Audio track options not visible on live stream

💻 Environment/Context

  • Live ingest
  • Audio

 

❓ Issue/Question

  • Hello, trying to select a different audio track on my feed whilst watching the day one integrated feed, but the option is not there
  • I am unable to see the headphone button that allows me to select different audio tracks on my live stream

 

👌 Resolution/Answer

  • Check the browser
    • If you don't see the headphone icon, open the platform in Google Chrome, or in an Incognito or private window

  • Check how many tracks the feed sends
    • The headphone icon only shows when the live receives more than one audio track
    • Ask your feed provider how many audio tracks they send. A feed with more than one track needs to be sent over SRT, since RTMP carries only one
    • If the live uses a live preset with custom audio channels, make sure the preset doesn't map more tracks than the feed sends
    • If audio was added after the stream started, recreate the live

 

🥚 Cause

  • Some browsers, Safari in particular, don't display the player controls correctly
  • The feed sends only one audio track, or fewer tracks than the live preset maps, so there's no extra track to pick

 

🔖 Notes