no audio, i tried everything...

[OutSIdeOfTheBoX (chrisvig71)]

i have no audio when using steam vr on my meta quest 3, i use steam link, and i do not wear headphones when using vr, i hear through the headset... it was all working fine until today when i have no audio, yesterday i had the same problem for 5 minutes i think i had to just click on the game window and that solved... but today it's 3 HOURS that im searching through posts on reddit and steam, i've tried everything... i have installed all the steam audio stuff, i don't have any big problem or thing i miss, but today i just can't make the audio work, i hear NOTHING, sometimes i maybe hear some sound but it's so low that i think im imagining it, idk if it's an allucination or it's so low... yesterday was working fine, today no... idk what to do... im desperate...

[Vlash]

I'll just copy/paste what someone else said that helped me out! This worked for me for a few days, then I lost the sound again now.
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Source: https://steamcommunity.com/app/250820/discussions/2/4034725980850415619/

1. Open device manager
2. Expand the "Sound, video, and game controllers" category.
3. If it exists, right click "Steam Streaming Speakers". Then click "Uninstall device". Make sure "Attempt to remove the driver for this device" is also checked.
4. Repeat step 3 for "Steam Streaming Microphone" if it exists.
5. Disconnect any VR related hardware from your computer, including any USB tracking dongles as well. eg. Vive trackers, Tundra trackers, etc...
6. Close any VR related software and stop any VR related services (eg. Virtual Desktop Streamer, Oculus OVRService, ALVR, etc...) from running.
Also make sure there's no VR related software running in the background, hidden system tray icons (the up arrow in the taskbar bottom right corner).
7. Run Steam as Administrator (Completely close down steam if you aren't sure).
8. Launch SteamVR from the main Steam window with all VR hardware and software disconnected.
9. Click on the hamburger menu on the top left of the main SteamVR status window (where you usually see icons of your headset and controllers).
10. Click on Developer -> Developer settings.
11. A new window should have opened. Scroll down until you see a button labeled "Remove All SteamVR USB Devices".
12. Click it. And say Yes to the prompt.
13. Finally, reboot your computer (Open the start menu, click the power icon, and click Restart. Do NOT click Shut Down) and SteamVR should have correctly installed the audio streaming drivers for Steam Link!!!

[hilde]

I can't find device manager.

[OutSIdeOfTheBoX (chrisvig71)]

the problem FOR ME is solved now, i found the trick... it's... stupid, but at least it works, i show all the steps i do but i don't know if all of them are necessary, i do:
1- open the game through the steam home and there is no sound...
2- go to my monitor and click the volume button and... there is steam streaming speakers already...
3- so i change to oculus virtual audio device... and then immediatly re-change again to steam streaming speakers
4- then click on the game window again and put the headset back on... and there is audio!
after i close the game i have to do that again though...

this works for me...

[Pilot_master_7274]

Try uninstalling and reinstalling steamlink on the quest. I LITERALY just had this issue and solved it. Hopeful this works

[Leanx11]

Same issue tried all of these still no fix and steam support isnt helping

[valenti_scott]

I had these issues, and I did something different from the recommendation above. I got interested in Sidequest, and they had directions for becoming a Quest developer.

So you get dev access to your own headset. So yeah, you consider yourself to be a developer. Maybe helping with the testing of an app in development. Part of the team. You give your own proprietorship a name, too.

I did all that, and then wouldn't you know, I had sound.