Alright, finally got to play around with Wirecast 5 and there were 3 things that threw me for a loop... #1 is how the audio is handled. That was one I quickly figured out, but had a brief moment of insanity when I realized that I had not "taken" the shot I had setup therefore the old shot didn't have audio and I couldn't figure out why...

So word of advice... Setup all shots with their respective audio sources first... then "take" the first shot into program mode.

Issue 2

Another issue I had... One of my cameras froze... When I realized it, I pulled the camera's USB cord and put it back in. In Vidblaster, I would then refresh the camera and it would all work perfectly... here it wreaked havoc. (warning it will get confusing)... Shot 1 (camera 1) worked well all night. Shot 2 (camera 3) worked well all night. Shot 3 (camera 2) was the problem. Now... when I pulled the USB cord the Shot 3 and Shot 2 went away... My guess is because Shot 2 was camera 3, when I pulled Camera 2, it effected Camera 3. It wound up posting a generic white screen with a red "Wirecast" text on it.

So what should I do if that is to happen again. I couldn't find a way to "refresh" the camera without ruining the rest of the shots. The cameras I was using were 3 Microsoft Lifecams.

Issue 3

How to setup shots and use the number keypad like you can via Vidblaster. I know there is a better way than what I was doing... I was seting up each shot, then using the "Take... or Program" button (whatever it's called) to send the shots live. Each time I would have to click on the new shot, then take it. I couldn't just use the number pad to make it take the new shots.

Anyway around that?