Wirecast Features

Everything You Need to Broadcast Like a Pro.

Wirecast is the ultimate live video production software. Discover the powerful, built-in tools that help you capture, produce, and stream broadcast-quality content directly from your desk.

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Wirecast’s Professional Toolkit

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Rendezvous Remote Guests

Bring in remote guests instantly. Send a secure link via the Rendezvous conferencing system and easily manage multiple live video feeds from anywhere in the world.

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Chroma Key & Green Screen

Transport your subjects anywhere. Our advanced GPU-accelerated Chroma Key engine easily removes solid backgrounds for flawless virtual sets.

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Stock Media Library

Access over 1 MILLION unique media assets directly within the Stock Media Library. Instantly drop in royalty-free audio clips, images, and b-roll.

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PTZ Camera Control

Control your Pan, Tilt, and Zoom cameras directly from the Wirecast interface with built-in VISCA over IP PTZ Camera Control support.

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Cloud Multistreaming

Stream to Facebook, YouTube, and custom RTMP destinations simultaneously without sacrificing your local computer bandwidth via Cloud Multistreaming.

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ISO Recording

Record all of your live camera feeds cleanly using ISO Recording to generate isolated files for flawless post-production and editing.

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Multi-Track Audio

Mix up to 8 independent audio tracks. Route specific audio paths using Multi-Track Audio routing, or mix a dedicated track for your recordings.

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NDI Integration

Safely discover and receive audio and video from NDI-enabled cameras, software, and hardware over your local network via native NDI Integration.

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Sports Production Tools

Capture the action with built-in instant replay, live scoreboards, clocks, and timers perfect for high-speed sports broadcasting.

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Curious about System Requirements?

Wirecast integrates beautifully with the professional cameras and capture cards you already own. View our full list of supported devices and computer specs.

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Technical Capabilities FAQ

Deep dives into document layers, physical mixing interfaces, and visual compositing pipelines.

Wirecast utilizes an absolute top-down stacking hierarchy driven by up to 5 Master visual layers. Each active master layer contains nested sub-containers that manage physical source inputs, graphic overlays, persistent text crawlers, audio waveforms, and picture-in-picture frames, ensuring foreground graphic elements render securely above live capture video feeds.

The software provides out-of-the-box routing configurations supporting USB command surfaces including the AKAI APC40 mkII, Novation Launchpad, XKeys, and Elgato StreamDeck frameworks. These mappings provide tactile access to switch active layout shots, adjust live volume levels, and trigger programmatic transitions instantly.

By integrating dedicated hardware-accelerated pipelines (such as Intel QuickSync, nVidia NVENC, and Apple Silicon H.264 arrays), Wirecast offloads rendering tasks from the CPU core. This native distribution unlocks support for GPU-driven virtual set matrices, multi-viewer slot configurations, and real-time chroma keying while protecting encoding bandwidth.

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