Once you install VMB check that you have the following new Output Device in Windows Sound Settings: You’ll need VoiceMeeter Banana (VMB) to take advantage of it’s virtual audio devices and routing. Install VLC if you haven’t yet, you’ll use this as your playlist/player for all the royalty-free music you downloaded.
Using Spotify as your background music will guarantee you a copyright hit, but let’s say you want to listen to your usual jams but your stream gets safe tunes. The idea is to be streaming your game, Discord audio and your own microphone audio normally, but have different background music for yourself and your viewers.
How to listen to Spotify while pumping royalty-free music to stream Spurred on by PatrickChamp over in the XSplit Discord, I’ve had some fun trying to work it out as it’s an interesting case.