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trustnoire
New Participant
September 5, 2025
Question

Meta Quest 3 not capturing in game audio

When I'm recording a video it captures my voice but no in game audio. I've been trying to fix this for hours now. I've tried everything from completely rebooting the vr to checking all the settings making sure there correct and also checking for any updates. I really dont understand why its not working.

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    MetaStoreHelp
    MetaStoreHelp
    Community Manager
    September 5, 2025

    Hi Trustnoire,

     

    We understand how this can hinder your creativity when recording content. Properly capturing your gameplay is important, and we want to ensure that you can do so without any hassle. 

     

    We appreciate you have already done some troubleshooting yourself,  here are a few more things you can try to see if it helps:

     

    • Make sure your headset is completely up to date
    • Ensure the volume is not muted or turned down too low.
    • Test with multiple games/apps. Try recording audio in different games and apps to see if the issue is specific to one app or a general problem.
    • Check Microphone in-game. Some games have their own audio recording settings. Ensure the microphone is enabled within the game itself.
    • Reset Microphone: Settings > System > Sound > Toggle Microphone

    If this doesn't resolve it you can try hard rebooting the headset using the below steps: 

    1. Turn off your headset completely.
    2. Hold the power and volume (-) button on your headset down simultaneously until the boot screen loads on your headset.
    3. Use the volume buttons on your headset to highlight Boot Device and press the power button.
    4. Use the volume buttons on your headset to highlight Yes and press the power button.

    If the issue persists please let us know and we will be happy to help troubleshoot further. 

     

    If you're the author of a thread, remember to mark a reply as the Accepted Solution to help others find answers!
      eagledoesitagain
      Participant
      December 28, 2025

      Well you said to let you know and I'm letting you know this does not work bro. I've tried a lot of stuff I've hardly booted my head and said changed all my audio settings and camera settings and it's still not working and I'm not factory resetting. I've heard that doesn't work. And I don't have a headset plug-in port. I'm on a side user. So like not the main VR user and I'm not on PC. I'm stand alone. 

       

        J4YF1N
        New Participant
        January 18, 2026

        i think being a side user may be the issue

        im having the same problem and im a side user

          mattzvr
          mattzvr
          New Participant
          September 6, 2025

          I've been having the same issue for the past 2-3 weeks. My mic audio gets recorded, and not my game audio at all. Today when I tried to record again, I only heard the record sound indicator in the replay, but no game audio. I tried the same troubleshooting steps, along with a factory reset, but it doesn't work. I contacted Meta about this and they were only able to tell me to factory reset the headset, and no further fixes from them (such as making a headset software update.) It's getting incredibly annoying, plus the fact that I'm a part time VR content creator makes this even worse to deal with. Doesn't record with any app either, especially with virtual desktop, which I use on a daily basis.

            trustnoireAuthor
            New Participant
            September 7, 2025

            I did get it to work for a few games all I did was plug in headphones into the vr so maybe try that but it dosent work for all games.

              eagledoesitagain
              Participant
              December 29, 2025

              I just figured it out! UNINSTALL LoL

              It will sometimes work. 

                Autismkid
                New Participant
                February 27, 2026

                i am dissapointed in Meta its obvious they do not care for the community

                  Britta
                  New Participant
                  April 13, 2026

                  Same Problem here. Quest 3S. Issue has not been present in older OS versions. Is def present in v85 and v2.1 . Yes, did try hard reboot and yes, did turn on all audio settings. Yes, is present in all apps. System sounds and mic audio work but not app audio. This sabotages all VR content creators rn - pls prioritize a fix. Thanks.

                    Maccyb123
                    Honored Contributor
                    April 14, 2026

                    ElysiumEleven​ I have the Quest 3s too. I'll give it a try and see if I'm getting the same issue. I'll report back later. Maybe it's on every device? 

                    Maccyb
                      MoonyHP
                      New Participant
                      June 25, 2026

                      im still having the same issue on V2.3 im on a secondary user and it does not record in game audio, im so tired of this **bleep**ty headset like can you guys not do a single thing right? its actually stupid the amount of problems this OS has yet i know **bleep** well they arent gonna get fixed any time soon. and dont ask me if ive done all the troubleshooting steps, I HAVE. 

                      Maccyb123
                      Honored Contributor
                      June 25, 2026

                      MoonyHP​ Very frustrating I'm sure.

                      However,

                      "can you guys not do a single thing right?" 

                      The only "you guys" here are users just like you. There are no Meta employees here. So no point in shouting at us. 

                      I know getting to actual support people is not easy so here is a link below to some methods to talk to a real human at Meta. Btw, why are you still on v2.3. Everyone should be on v2.4 now as v2.5 is being tested now. Maybe check for updates on the headset. 

                      Anyway, here is the link and good luck! 

                      https://www.meta.com/en-gb/help/support/?g1=5960237440706837&g2=26500769372871399&g3=none&et=none&sg=skip

                       

                      Maccyb
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