Vidblaster Vs Wirecast

[cseeman]

I can see that VidBlaster had a strong feature set that Wirecast didn't support for some time.
VB had virtual camera out and live thumbnails for a long time before Wirecast.
Wirecast's live thumbnails allow control of the frame rate or can be disable to lower CPU use.
Wirecast is adding RTMPT/RTSP/MMS/HTTP support through its WebStream plugin in Wirecast 5.
VidBlaster's Advanced Chroma is very good and replay is also a nice feature.
Telestream may be slower to add those features but they're also working cross platform.

Regarding company resources, Wirecast was originally just a couple of guys with a small company Varasoft. Telestream bought them and added supporting resources so the coders could focus on just that rather than running every aspect of a company. In those early days Wirecast was Mac only and Quicktime only (no Flash). Telestream is the key reason for Wirecast's feature growth.

While Mike V has done a lot on his own perhaps it's time that he consider going the Varasoft route and look for a buyer to expand the company. At the very least CombiTech may need partners to grow. He may need to consider hiring support staff.