Wirecast
Plug-in your cameras. Prepare your shots. Broadcast live.
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.
Wirecast – Turn your computer into a TV studio
- Add professional production value to your live webcasts
- Switch between multiple cameras
- Add images, movie clips, external audio, text
- Add titles and transitions
- Use any computer on the network as a source
- Chroma key (green screen)
- 35 layers of live compositing
- Virtual 3D sets (Pro)
- Live scoreboards (Pro)
- Support for Flash, QuickTime and Windows Media streaming
- Simultaneously stream live and save to disk for on-demand distribution
What’s New in Wirecast 4.0
- New! Integrated support for more Blackmagic cards
- Completely redesigned user interface with enhanced shot editor, user-definable layers and source settings editor for both Mac and PC
- Added Flash encoding using Main Concept H.264 and On2 (VP6)
- Refreshed title templates (lower thirds)
- Updated Desktop Presenter to open from within the Wirecast user interface, rather than a separate application
- Activated External Display output for Window
More Features
Multiple video input devices
Wirecast supports an unlimited number of camera inputs, ranging from selected wireless IP cameras, to USB and firewire cameras, to HD cameras. Wirecast supports capture cards from Blackmagic, as well as Telestream Pipeline capture device.
Video production features
Multiple user-definable layers: Controlling your broadcast in real-time is easy. With Wirecast’s multiple layer support you get up to 35 layers of live compositing. It’s simple to place a background music track or a company logo over your webcast, while changing between the cameras you want your viewers to see.
Chroma Key: A high quality GPU accelerated real-time green and blue screen solution.
Built-in Desktop Presenter: Allows you to broadcast the desktop of another computer during your webcasts. Perfect for PowerPoint or Keynote presentations, training webcasts and product demonstrations.
Amazing 3D Graphics: Generate amazing transitions and effects in real-time, including cross-fade, 3D cube, swinging doors, sliding etc.
Incredible Titles: More than 30 built-in professional broadcast quality title themes. Pick your favorite, enter your text and you’re done.
3D virtual sets: Create a virtual TV studio environment.
Scoreboards: Use the built-in scoreboard templates for live action sports applications.
Live encoding format support
Quick Time, On2 (VP6) and Main Concept H.264, Windows Media
Streaming protocol support
RTMP, RTSP, MMS (Windows)
Broadcast flexibility
When it comes to broadcast, Wirecast offers easy setup for your streaming services with EZ Live Stream, allowing anyone with a computer and internet connection to easily and affordably reach out to audiences anywhere in the world.
The omnipresent Flash H.264 (RTMP) is natively supported by Wirecast on all platforms. Wirecast supports EZ Live Stream Media Servers. Through EZ Live Stream, you can stream directly to your iPhone.
Save your production to disk simultaneously as you are live broadcasting your event, for future archiving or on-demand distribution.
Languages supported
English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Japanese