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Install & Activate

Common questions related to activating your product.

License Reset Tool Full Activation Help & Guides

Use our new License Reset Tool where you have 24/7 access to reset your own license key.

Depending on your date of purchase, use the following:

After Feb 2017: 2Checkout – Manage My Account
Feb 2013 – Feb 2017: Avangate Order Lookup
Before Feb 2013: eSellerate Order Lookup

If purchased through a reseller, contact them directly to recover your license.

Your license may only be activated on one (1) computer at a time. Reset your license by:

Deactivating the license on the original machine.
Using the License Reset Tool.

Yes, Wirecast v4 and higher licenses are cross-platform. You can activate your license on both Mac and Windows.

My support expired on my perpetual (lifetime) Wirecast license, how can I renew?

We are no longer selling support renewals for perpetual/lifetime licenses. You can stay on your last supported version, purchase a new Subscription to regain access to updates and support, or use our self-help resources.

How to lower CPU usage

System CPU usage should remain below 70% while streaming.

Disable “Live GPU Accelerated Icons”
Set canvas size to 1280×720
Select a lower resolution encoding preset

Why am I getting dropped frames?

We recommend checking your bandwidth via speedtest.net. System CPU usage should remain below 60% while streaming. Try switching to MPEG4 if using H.264.

Chroma Key: Supports Green and Blue screen. Use main, fill, and back lights for best results.
USB Webcams: Supported via AVFoundation (Mac) and DirectShow (Win).
PTZ Cameras: Visca over IP control supported (e.g. PTZOptics).

Wirecast Demos & Tutorials

Overview & Setup

Capturing Your Content

Producing Your Show

Going Live

Wirecast Webinars

Basics: Set Up Your Live Streaming Studio
Advanced: Live Streaming Advanced Techniques
Education: Video Tools for Teachers
Sports: Power up your live sports streams!
Worship: Church Streaming Basics

Wirecast 16

Wirecast 15

Wirecast is compatible with a vast variety of hardware and software!

Below, you will find many tested, suggested, and officially supported tools for your streaming and production needs.

Wirecast natively has the ability to add integrated audio sources such as your PCs line-in jack, microphone, and system audio capture.

Tested Interfaces:

TASCAM (US-20×20, US-16×08, US-2×2, MiNiSTUDIO)
Behringer (UMC1820, ADA8200)
Focusrite (Scarlett 18i8)
M-Audio, MOTU, Native Instruments, PreSonus, RME, Steinberg, Zoom

Traditional Cameras

Connect SD, HD and UHD/4K video cameras using compatible capture cards (SDI, HDMI).

USB/Web Cams

Logitech (C920, C930E, Brio), Microsoft LifeCam series, and any webcam supporting AVFoundation (Mac) or DirectShow (Win).

PTZ/Robotic

PTZOptics, Lumens, 1 Beyond, Panasonic, Sony. Supports VISCA over IP and NDI controls.

Capture devices enable a computer to accept HDMI or SDI input from camcorders and DSLRs.

Capture Cards: AJA, AverMedia, Blackmagic Design, Bluefish444, Elgato, Epiphan, Inogeni, Magewell, Osprey.
Control Surfaces: X-keys for Wirecast, Elgato Stream Deck, AKAI Professional APC mini/mkII, Novation Launchpad MK2.

NDI stands for “Network Device Interface,” an IP streaming video protocol to simplify sharing sources across a network.

NDI Software: Adobe Creative Cloud, EasyWorship, NewBlue Titler Live, NewTek tools, ProPresenter, Sienna tools.
Web Streams: RTMP, RTMPS, RTMP(e), RTSP, HTTP, MMS streams directly. Teradek Cube supported.
Output: Supports HDMI or SDI output through AJA and Blackmagic playback devices.

The Wirecast Workflow

A high-level overview of how audio, video, and network sources flow through your hardware, into Wirecast, and out to your audience.

Audio/Video Sources

Devices:

Cameras: SD/HD SDI, HDMI, USB, USB-C, and Thunderbolt
iOS / Wirecast Go
Microphones: USB, Line In, XLR
Audio interfaces, mixers, and ASIO devices

Web/IP & Other:

Web streams: RTMP, RTSP, MMS, HTTP
Screen Capture and Remote Desktop Presenters
IP Cameras & Web Display
NDI™ Integration
PTZ control (VISCA)
System Audio Capture & Media Files

Hardware Capture

Computers:

Mac (Apple Silicon & Intel)
Windows PC
Wirecast Gear (Win10)
Note: Quad-core processor recommended.

Video Capture:

PCIe, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0/3.1
AJA
Blackmagic Design
Magewell and more…

Encoding

Software Encoding:

X264, H.264
RTMP, SRT
ProRes, MJPEG
AAC, and WMV

Hardware Accelerated:

Intel QuickSync
nVidia NVENC
Apple H.264

Destinations

Deliver to:

YouTube, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and more
CDNs & Streaming servers
Record to disk via ISO Recording
Virtual camera and microphone out
HD-SDI output
Multi-viewer
Live program out via hardware
NDI output (Pro feature)
Secondary Live Display ouput

Detailed Technical Specifications & System Scaling

*Review Wirecast release notes to ensure version / OS compatibility.

Supported Operating Systems

macOS Compatibility macOS Sequoia 15 or macOS 26 Tahoe.

Windows Compatibility Windows 10 (version 1809 or higher), Windows 11 (21H2, 24H2 natively supported).

Hardware Capability Baseline

Minimum Baseline

Processor (CPU): Intel® 6th Generation or newer CPU – or AMD Ryzen™ 1000 Series or newer CPU; Apple M1 or newer. Note: May be insufficient for 1080p+ or 60 fps workflows.

