High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Why Light Properties Matter
Alan Repech, Product Marketing Director In a previous blog post, we discussed how to use a PRISM waveform monitor for color grading in a wide …
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Top 3 New Features for Live Video Production in Wirecast
The release of Wirecast 15.1 introduces many new features for streamlined live video production in Wirecast. Learn about Wirecast’s support for VST3 effect plugins, simultaneous …
Why You Should Capture and Stream 4K Video Over 1080P
As the creative advantages to 4K video streaming and production have risen, cost and complexity have fallen. It seems like only yesterday that professional content …
Using Telestream Vantage with Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
Introduction What Is Vantage? The Vantage media processing platform is based on a flexible service-oriented architecture, Vantage is made up of discrete services and connectors …
Streaming for Churches Small to Large
Recently many churches have chosen to reach members remotely through live streaming. This means we need to figure out the most economical and budget-friendly ways …
How to Live Stream to YouTube with Wirecast
While most anyone can live stream to YouTube using a webcam or mobile device, your creative options really open up when you use live streaming …
Quantifying the Efficiency Improvements in Wirecast 15
Comparing system CPU and GPU usage in various live-streaming and broadcast production workflows on the two newest versions of Wirecast. Someone once said to me …
Wirecast 15: Powerful Software to Empower Live Video Streaming
With the release of Wirecast 15, professional live streaming software now empowers users with greater CPU and GPU efficiency, flexible subscription plans, new social media …
QC Workflows Must Follow As Format and Distribution Methods Evolve
In this new technology-driven era where consumers can access and enjoy media on a vast array of platforms, file-based quality control (QC) is critical to …
Facebook Stream Key: What It Is and Why You Need It
Like many social media platforms, Facebook makes it simple for those with sufficient bandwidth to upload videos or do live video streaming. There’s a relatively …
Streaming Software: What it’s Like Using Wirecast
With the right live streaming software, anyone can create and send a live video stream that engages viewers on today’s popular social media sites or …
Best Live Streaming Software: Why Having the Right Solution is a Must
The many live streaming software solutions on the market today are the key to unlocking your opportunity to reach the universe of viewers watching video …
Live Video Streaming Pros Use Wirecast Gear All-in-One Appliance
In today’s social media environment, anyone with a good idea for a show or live event—and the best live streaming software—can become a live video …
Converting 29.97i for OTT is Often More Difficult Than Expected
Guest post written by Ernie Sanchez, VP & COO, Cinnafilm 29.97i is a wonderful container for broadcast television because it works even though it allows …
How to Connect to a MEVO Camera with Wirecast via RTMP MiniServer/NDI
Most live event producers these days have several cameras they use to produce a high quality live stream. One camera gaining in popularity is the Mevo ($399), …
How to add a MEVO Start camera into Wirecast live streaming software using NDI
Most live event producers these days have several cameras they use to produce a high quality live stream. One camera gaining in popularity is the …
Enabling Remote Working for Broadcast Workflows
The Reality of Remote Working Remote working is now a reality, even for the Media & Entertainment industry. In the short term, we know that …
Load Testing Origin Servers: a Stream Monitor Application
Written by Ken Haren, Director of Product Management for Cloud Monitoring Services Background In the past we’ve talked about how we’re entering the next phase …
Broken Cadence: when 29.97i is actually something else, and it has to be fixed
Guest post written by Ernie Sanchez, VP & COO, Cinnafilm Content that originated at filmic rates of 23.976/24 FPS has been seen in broadcast for …
Broadcast-Grade Media Processing in the Cloud
Written by Reuben Cohn, Cloud Transcoding Product Manager Many factors today are disrupting the status quo when it comes to doing business in general, and …
Wirecast 14.2 is here!
Wirecast 14.2 is here and it has some new features and improvements that make it our most user-friendly version yet. With new templates and placeholders to save time setting up documents, …
How to Automate HDR Quality Control (QC)
In the past we’ve gone over why you should automate your quality control. Now, with HDR becoming more prominent, we need to automate HDR quality …
Telestream Cloud and Skyline Communications
Automating your entire media eco-system can get a bit tricky. We have partnered with Skyline Communications to introduce a simple way to achieve your automation …
Wirecast 14 Live Streaming Software Review
We’re always excited when someone writes a review about Wirecast live streaming software. Our friend Kevin P. McAuliffe over at ProVideoCoalition has spent some time …
High School Band Video Production
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Recently I was asked to produce a production for our local high school band for “band …
How to Live Stream Successfully- A Checklist
When it comes to live streaming, anything can and probably will go wrong. So, having a checklist to assist with making sure you have all the gear, …
Live Streaming Toolkits
Congratulations on taking the first step to streaming your live stream. Where to begin? In this section we are going to go over beginner, intermediate, and advanced …
Plan and Prepare for the Remote Future
With anything, it’s important to have a plan. The COVID health crisis has brought forth a lot of last-minute grasps on how to set up …
Live Streaming Basics for Churches
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. In this unpredictable time in history, when things are staying closed due to health concerns, churches …
How to Keep your Audience Engaged
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Keeping your audience engaged means you have to actively give people a reason to interact with …
Why a Live Streaming Strategy is a Must
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. This blog was originally published on livestream.com and can be found here- https://livestream.com/blog/live-video-strategy-marketing-statistics Live streaming for …
Why Wirecast for Houses of Worship?
