Wirecast Gear 230

Live video production simplified!

Wirecast Gear gives you a fully configured live video streaming production system that is affordable and easy to use. No need to build your own system. Telestream have done all the work. You can start streaming in minutes, with an end-to-end system configured specifically for your needs.

Comes with four HD-SDI or HDMI professional camera inputs and all the live video streaming production features of Wirecast Pro, in a compact, powerful hardware system, Wirecast Gear is a unique blend of performance, ease of use and affordability. Just plug in your cameras and start streaming.

Versatile, convenient design

Extremely durable and portable. No moving parts except for the fan. Sits on your desktop or can be mounted in a 19” rack setup with optional ears and rails. Take in your backpack on location, or use in a permanent studio setup.

Fully configured, ready-to-use system

Don’t worry about building your own Live video streaming system - we built one for you. Wirecast Gear comes with everything you need to start streaming to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or any destination on the web in minutes. Plug in up to 4 cameras in the HD-SDI or HDMI inputs, and you’re ready to go. Comes with seven USB 3.0 ports, three display ports, and fully loaded with Wirecast Pro and NewBlue live titling software, plus Switch - our advanced media player.

Impressive features

From ingest of live sources to an encoded live stream, Wirecast Gear handles it all. Wirecast Gear has a versatile and convenient footprint, more powerful live video streaming production features.

Powerful live production

Wirecast Gear pre-loaded with Wirecast Pro, Telestream’s award-winning live video streaming production software. Wirecast lets you switch between multiple live cameras while dynamically mixing in other media such as remote live guests, screen captures, movies, images, and audio tracks. It’s powerful production capabilities include features such as fully-feature audio mixing, dynamic transitions, instant replay, playlists, built-in titles, chroma key, virtual sets, live scoreboards, clocks, timers, and more.

Hardware-accelerated encoding

When you're ready to stream, Wirecast’s built-in encoding engine allows you to stream high-quality H.264 video and AAC audio over RTMP, RTP and Windows Media protocols for maximum flexibility. Stream to multiple destinations simultaneously and record. Using the hardware-accelerated Quick Sync encoding, you can easily stream or record high-quality video while using fewer resources.

Add Wirecast GearCare for peace of mind

Wirecast GearCare is a powerful upgrade that extends Warranty and Support on a Wirecast Gear system to three years. Included is full Wirecast Premium support for direct access to Telestream technicians, Next Day Air advanced replacement if your system fails and access to the latest versions of our software. Learn more.

¹Based on H.264 1080p 29.97fps medium quality. Higher or lower quality settings will affect total video storage.
²System drive is 250GB on all systems.

¹ GearCare will take effect from the date of your Wirecast Gear purchase.

Version 12.1.1

Fixes

• Fixed – Microsoft Stream destination filter rejects valid custom domains
• Fixed – QR Code does not work
• Fixed – Rare crash with certain Blackmagic devices on macOS
• Fixed – Removed CEF from YouTube destination authentication workflow
• Fixed – Rendezvous Guest stops receiving video after changing the camera or microphone
• Fixed – Rendezvous Guest tally lights do not work
• Fixed – RSS Feeds do not work
• Fixed – Unable to change active shot with AppleScript

Known Issues

• MacOS – Adding more than one PTZOptics NDI connection to a single machine (regardless of the connecting application) can cause a crash in the application that is the second to connect.
  • Workaround 1 – Disable Multicast
    • Go to the PTZOptics camera admin webpage.
    • Go to the Network Section.
    • Disable Multicast
    • Reboot the camera using the System page.
  • Workaround 2 – Use RTSP instead of NDI
    • Use the newly rewritten WebStream plugin in Wirecast to connect to the RTSP stream.
    • The URL for this stream can be found in your PTZOptics camera’s documentation or admin webpage.
• Windows 7 – Certain 4K/UHD H.264 video files in the Stock Media Library are not supported.
• Animated PNG movies from the Stock Media Library can experience poor playback or dropped frames

Version 12

New Features

• NEW – Stock Media Library
  • Now included with every active support subscription, the new Stock Media Library adds a growing database of over 500,000 unique, high quality media assets to your projects.
  • A new custom-built portal gives you direct access to transitions, motion backgrounds, royaltyfree backing tracks, and videos from right within Wirecast.
  • Select the new Media Files category in the Add Source dialog and choose Stock Media Library.
• NEW – Stinger (Custom Transitions) Playback Speed Controls
  • Spice up your stinger transitions using the new Stock Media Library, which contains transition files.
  • New speed controls allow you to adjust the timing of your stinger transitions, and an additional transition bank gives you more options for live production.
• NEW – Rendezvous Audio Mixing
  • In the Rendezvous dashboard, you can now create a custom audio mix to be sent to your Rendezvous guests.
  • Studio license level will allow you to select the devices to mix.
  • Pro license levels will grant you the ability to select individual channels from audio devices to be mixed.
• NEW – QR Code Generator Source
  • Want to give your audience quick access to a custom link within your stream? Just create a QR code that your audience can scan! Copy your link into the new QR Code Generator and Wirecast will create a scannable image to broadcast to your fans.
  • Select the Overlays category in the Add Source dialog and choose QR Code Generator.

