Overview
Wirecast software lets you produce professional-looking live events with just a camera, an internet connection and a computer. Stream or record live internet shows, broadcast breaking news or sporting events, stream live concerts, transmit church services, corporate meetings, lectures and much more.
With the intuitive interface and fully integrated streaming capabilities Wirecast makes it easy for anyone to share live experiences and build a global community. Wirecast lets you stream multiple live video cameras while dynamically mixing in other media such as movie clips, images, audio and text. Features such as Chroma Key (green screen), 3D transitions, built-in titles and up to 35 layers of live compositing allow you to create professional broadcast productions for live or on-demand distribution to services such as Ustream, Livestream and Justin.TV, as well as to a wide range of streaming servers. Wirecast Pro adds scoreboards, advanced audio control, 3D virtual sets and more.
Details
Wirecast is ideal for novices and professionals alike who want to stream or record professional broadcasts to live or on-demand audiences.
New features in Wirecast 4.1
- LiveU video-over-cellular transmission backpack integration
- Great for professional remote news and sports applications
- Teradek Cube integration
- Makes any camera a wirecast IP camera, allowing you to submit camera feeds directly over the Internet to Wirecast
- Matrox Multi-Ingest capture card integration
- Enables 4 simultaneous HD-SDI inputs
- Viewcast Osprey capture card integration
- Integrated support for Osprey 240e, 450e, & 700e
- Audio support in Wirecast Desktop Presenter
- Interview remote guests via Skype or chat client - powerful for news or talk shows.
- Support for IP cameras
- Added support for Axis P1344, Axis M1104
- Improved support for Axis 211W
- Support for Mac OS X Lion
Including these popular Wirecast features:
- Full scale video production studio for your desktop or laptop computer
- Capture live video from multiple cameras & control switching between cameras
- Import pre-recorded video, audio, graphics and slides
- Picture in picture – enables viewers to see multiple sources, including the presenter/host
- Chroma Key, 3D graphics & transitions – enable creation of professional quality webcasts
- Stream live and/or record to disk for on-demand viewing
- Encode to popular streaming formats (Flash, Windows Media & QuickTime)
- Simultaneous encoding to multiple bit rates – for a variety of quality choices
System Recommendations
System Requirements
Mac OS X
* Mac OS X 10.5 or later
* Intel Based Mac or Apple Power PC G5
* Minimum 512 MB RAM
* QuickTime 7 or higher
* 200 MB HD (for install)
* HD space for recording to disk
* A Quartz Extreme capable graphics card
* Intel Core Duo or dual G5 is required for HDV decoding
* QTSS/DSS 4.1.3 or later is needed for automatic "announce" unicasting
* A supported GPU is required for Core Image and GPU video compression acceleration
* Flash streaming on Mac requires Intel based processor
* Sufficient upload speed (300kbps for low quality, 700kbps for good, 1.3 mb and up for HD)
Windows
* Windows 7 processor: 2.3 GHz 32- or 64-bit,
1 GB RAM, or:
* Windows Vista processor: 2.3 GHz 32-bit (x86),
1 GB RAM, or:
* Windows XP, SP2 processor: 2.1 GHz 32-bit (x86), 512 MB RAM
* QuickTime 7.5
* 200 MB HD (for install)
* HD space for recording to disk
* 32 MB PCI-Express graphics card with 3D acceleration (GeForce or Radeon class card recommended)
* Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c
* GeForce 5200, Radeon 9600 or better for Chroma Key
* Sufficient upload speed (300kbps for low quality, 700kbps for good, 1.3 mb and up for HD)
Video Input Devices
* Live USB cameras
* Live Firewire cameras (DV or HDV)
* Analog to Firewire converters (DV or HDV)