Windows Game Bar problem with MIDIs

[Jack9955]

I use windows game bar to record doom videos, but the music won't play, only SFX. Is there a fix for this?

[Kinsie]

Default MIDI handling in modern versions of Windows is pretty busted, so it’s best to look into software-based solutions with sound fonts. GZDoom and possibly other ports have this built in, but for other ports and games I personally use VirtualMidiSynth and it’s sister tool MidiMapper.

[sukerokushin]

i suspect its for the same reasons i outlined here wrt discord streaming: the game itself isnt producing the sound, its telling windows to synthesize everything. try picking a soundfont with fluidsynth in your sourceport (if that's supported) and see if game bar records it then.

[Jack9955]

The problem was VirtualMIDISynth, I uninstalled it and now music works.

[Jack9955]

16 minutes ago, Kinsie said:

Default MIDI handling in modern versions of Windows is pretty busted, so it’s best to look into software-based solutions with sound fonts. GZDoom and possibly other ports have this built in, but for other ports and games I personally use VirtualMidiSynth and it’s sister tool MidiMapper.

 

Does MIDIMapper fix it? Cuz I can't live without SC-55.

[Midway64]

11 minutes ago, Jack9955 said:

 

Does MIDIMapper fix it? Cuz I can't live without SC-55.

The Windows default soundfont is an SC-55 mixed with other Sound Canvas devices (based upon Roland VSC), just heavily "optimized" to 3MB.

MIDIMapper doesn't fix the problem, I used it before.

[Jack9955]

@ValveMercenary So no fix for recording doom with custom soundfonts?

[Midway64]

4 minutes ago, Jack9955 said:

@ValveMercenary So no fix for recording doom with custom soundfonts?

Fluidsynth (or any software synthesizer) works and fixes the issue.

Windows is directly given the input rather than the game, so using a software synthesizer works best for recording.