Are you In NYC this week? Well Wirecast is! We will be at Streaming Media East this week (show hours 10-6pm 5/15 and 10-4pm on 5/16) come check out Wirecast at booth 115 at Streaming Media East and say hello. We will be showing Wirecast, Episode and Vantage and we would love to see you if you can make it.

Streaming Media East is located at the Hilton on the Avenue of the America’s in NYC.

-Eric N

Customers always want to know what’s coming with Wirecast.  Rather than taking the standard tight-lipped approach, we’ve decided to lift the veil a bit and let you know what we’re cooking up for you with Wirecast this year.

Wirecast 4.1.4 –  May

• New presets
• New streaming destinations
• Fine-tuning under the hood to streamline to where Wirecast is going (sorry to be vague, but we can’t tell you everything!)
• Numerous bug fixes & improvements

This summer

• Virtual Camera output

Q3

• RTSP Input support

Q4

• Enhanced production capabilities
• UI improvements

Keep your suggestions coming, as this list shows, we have been listening to you!

- Filippa Hasselstrom, Product Manager Wirecast
- Chuck Rockey, Engineering Program Manager Wirecast

Edit:  Wirecast Insider Program is now closed!  Thanks for all your interest!  We’re thrilled with the response  If you’ve applied, we’ll be in touch shortly….

Are you a Wirecast fan?

Never short of opinions?

Passionate about live streaming?

If you answered yes to those three questions, we need you! Wirecast is launching a Wirecast Insider Program.

The Wirecast 2012 Insider Program includes:

TelestreamLIVE kicks off today from the NAB show floor!  Join the TelestreamLIVE crew, our illustrious host Steve Garfield, and an impressive lineup of guests to learn what’s new in video technology, as well as what’s coming….  Check our schedule online, then tune in on the TelestreamLIVE page at 10am, and enjoy the show

We’ll also be taking your questions via chat and Twitter (use hashtag #TelestreamLIVE)

 Finally we can talk about it!  YouTube announced some significant improvements to YouTube Live, and Wirecast for YouTube is one of them!  YouTube Partners who are authorized for livestreaming can now download Wirecast for YouTube free of charge, enjoy the gorgeous and intuitive UI, and stream their content directly to YouTube.  Curious?  Want to have a look?  Take a tour, on the Wirecast for YouTube Channel.

Many of us live streamers do talk interview shows in which the participants are not in your studio. Whether you’re interviewing guests or taking calls from viewers, Wirecast easily integrates with Skype and equivalent video calling services such as ooVoo.

Wirecast has a unique utility called Desktop Presenter. Unlike other screen grabbers DTP (as many of us call it) can bring in audio in addition to video. Also, unlike other screen grabbers, it can bring in both video and audio from other computers on a LAN (Local Area Network) and works cross platform. A wired gigabit network will give you the best performance.

Wirecast-Skype audio setups can be very elaborate with multiple Skype computers all feeding into a mixer with video and audio feeds returning to the guest.  While that gives you a lot of control, it can also be an expensive and complicated setup for some.  There was a time when certain streaming systems required separate computers, hardware, video and audio inputs, as well as returns for Skype integration. Using Wirecast and DTP, the point of entry can now be a  lot less expensive and simple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GY_2xSHPi0

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to handle Skype in a simple single computer setup. Additionally you’ll learn how to layer your shots to create a professionally looking switched-feed in which you can go from guest to host to two shot all while keeping the host’s audio active.

Once you learn these basic techniques you might even consider getting a Skype Group Video (Premium) account in which you can have multiple guests on simultaneously (much like the complicated setup I described above), but you can do it all on one computer using the same techniques I show in this tutorial.  If need be, you can certainly use a second computer on the LAN to take care of the Skype Group Video call. All this is possible because of the unique power Desktop Presenter offers with Wirecast.

Check out last week’s show, where Stephen and I talked about sports broadcasting in Wirecast, IP cameras and more. Check out “Telestream Wirecast” on Facebook and @wirecast on twitter for more information.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72jWoa82bK4

and the live post show Q and A from last weeks episode

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QIwq6u-ynE

This week Stephen Heywood and I will be talking about both of our upcoming trips to NAB, as well applications for Wirecast in the world of sports.

For the live show check out this link today at 10am PST 1pm EST

Check back later today for the youtube video links.

There are several ways to create composite shots in Wirecast.  Here’s a simple one, using the Mobiola webcam app in conjunction with another camera shot, that demonstrates a simple composite shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-WEqqXFHw

Any particular demo videos you’d like me to feature here in The Streaming Room?  Let me know!  Email me your suggestions for demo videos and I’ll do my best to get them posted.

In case you missed last weeks Episode of WirecastHelps, check out Stephen and I as we discuss wirecast, focusing on streaming bandwidth, and encoder settings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V9K4P9CuJk