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. For years, our world has been trending more and more to complete virtual presences. So, the …
3 Things to Consider Before you Start Live Streaming
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Are you thinking of starting a live stream? Before you take a deep dive into available …
Live Streaming Set-ups for Churches on a Small Budget
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. With the shape the world is in right now, there is no telling when “normal” will …
A Checklist Before you Start Church Streaming
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. As stated in other posts, streaming your church services can be overwhelming or downright scary. Not …
5 Ways Wirecast Makes Education Streaming Better
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Live video in education is an indispensable tool, whether it’s the main tool for sharing lectures, …
5 Reasons Your Church Should be Live Streaming
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. I’m sure the question has crossed your mind. Why would a church need to live stream? …
Ripping up the Rule Book for Live Capture
This article was originally published in TVB Europe and can be found here:In the current pandemic live streaming is becoming a much more influential communication …
How to host a Virtual Graduation with Wirecast, Zoom and NewBlue Titler Live
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Graduations are a time for families and schools to come together and celebrate the achievements of …
Building Your Own Wirecast Machine
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. So you want to take on the challenge and build your own Wirecast machine, but you’re …
Wirecast Shot Properties Panel
In Wirecast, the shot layers properties are a menu system that allows for manipulation of the sources added to a project. The menu system is …
3 Tips for Using Transitions Wisely in ScreenFlow
Recently, I’ve been thinking about the importance of transitions, and how we can use them to enhance our ScreenFlows. Most ScreenFlows, after all, are ‘stories’. …
Best Practices for Setting up Shot Layers in Wirecast
One of the most powerful features of Wirecast is the ability to composite very complex shots using different layers. For example – you might want …
Where to Find Background Music
When you want to use music in your screencasts, unless you create it yourself or get explicit rights from a composer, you will generally need …
Low Latency, 5G, and the Video Streaming Pipeline
By Stuart Newton, VP Strategy and Business Development at Telestream From attending some of the recent video streaming seminars, it’s clear that sports content providers …
5 Simple Ways to Create Live Scoreboards in Wirecast
Learn 5 simple ways to create live scoreboards in Wirecast for your sports events.
Telestream Takes Home NAB 2019 Best of Show and Product of the Year Awards
Telestream walked away from NAB 2019 with several awards for OptiQ and Vantage Cloud Port. Award details include: IABM BaM (broadcast and media) selects OptiQ …
OptiQ Wins 2019 BaM Award
Telestream joined in on the celebration at the annual IABM BaM (broadcast and media) awards on Tuesday, April 9 during NAB 2019 and walked away …
Telestream and Cisco Deliver on Media Processing and Workflow on Demand
More than ever Media companies are facing the operational challenge of forecasting and subsequently executing on media processing workload demand that is more unpredictable than …
Speed and Efficiency – Fundamental to Profitability
It is well understood by media companies that their world has changed. Distribution strategies have fundamentally shifted from purely tape or file-based delivery to traditional …
Ads – Are We Getting The Best Viewing Experience?
I’ve recently been watching a lot of commercial TV as I travel about the country, and I’ve been struck by one consistent issue: the low …
BoxCast integrates with Wirecast for simple, high-quality live webcasts
Creating and distributing high-quality webcasts just got easier yet again with a new cloud platform option from BoxCast! Today, BoxCast announced it has integrated Wirecast …
Improving Efficiency in the Editing Process
In past blog articles, I’ve emphasized the inherent value of automating processes in order to increase efficiency and in doing so, improve a media company’s bottom line. …
How to Create a Successful Content Strategy Plan
Ever wonder if your social media marketing strategy was on track? Are you getting all the Likes, Followers, and Subscribers on your social channels …
FOX Sports’ FIFA World Cup™ Now Show Produced Live for Twitter with Wirecast
The live video streaming market is estimated to grow to more than $70 billion by 2021¹ and traditional broadcasters are taking note. When FOX Sports …
P.I. Engineering Releases Custom Control Surface for Wirecast
Dan Slider Director of Marketing, P.I. Engineering P.I. Engineering, maker of X-keys® USB control devices announced the release of a new control surface for the …
Syncro Services Steps Up Productivity with Telestream Vantage
From their midtown Manhattan office, Syncro Services Digital Media processes and manages between 1,000 to 5,000 HD media files per week, most of which are …
Creating Intros and Outros for your Videos with ScreenFlow
Crafting an intro or an outro for your videos is never as straight forward as you want it to be. There is no perfect formula …
Working with Green Screens – Ideal World vs. Real World
We’ve been using green screens and chroma key filters in our WirecastLive and ScreenFlowLive shows as well as our webinars for a number of years …
Professional-Grade Solutions for Deploying Digital Video at ISE
“We are seeing a revolution in business communication around the globe, where digital video – on public websites, private sites, or social media – is …