Normal•9mo ago

Voice chat not working when initializing oculus?

Everytime I try to initalize with oculus the voice chat sounds indistinguishable but if I remove that line the voice chat sounds like normal

kapa.ai•3/31/25, 5:16 AM

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kapa.ai•3/31/25, 5:16 AM

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It sounds like you're experiencing an issue with voice chat when initializing the Oculus platform in your NormalVR application. This is likely related to how the Meta platform initialization interacts with Normcore's voice chat system.

Based on the knowledge sources, there are a few important points to consider:

Meta platform initialization is required for many Meta features to work properly, including Meta Avatars and microphone access. As mentioned in the Meta Platform Prerequisites guide, you need to initialize the Oculus platform at runtime by calling .
The component handles Normcore's voice chat functionality. It includes an AudioPreprocessor that automatically sets microphone gain and filters out background noise, reverb, and echo cancellation. As noted in the Voice Chat documentation, "most platforms default to using hardware echo cancellation supplied by the operation system, so the AudioPreprocessor's echo cancellation functionality is not required."

The issue you're experiencing might be due to a conflict between Oculus's audio processing and Normcore's AudioPreprocessor. When you initialize Oculus, it might be applying its own audio processing that conflicts with Normcore's settings.

Here are some suggestions to resolve this:

Check if you're using the latest versions of both Normcore and the Meta XR Platform SDK.

kapa.ai•3/31/25, 5:16 AM

You might need to modify the component to adjust its audio preprocessing settings when used with Oculus. The documentation mentions that the source code can be forked if you need to make changes to the default settings.
Make sure your microphone permissions are properly set up, as mentioned in the Voice Chat FAQ.

If these suggestions don't help, I'd recommend checking your player logs for specific error messages related to audio processing, as Normcore should print error messages to the console if something fails with the audio system.
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Mechabit•3/31/25, 5:36 AM

make sure nothing else is using the microphone

lookOP•3/31/25, 5:54 AM

Im certain nothing else is using the microphone

NormalMark•3/31/25, 1:45 PM

Try using instead of

lookOP•3/31/25, 11:29 PM

Same thing happens