Steam Audio Issue: My friends can't hear me and I can't hear them

[AstroEskimo]

So for the past week, something has been blocking me from chatting in my friends' voice channel. The mic/headset (Turtle Beach) works perfectly. I have used the mic test feature on both the Steam and PC (Windows 10) and it works great. They are both the default items in both Steam and my PC. I have tried to uninstall Steam, disable firewall (Windows Defender Firewall) from both public and private networks, and not allowing then allowing steam on the firewall. I have also restarted my PC about 13-15 times give or take a few times. It thinks there is more than one Steam on the firewall when allowing apps. It temporarily worked until I shut off my PC for the night and turned it back on the next day in which was basically back to square one. My mic works on Discord and I can hear my friends through that. I don't know if the Steam chat is crapping out but I'm open to suggestions. Thank you for hearing my story and I hope you can help me.

[76561198887146265]

I have seem to have looked into some of this...

It seems that...


When I had turned on my Speakers over STEAM, that my Microphone would
appear in my Friends List. I don't know why you would have it showing there,
the Microphone I think turns activates it, though.

This does not seem to happen anymore, though.

I don't know how you have your PC Setup, but?

My Setup:
Windows 10 Desktop: TV or PC Display Through HDMI Speakers
Windows Settings: Only Master Audio In & Out were setup
Microphone: My Microphone

STEAM: TV or PC Display Through HDMI Speakers
STEAM Microphone: My Microphone


What is the difference between the two? Because I used my own Settings,
instead of the Default ones, & I also did not set anything up such as
STEAM Mic, or STEAM Speakers, I chose not to use these at all, I used
my own.

Does any of this help? Also, you may want to check Windows Settings for
Microphone, there are some things about limitations of use, & Windows 10
has a Master section with all kinds of Volumes for different Apps. & such.
You also have Windows 10 Speaker Properties with some things in it as well.
Lastly, you have STEAM Settings TAB, Friends List TAB, & Big Picture MODE
Sound Options.

Still no luck? then something, such as a Firewall, or software could be
blocking it from being used.

PS: It could also be something taking control of your Mic. that is using it,
instead of STEAM, something running in the background.