Not sure if this is the right board, but I was wondering if someone

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Not sure if this is the right board, but I was wondering if someone could help me out with a few livestream questions.

I am using Open Broadcast Studio to stream music with VLC as my playlist. If I play music through VLC, I see the audio bounce in OBS, and I can hear the music on the livestream page. But, I want to listen to the livestream only and make sure certain tests, mics, and other programs aren't coming through the audio feed. If I mute VLC or OBS, the livestream audio feed mutes, too. Do you know how to mute all audio through my headset, but the actual audio feed won't mute, and still goes to livestream unhindered?

Do you know how to make VLC play all the music in a playlist once through, then start again but shuffled into a different order, play all that music once through, and repeat? Right now, if I test 4 or 5 songs, it will play some songs 3 times before another song may play just once. I'm sure there is a setting I'm missing because it seems odd this wouldn't be addressable.

I've seen lots of livestreamers use commands in chat to do things like open up a donate page or show song information or mute other chatters, etc. How do I set that up? I can't find that option anywhere in my youtube studio. I've even seen people use a "level up" system where the more you comment, the more "points" you get, allowing you more options and abilities over time. Kind of weird, but I think I could use that for my content.

How do I play music without getting the rights AND without getting ads placed on my stream? I'd like to offer free, uninterrupted music. Last stream i made I was blocked in all countries as a result of copy right.