Game bar always starts muted no matter what

Hi Qertion, thanks for the extra info.

Let's try to isolate the problem a bit more

Please try this:

"Format" for your Microphone in the sound settings for your input device

Go to Windows Settings > Navigate to Bluetooth & devices

Select Devices > Scroll down to Related settings and select Sound

Select your audio input device under Input.



In the next menu, you should see Format under Input settings. Select an audio format that's no higher than 48000 Hz (DVD Quality)

Verify whether or not the changes solved the issue. If that doesn't work, try adjusting the audio format by repeating the steps above to verify if any other format works.

If that doesn't work try this instead:

Open Xbox Game Bar > Go to Audio widget > Select the Voice

Change Windows default input to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.

Change Default communications input and output to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.

Scroll down to More Settings > Xbox Party Chat

Change Audio output and input to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.

Verify that push to talk is not enabled

Finally open the Xbox app

Click your profile icon at the top right corner of the page

Select Settings > Audio

Set your default Input device and output device to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.

Verify that push to talk is not enabled again

Please also double check if you have audio enhancements enabled, if yes disable it.

You can follow this quick tutorial:

https://www.intowindows.com/turn-on-or-off-audi...

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If none of the above worked, give this a try:

A. Reinstall the game bar via powershell command

Right-click on the Start button and select Windows PowerShell (Admin) from the pop-up menu.

Copy and paste the following command in PowerShell and hit Enter to uninstall the Game Bar from your system.

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage

Now head over to Microsoft Store and search for Xbox Game Bar, install it and give it a new try

B. Delete the registry keys associated with the game bar :

Press Windows key+R then type regedit and press Enter.

Go to this path (expand the folders using the little ">")

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR

Once there delete all the keys except (Default), restart your PC and try again

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Hope you're doing great today despite this Qertion

Additional information is needed, please tell me:

Are you using windows 10 or 11?
Is this the first time that you try to use this feature or previously you were able to do it?
And, what did you tried so far to fix this
In that way I can advise you different things or how to proceed

I’m using windows 10 and this is not the first time I am using this. I have had this problem for a while. The only way I know of to fix it is to mute and unmute before I do the back ground recording but after a certain amount of time it goes back to being muted.

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