab shows a Disconnect Account button instead of a Stream Key field, your Twitch account is linked inside OBS. Press Disconnect Account so you can enter the custom server and your PSiStream stream key.