Windows 10: How do I enable Xbox Game Bar recording my voice in Instant Replay?

so I'm just trying to use my Xbox Game Bar instant replay. you can see all the settings above ^^^^dang that image really broke it but Anyways!I can hear my friends on Discord VC but I can't hear myself

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Xbox Game Bar Capture Doesn't Record Mic Audio

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues while recording microphone audio using game bar while playing games.



I would suggest you to try troubleshooting Game Bar and see if that helps. Refer the article

Troubleshoot Xbox Game Bar on Windows 10



In addition, you can also check if the Microphone for game bar is enabled under privacy settings.

1. Go to Settings (press Windows +
   I key together) > Privacy.
   
2. On the left hand pane scroll down and look for
   Microphone.
   
3. Toggle Allow apps to access Microphone
   to ON.
   
4. Under Choose which Microsoft Store app can access your Microphone toggle Xbox game bar to
   ON.
   
5. Restart the game bar.
   

If the issue persists, please get back to us with details of the troubleshooting steps to assist you further.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Game Bar randomly stops recording my microphone

Hi LuizScruz,

Thanks for your reply.

As I already mentioned in point 3 I checked the privacy settings of the microphone settings in windows. This can't be the issue anyway because Game Bar does pick up my microphone sometimes, as I mentioned in my original message.

I checked, my windows 10 is up to date. I will add this to the list in my original message.

My Microsoft Store apps are up to date too. I will add this to the list in my original message.

Also the suggestion to press Windows + i and check Games to enable the microphone by default is not relevant, since I mentioned in my message that the microphone is already enabled and does work sometimes. If I didn't have these settings enabled it wouldn't record at all.

So in summary, my system is up to date, and the other suggestions are not relevant because Game Bar is able to pick up my voice (but only when I switch it off and on again in the Game Bar menu, which is the issue).

Any other suggestions?

 

Xbox Game Bar Not Recording Mic But It Should

I use the Xbox Game Bar to record the last 10 minutes of the game in the background. It should also record my microphone, but it doesn't do it properly. When I click to record my last 10 minutes of the game, the recording is saved with the system sound (including in-game sounds and Discord). However, my microphone was not recorded. It's not a problem with the microphone, because my friends can hear me in Discord, teammates in the game can hear me in voice chat too. Even if I don't use Discord or voice chat, it doesn't record my mic. The only way to get around this is to manually turn off the microphone in XGB and then turn it on (I usually just do this with a hotkey). The problem is that usually I forget to do it and get a recording without my voice. However, this is not how it should work. If I set my microphone to be on by default, it should record my voice initially, whithout my interruptions by manually restarting the mic.

Has anyone encountered this problem? How can it be solved?

FYI:

• In XBR settings Record in the background while I'm playing and Show microphone recording notifications are set ON.
  
• In Audio to record it is set All (Game, enabled mic, apps, system).
  
• In Windows Settings there are only two enabled Recording devices: my headphones mic (HyperX Cloud Alpha S Chat) and built-in laptop mic (Realtek Audio). The HyperX Cloud Alpha S Chat is set as a default recording device (format: 1 channel, 16 bit, 48 MHz), Realtek Audio is just active. However it doesn't matter, if built-in mic active or not, the problem still exists.
  
• In Games in Windows Settings Record audio when record the game is set ON. Quality is set to 192 Kbit/s, Mic audio is set to 100, System audio is set to 50.
  
• Windows, XGB and headphones driver are up-to-date (Windows 11 Pro 22621.819 and Xbox Game Bar 5.822.10271.0 and HyperX Cloud Alpha S firmware v4.1.1.0).