Memory (RAM): 8 GB of standard RAM.

Graphics Engine (GPU): Intel HD Graphics, 2 GB video memory, DirectX 11 capable; Apple Silicon: 8 GB of unified memory. Note: Insufficient for advanced Multi-Viewer workflows.

Storage / Hard Drive: 7200 RPM Hard Drive (HDD) required for local record-to-disk pipelines.

Recommended (Pro) Optimal Target

Processor (CPU): Intel® 7th Generation or newer CPU – or AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series or newer; Apple M1 or newer.

Memory (RAM): 16+ GB of RAM; Apple silicon: 16 GB of unified memory.

Graphics Engine (GPU): Dedicated Nvidia GeForce, 4GB+ video memory, DirectX 12 capable; Apple silicon: 16 GB of unified memory.

Storage / Hard Drive: High-speed Solid State Drive (SSD) or fast RAID array for flawless local multi-track ISO capture and Replay functionality.

Network Stack & Best Practices

Required Ports & Bandwidth

Bandwidth Baseline: Total bitrate needed x 2 = Required upload bandwidth. Upload speed can be tested at websites such as TestMy.net/upload.

Ensure these network ports are open for traffic:

53 (DNS), 80 (HTTP/HTTPS), 443 (SSL)
1935 (RTMP), 2935 (RTMPS)
3478 / 5349 (STUN/Rendezvous peer-to-peer)
5353 (mDNS for local NDI source discovery)
5960-59xx (NDI port range, 1 port per active source)
7272 (Remote Desktop Presenter)
49152-65535 (WebRTC Media/Rendezvous – selected dynamically)

If behind a strict network firewall, check with your streaming target destinations for explicit domain whitelisting guidelines.

Hardware Acceleration Requirements

Intel Quick Sync Video: Requires an Intel CPU with an active Intel® QuickSync Video core.
NVIDIA NVENC: Requires a dedicated NVidia GPU featuring Kepler architecture or newer.
Apple Hardware H.264: Natively utilizes modern Apple Silicon unified pipelines or designated Mac processing arrays.

Rendezvous & Encoding Guidelines

Rendezvous utilizes WebRTC streams which scale system compute targets. Based on single simultaneous 720p30 streams @ 4.0Mbps:

Studio (2 Guests): Allocate +4 Mbps bandwidth | i5 quad-core CPU baseline.
Pro (7 Guests): Allocate +5+ Mbps bandwidth | i7 quad-core CPU baseline.

High Frame-Rate (60fps) & CPU Stack: Maintained system CPU usage exceeding 60% increases dropped frame likelihood. Consider lowering target canvas resolutions if resource saturation occurs.

System Scaling Note: Pushing complex multi-camera arrays, 60 FPS output arrays, active ISO recordings, or extensive multi-viewer output targets demands robust system rendering capabilities. Ensure local host processing arrays map to suggested professional hardware setups.

Supported Languages

Wirecast interface controls, menus, and production toolkits are fully unlocked and available across 12 distinct localized languages:

English

Brazilian Portuguese

Simplified Chinese

Czech

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Dutch

Spanish

Swedish

Current & Previous Versions

macOS Downloads

For macOS Sequoia 15 or higher:

Previous Versions

For macOS Ventura 13 or higher: Wirecast 16.2 | Release notes
For macOS 12 thru macOS 13: Wirecast 15.2.1 | Release notes
For macOS 10.15 thru macOS 12: Wirecast 15.0.3 | Release notes
For macOS 10.14 thru macOS 12: Wirecast 14.3.4 | Release notes
For macOS 10.14 thru 10.16: Wirecast 14.2.1 | Release notes
For macOS 10.14 thru 10.15:
Wirecast 14.0.4 | Release notes
Wirecast 13.1.3 | Release notes
For macOS 10.13 thru 10.14:
Wirecast 12.2.1 | Release notes
Wirecast 11.1.2 | Release notes
For macOS 10.12 thru 10.13:
Wirecast 10.1.1 | Release notes
Wirecast 9.0.1 | Release notes
Wirecast 8.3 | Release notes
For OS X 10.11 thru 10.12: Wirecast 7.7 | Release notes
For OS X 10.9 thru 10.11: Desktop Presenter 2.0.6

Windows Downloads

If rolling back to a previous version, please uninstall your existing version of Wirecast.

For Windows 10 1809 or higher:

Previous Versions

For Windows 10 1809 or higher:
Wirecast 16.1 | Release notes
Wirecast 15.2.1 | Release notes
For Windows 7, 10:
Wirecast 14.3.4 | Release notes
Wirecast 13.1.3 | Release notes
Wirecast 12.2.1 | Release notes
Wirecast 11.1.2 | Release notes
For Windows 7, 8, 10:
Wirecast 10.1.1 | Release notes
Wirecast 9.0.1 | Release notes
Wirecast 8.3 | Release notes
Wirecast 7.7 | Release notes
Desktop Presenter 2.0.5
For access to other previous versions of Wirecast, please contact support.

Wirecast Plugin for Stream Deck 1.4

Install the free Wirecast Plugin for Stream Deck for easy, tactile control of your broadcast. Compatible with Mac or Windows. Stream Deck sold separately.

Download the Stream Deck software
Open the Stream Deck software application and click the Stream Deck Store icon above the button panel next to the Preferences icon.
Select Plugins > Video, then locate the Wirecast Stream Deck plugin on the list and click Install
Release Notes
User’s Guide

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Wellshire Presbyterian Church

Wellshire Presbyterian Church uses Wirecast to serve as the central live switching and streaming engine, seamlessly integrating multi-source video and audio into a broadcast-grade workflow.

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