Improvements

• Improvement – Add ability to configure the number of transition banks in the Preferences
• Improvement – Add ability to continuously read a text file in the Text Source Properties
• Improvement – Allow users to configure the playback speed of Stinger Transitions
• Improvement – Display the Facebook Page of Scheduled events in the Facebook Destination Output Settings
• Improvement – Enable NVENC High Profile in Encoder settings
• Improvement – Expose all options in Facebook Live Polls
• Improvement – Update CEF to version 3578
• Improvement – Update to NDI SDK v.3.8

Fixes

• Fixed – Add better error messaging when the GPU does not support Direct X 11
• Fixed – Adding a Direct Show audio device to the document causes duplicate sources to appear in the Rendezvous Dashboard
• Fixed – After attempting to activate an old license, any subsequent invalid license activation attempts show an incorrect error message
• Fixed – Audio from Multi-Channel Sources is not heard in the Rendezvous call when sending the Live Output audio track
• Fixed – Build-In/Build-Out elements don't move proportionally
• Fixed – Certain stinger transitions can appear doubled and stretched
• Fixed – Change Audio right-click menu text is hard to read text
• Fixed – Change the wording for missing Stinger Transitions
• Fixed – Changing the playback speed of a stinger transition pauses it without updating the pause/play button
• Fixed – Clicking X in the Add Source Dialog adds any selected sources to the document on Windows
• Fixed – Clock System Fonts missing font picker dialog
• Fixed – Crash when adding a Stinger Transition on Windows 7 with an AMD GPU
• Fixed – Facebook Scheduled events list fails to be read properly in some cases
• Fixed – Fixed bad alignment in Teradek StreamReader Properties page
• Fixed – Hang when selecting a Stinger Transition then immediately using the transition
• Fixed – IP camera frame glitch
• Fixed – Midi controller volume slider control skips from 99% to 101%
• Fixed – NDI detection is disabled when disabling IP Camera discovery
• Fixed – Opening a new document during a stream caused Wirecast to Crash after disconnecting from a Rendezvous Session
• Fixed – Periscope Destination Schedules Event and Tweets even if Destination is Disabled
• Fixed – PTZ IP Port field does not update after switching to a PTZ profile that uses a required IP port
• Fixed – Random crash during a Rendezvous Session
• Fixed – Random crash when a document has disconnected sources
• Fixed – Random hang when switching sources
• Fixed – Rare hang that can occur on Windows
• Fixed – Remove Facebook donation button from Profiles (not supported by Facebook)
• Fixed – Remove Shutdown when not live from Clock and Solid Color sources
• Fixed – Security Warning Preventing Facebook Live Authentication on certain 4G networks
• Fixed – Streaming to Ustream causes a hang on macOS Mojave
• Fixed – Switching Destinations from Facebook User Code While Authenticating Disables OK Button
• Fixed – Telestream Cloud Restream output out of sync when started after another output
• Fixed – Unable to capture video from Osprey 900 series capture cards
• Fixed – Unable to create a Scheduled YouTube Event
• Fixed – Unable to delete Scheduled Events on Profiles
• Fixed – Unable to stream to certain RTMP servers on macOS Mojave
• Fixed – Unable to use ScreenFlow screen record with record PC audio selected while running Rendezvous Session
• Fixed – Virtual Mic audio distortion in Zoom
• Fixed –Unable to remove Live Output from the Rendezvous mix

Known Issues

• MacOS – Adding more than one PTZOptics NDI connection to a single machine (regardless of the connecting application) can cause a crash in the application that is the second to connect.
  • Workaround 1 – Disable Multicast
    • Go to the PTZOptics camera admin webpage.
    • Go to the Network Section.
    • Disable Multicast
    • Reboot the camera using the System page.
  • Workaround 2 – Use RTSP instead of NDI
    • Use the newly rewritten WebStream plugin in Wirecast to connect to the RTSP stream.
    • The URL for this stream can be found in your PTZOptics camera’s documentation or admin webpage.
• Windows 7 – Certain 4K/UHD H.264 video files in the Stock Media Library are not supported.
• Animated PNG movies from the Stock Media Library can experience poor playback or dropped frames

Version 11.1

New Features

• NEW – Facebook Live Polling
• Enables the creation and embedding in Facebook live streams of audience polls
• Text of questions and up to four answers can be written within the Wirecast user interface
• Results of the poll are dynamically displayed for viewers

Fixes

• Wirecast selects the Microsoft Basic Render Driver as the Video Adapter on Windows
• ISO recordings fail after certain periods of time
• Titler Live playlists do not work correctly
• Streaming to Sunday Streams does not work on macOS Mojave
• RTMP metadata has incorrect frame rate on macOS Mojave
• RTMP output does not work with fractional frame rates on macOS Mojave

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