Are you a gamer, a streamer, or hosting a meeting on Discord? Then most probably, you must have encountered no audio while screen sharing. don’t worry, by the end of this article, you will be able to get rid of this frustrating problem.
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Disclaimer: “Techlogitic Team does not hold any responsibility for your system crashing or corrupted files due to our solution”.
Some tried and tested solutions
1. Restarting the System
Some startup and running programs may be interfering with the audio drivers or Discord. To find out if this is the root cause of the problem, try Restarting your System.
If the problem persists, hold on we have more solutions.
2. Updating the Discord App
Thankfully, Discord releases updates regularly to fixes some bugs. It is possible to have they may have fixed it and all you need to do it to update the app.
Follow the steps below to Update Discord
- Press Windows Key + R at the same time.
- This will open the Run dialog box.
- Type %localappdata% in that same box and press ok.
- Now, navigate to “Discord” file and double-click to open.
- Click on “Update” file to start updating (Update.exe in some cases).
After that, restart your Discord app to see is if the problem is resolved. If not, follow the next fix.
3. Updating Audio Drivers
One of the causes of this issue may be the outdated Audio Drivers which are causing no audio during screen sharing.
One can update the drivers manually from the driver properties else you can also install Driver Easy software which automatically detects and updates the drivers.
- Download from here.
- Run the file and wait till installation.
- Click the Scan Now option and let it scan for a while.
- After it has done scanning, click the Update button to automatically begin installing the correct and up-to-date drivers.
- Then, it will ask to update for Pro version. Buy and update all the drivers.
Finally, Re-launch the application and see if it is working.
If still Discord screen share no audio persists, follow the next procedure.
4.Try clearing the Discord Roaming data
Sometimes, improper settings and temporary file cache can lead to corrupted files and audio problems.
- Close all the Discord
- Press Windows Key + R at the same time.
- This will open the Run dialog box.
- Type %appdata% in that same box and press ok.
- Now, navigate to the “Discord” file and right-click to delete.
- Re-launch the application to test if the issue is resolved.
Else, move on to the next fix.
5.Disabling Antivirus
There might be a possibility which is a bit unlikely to cause this issue. Try disabling the anti-virus and then trying to launch the Discord.
If it works, contact the Anti-virus manufacturer with the details else holds on to the next major fix.
6.Resetting Discord voice settings
- Run the Discord.
- Hover to User Settings.
- Move to Voice & Video and click Reset Voice Settings.
- Click Okay.
Restarting will most probably fix the issue.
To make sure it is not causing the issue, follow these steps
- Run the Discord.
- Hover to User Settings.
- Move to Game Activity and click Add it.
- Click the box and select the program.
- Click Add Game.
- Don’t forget to turn on the toggle button close to OVERLAY.
We hope this fixes the problem.
8. Final Call
Even if the previous methods don’t work, just uninstall the Discord program from Control Panel.
If the problem persists or you have any queries, just write us down in the section below.