Set up audio, languages and start/stop in OBS بتا

Once OBS is paired, three choices in the SermonWave dock decide what gets translated and when: which OBS source carries the pastor's microphone (Audio input), when translation starts and stops (Stream Deck & control), and which languages the device translates into (Languages). Click a category's header to open or close it.

Who it's for#

Whoever sets up OBS for services. You do this once; the plugin remembers it.

Before you start#

• OBS is paired with SermonWave and the dock shows Connected. See Pair OBS with SermonWave.
• The pastor's microphone already comes into OBS as an audio source (for example Mic/Aux, an audio input capture, or a feed from your sound desk).
• A SermonWave admin has assigned languages to the device in the Dashboard.

Step 1 — Choose the pastor microphone#

1. In the dock, open Audio input and find Pastor microphone.
2. Pick the OBS source that carries the pastor's voice. If you just added a source in OBS, click the refresh button (Refresh the source list) next to the list.
3. Speak into the mic. The level meter moves and shows speech when the plugin hears a voice.

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Good to know:

• The plugin listens to that one source after its OBS filters and before the mix. Music, video playback and other sources stay out of the translation, so pick the cleanest voice feed you have.
• If the source is muted in OBS, the dock says "The source is muted — sending silence."
• If you switch scene collections and the source isn't there, the dock says "The selected source is not in this scene collection — nothing is being sent."
• A Dashboard admin can also switch the source remotely.

Step 2 — Choose when to translate#

Open Stream Deck & control and set Translate when:

Then set On start:

• Start a session now — the live session begins immediately.
• Arm (start on first speech) — the device waits and begins when the pastor starts speaking. The dock shows "Armed — waiting for speech".

Translation starts and stops this way even when the dock is closed.

The control bar at the top of the dock shows the session state ("● Idle", "● Translating" or "● Armed — waiting for speech") next to the Start translation / Stop translation button. The button works whatever you chose here, and the Dashboard's start and stop commands work too. Stop translation always works: it also stops this OBS's translated streams and recordings and ends its YouTube broadcasts, whoever started the session (the Dashboard, a Stream Deck or another computer). When you close OBS while translating, the plugin ends the session cleanly.

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Step 3 — Set the device's languages#

Open Languages:

1. Pick the Speaking language (or Auto (detect)).
2. Under Translate into, the chosen languages show as chips: click a language to remove it, or pick one in the list to add it. Only the languages a SermonWave admin assigned to this device are offered. "text only" next to a language means listeners get text but no translated voice.
3. Click Save languages. The dock says "Saved. The dashboard and listeners now use these languages."

Click Revert to undo changes you haven't saved yet.

Device languages vs. OBS-only choices#

There are two kinds of language choices in the dock:

• Languages (device languages) — what SermonWave translates into for everyone: listeners on the Listener page, the Dashboard and the archive.
• Translated streams, Captions and Recording (OBS-only) — which of those translated languages OBS uses: languages you add with Add language under Translated streams (for translated streams, recording copies and in-room playback), stream captions and the captions overlay. These only affect OBS; listeners and the Dashboard are not changed. You can only pick from the device's current translation languages.

If you remove a language from the device that OBS is still using, OBS keeps it selected but marks it "not translated now", and no captions or audio arrive for it until you add it back.

Step 4 — Share the listener link#

Open Connection & account. Under Listener link, click Copy link or Show QR to put the link on a slide or the room screen. Listeners hear the original and translated audio on their phones. See The listener page.

Troubleshooting#

"Pick the OBS source that carries the pastor's microphone." No source is selected yet. Choose one under Audio input → Pastor microphone.

"No languages assigned to this device — ask a SermonWave admin." An admin needs to assign languages to the device in the Dashboard first.

"Choose at least one language to translate into." Tick at least one language before Save languages.

"Could not save the languages: …" The connection to SermonWave dropped or the change was refused. Check the status line says Connected and try again.

Translation didn't start with my stream. Check Translate when. With Recording, starting only the stream does nothing; with Manual only, click Start translation.

FAQ#

Can I use a mix of several microphones?#

The plugin listens to one OBS source. If you need several mics, mix them on your sound desk or in an OBS audio source first, then pick that.

Does OBS have to stream for listeners to hear the translation?#

No. Choose Recording or Manual only and listeners still get the translation on the listener page.