Windows 10: Xbox game bar not recording mic when "All" Audio is selected

The title may be a bit confusing but when I try to background record my full system audio with Xbox game bar, it doesn't record my own voice but records everything else, but when I only record my game audio with the setting "Game" in Xbox game bar, it somehow records my voice but not the audio that I need.this was sourced from someone who has the same issue but was on Windows 10.I am on Windows 11 and all the previous answers didn't help as they were for Windows 10.since I'm on Windows 11 how can I fix this?

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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).
  

 

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

 

Xbox Game Bar doesn't record my mic

I need quick help on xbox game bar. Most of the times, I mean, 100% of the times xbox game bar won't record my mic even though it recorded everything. There's like one way to fix it just by disable and enable back mic in xbox game bar interface but I don't want to do it everytime I decide to play something. What if I encounter like insane clutches and decide to record my reaction but I forgot to do the disable enable thingy, it'll ruin the whole clips. Please. I need immediate solution