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thetechbuzz
11-04-2014, 08:51 AM
Wirecast 6 is out on the Telestream website, happy upgrading. it is a paid upgrade and I have a video of the overview of features on my youtube channel to help you get going with Wirecast 6 http://www.youtube.com/thetechbuzz then look under Tutorials.

Linuxcooldude
11-04-2014, 09:05 AM
WooHoo! Great! I almost broke my index finger trying to go to Telestream.

MovieBuff
11-04-2014, 09:13 AM
Yes!!!!!! Great video!

thetechbuzz
11-04-2014, 10:01 AM
Tune in to Broadcast Now as I will take your questions on Wirecast 6 as today's show is ALL about Wirecast 6!!

Donovan
11-09-2014, 12:56 PM
I was looking forward to version 6, specifically because of the 64 bit version. However, for whatever reason - and no I do not believe it's a driver issue since other 64 bit video switching software doesn't have this issue - the 64 bit version of WC6 won't see my Microsoft Lifecam Studio cams. I have two them and one Logitech C920, which it has no problem seeing the C920. It complains about USB bandwidth for the Lifecams but all my cameras are on their own USB add-in card, thus there's only one camera per bus.

Switching over to the 32 bit version of WC6 corrects the problem. Considering I wanted to use the 64 bit version for access to more memory and hopefully more efficient use of overall system resources, if it's not going to work with two of my three cameras, I can't see paying for the upgrade.

If anyone happens to come across a solution for this, I'd love to hear about it. Otherwise I'm sticking with WC5 for the now.

cseeman
11-11-2014, 08:43 AM
Which operating system and what computer specs.
You don't mention anything about the Source Settings in Wirecast for the Lifecam Studio. Wirecast may default to something different than other software. Wirecast directly access the webcam for its source settings. Those settings certainly could be different for each model camera.

My Logitech C910 has 43 settings across two codecs in Wirecast. When your control is that deep you have to examine that and my bet is you're not getting that kind of control in other programs.

Donovan
11-11-2014, 09:10 AM
Which operating system and what computer specs.
You don't mention anything about the Source Settings in Wirecast for the Lifecam Studio. Wirecast may default to something different than other software. Wirecast directly access the webcam for its source settings. Those settings certainly could be different for each model camera.

My Logitech C910 has 43 settings across two codecs in Wirecast. When your control is that deep you have to examine that and my bet is you're not getting that kind of control in other programs.

Windows 7 64 bit, i5, 8GB RAM

If I understand your question correctly, the source settings for the Lifecam webcams brings up the Lifecam driver control panel, just like the C920 brings up the Logitech control panel. Or did I misunderstand your question?

cseeman
11-11-2014, 09:15 AM
Also check "Video Settings" in Wirecast Source Settings.

Donovan
11-11-2014, 09:26 AM
Here are some screen shots of the sources, the camera and video settings when I hit the "Configure" button for one of the Lifecam cameras in Wirecast 5. I can't show in WC6 currently because I don't have it installed, but I don't believe it was much different. The listing was the same, but the two Lifecam cameras just showed up blue for video, under WC6 64 bit.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dm8gxt1cw3f1zst/Sources.PNG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r0gvwpdguji3jei/CameraControl.PNG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oo2nszgmsyf02c6/VideoSettings.PNG?dl=0

cseeman
11-11-2014, 10:11 AM
But you're not having issues with Wirecast 5.
Please examine Wirecast 6.

Donovan
11-11-2014, 10:14 AM
But you're not having issues with Wirecast 5.
Please examine Wirecast 6.

LOL. Yes, I'm aware. That's why I said I was sure the settings were the same, but when I have a chance to uninstall 5 and re-install 6, I will double check my findings. :)



UPDATE: I did a quick uninstall and re-install. Same settings, etc. in WC6 64 bit as are in WC5 32 bit.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ctpir77osenta0/SourcesWC6-64bit.PNG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ljfm741v8beyax/VideoSettingsWC6-64bit.PNG?dl=0

cseeman
11-11-2014, 11:54 AM
Check Lifecam Studio Firmware (1033) and Software (3.6 for Windows 7 or 4.2 for Windows 8) as well.
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/lifecam-studio

Donovan
11-11-2014, 12:24 PM
Check Lifecam Studio Firmware (1033) and Software (3.6 for Windows 7 or 4.2 for Windows 8) as well.
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/lifecam-studio

Yep, one of the first things I did.

cseeman
11-11-2014, 01:32 PM
I have a C910 with no issues but seems your C920 is OK as well.
I don't have Lifecam Studio to test with.
Try removing one of them. Make sure it's gone from both Source Settings and Media>Show Asset Manager as well. Then restart Wirecast again and tell me how it behaves with just one Lifecam Studio.

Donovan
11-30-2014, 08:46 AM
Just a quick update. I took the plunge and performed a clean install of Windows 8.1 (I was using Windows 7 as previously mentioned). I then installed Wirecat 6 64bit. The difference between this installation and my previous installation is astronomical. I've had no issues with running the 3 cameras AND when encoding out to 3 CDNs, recording locally and having the virtual camera output to Skype only taxes the CPU at max 55%. Previously under Windows 7, the 3rd camera issue aside, my system would easily hit 70%+ trying to do this.

I'm not going to sit here and say that Windows 8.1 is the reason, but this clean installation, an OS that is known to have a better working core than its previous version (it's always been the interface that most people haven't liked) and running 64bit WC6 seems to make a world of difference!

Presently, I'm happy with Wirecast 6. :)