Great video, Justin! Thanks for looking openly and honestly at both softwares! We're actually working on addressing some of the issues you bring up as we speak, so hopefully when you do the next version of this video you'll be able to report even more good news! Keep up the good work ;)
Or you can use obs. And download restream app. And it allows you to stream yo as many places as your internet can handle. And it gives you a chat box that all the chat from all the areas go to. And it tells you who is. Commenting from were RU-vid Facebook twitch ect. So you can address properly. Ps all free btw.
I'm making this comment 20 seconds into the video after your intro. I'm so excited to hear what you have to say. I haven't seen you in awhile it's good to have you back. I have just gotten into the live streaming and definitely I'm excited to hear your opinion about these two programs
Wirecast is a really amazing software to do live-streaming but, 1. too expensive and 2. consume a lot of CPU power from the computer. Probably with OBS you cannot do some of the things that you can do with Wirecast (for example adding guest, even I though you can do it now with OBS too, im not 100% sure but always you can do it using an additional app like zoom for example) but it will treat your computer more gentle.
been working with wire cast from version 3 to 7, mac and windows. this 4 years were a bunch or bugs, issues and headeches. This year tried OBS, and I'm super happy. Im donating them every 3-4 months. Wirecast is worst every time. I have super high end machines, never could to record or stream smooth. with obs all my cameras works fine. go OBS. If I didn't delete wire cast from my machines is because their virtual cameras allows me to Skype, but this year this started to have bugs, so... wire cast, u better change the way u upgrade your soft or u will die slow and for sure.
One major point of difference is the scene and source layout. I'm intrigued by Wirecast's rowed layer methodology, but it seems to involve a lot of mouse movement. But there is a Wirecast plug-in for Elgato's Streamdeck that would allow you to swap the mousing for macro button pushing. Although, once you get used to OBS's Scene/Source methodology it's really not a big deal. However it is good to be able to see all of your sources on a sort of timeline the way Wirecast presents them. In OBS you'd have to go into Studio Mode and also activate the multiview to see most if not all of your scene and sources and to preview and tweak them before taking them live to air.
You can press CTRL in windows and crop without needing to go to setting just select the layer and do it when corners convert form circle to Square! That's it!!!
OBS easily wins. We paid $400+ for Wirecast 4 & $90 for the HD streaming then later upgraded to Wirecast 6 for another chuck of money...(i forgot why).... We were about to upgrade to Wirecast 8 for another $400 just to use our HDMI capture card 2 weeks ago... when I decided to just try OBS. We were up running within 5 mins of downloading OBS and spend another 20 minutes setting up presets we used in Wirecast. Wirecast is great if you must use some of its features (which you prob can find plug-ins for OBS) but other than that... OBS all the way. Too little hardware are officially supported by Wirecast, help yourself and learn to live with OBS.
Good comparison, It would have been great if you could compare useful things like using titles, text, build in APIs, sound sources and connecting external devices such as ATEM, web grabber or any similar. Is there a comparison for advanced users?
Hey Justin, you said that "you have great overall control over your stream", but you never went into a detail about it. As for now (for a power user) the OBS is an obvious choice because I really can't see pros without specific examples. That is if you're not going to stream on multiple platforms at he same time. Make us in-depth comparison!
Really great, informative video. Opened my eyes to a lot of key differences! Though the price of OBS is still really appealing, I can see upgrading to Wirecast for higher-tier productions. Earned my sub!
I am new to all this. Thank you for your video series. Your videos have taken away a lot of unanswered questions. I have just purchase a Lumix DMC FZ300 and am building a basic set. I look forward to watching many more of your videos.
Great video but OBS works better for me. I love how I can set up hot keys for multiple scenes and control everything from there. It's just a quicker and fool proof way to have a super show!
LOL, This video could have stopped after the first 25 sec. Thanks for the extended details but $0 - 1000 is too big a gap to close considering how easy OBS is to use.
Hi Justin. Thanks for this video. It has helped making sense of all of this stuff. I am a fellow Aussie golf pro. I create golf coaching videos and would love to do a live cast coaching event in the future ad am trying to get my head around all of the things I need to do. Multiple cameras etc. in an semi out door environment. Do you have any tips in this area?
What do you mean Wirecast is more intuitive? In my experience, as someone that has a lot of experience with both, OBS is far more intuitive for a beginner.
As someone that has a lot of experience with both, wirecast is easier in my opinion, especially for a beginner to use. Both good options and hey.. one is free!
Thanks! Yep, Wirecast is definitely not for everyone with that price tag.. but I think if you're doing a lot of livestreams it should be easy to justify once you've played with both programs 👍🏻
foe someone who isn't tech savvy like me OBS is head scratching so I'm going to buy for the wirecast pro it's not 9 hundred but i've seen it in the 7 to 8 hundred range.
OMG, thanks for another great video! Did you try Manycam? Any opinion about which is most secure? Can you link multiple broadcasters from different locations with either? OBS, Wirecast, or Manycam- if you know that one. Set up is for virtual learning productions.
I just re-tried Wirecast earlier tonight, and it's still a resource hog for me. OBS (I find) is much easier. I understand where people starting out would have some things to learn, and sure Wirecast has all those presets. But, how many people actually know what they should be streaming at based on their own internet connection? There's still (an quite possibly, always be) some homework to do, to make sure you're getting the best out of what you have.
the video was so helpful, I dont know who are these 30 stupids who gave you dislikes !!! personally I really liked working in Wirecast and as you said it is much easier but I had an issue of streaming to facebook maybe because of the lake of complete knowledge about that software and found OBS is streaming perfectly even with low speed internet but you have to be a designer to to bring up your all things and set them by your self, and I have no issue with that. Thank you so much for the video Justin Brown.
I paid for Wirecast... but I reported so many bugs, that they eventually got sick of fixing them - and told me to use something else. REALLY. They refuse to let me pay for upgrades but won't refund my original purchase price. Dont waste your money. Too many bugs.
Wirecast is awesome ! Sometimes you just have to pay for certain things. yes OBS can do everything wirecast can do , but wirecast just works and you don't have to spend ages setting up cams and de interlace etc. Wirecast is ready to go out of the box no messing arround and when you have your big boy pants on in real production the tiny cost even for pro is worth it to know its going to work. I mean how much would it cost to re-hire a space and multiple camera operators and a tech and so on? Way way more than 699 USD
I have Wirecast. I can't use it now. It doesn't recognize my MixPre-6 in Audio Capture. That means NO SOUND, and therefore, it's useless until that gets fixed. I'm looking at OBS now.
Hi Justin, This was super helpful. I am looking to simply improve the quality of the video so it's not a bit grainy or pixilated like it gets on a phone. Will using these programs fix that? I do have a Canon 70D, will I be able to do that or, even if I stuck with the iphone 7, would the quality improve? Thanks!!!
You can definitely get higher quality through a computer than you can using a phone, however the biggest determining factor when it comes to quality is your internet speed. If the footage is grainy then that's usually caused by low light - adding some lights to brighten your shot could be a way to overcome that. The Canon 70D won't work well for this, for some reason the Canon 70D and 80D show all the camera information when outputting the video feed through HDMI.. meaning all those details will be showing on your livestream too if you use it. MOST dslr's don't do that and would work fine though.
Thank you Justin..I'm not computer savvy,I do a YT Live every AM,I want to put the room in Unlisted,But YT says I need a encoder! I downloaded OBS and had High CPU warnings. Is there any way around this decoding crap to go live on YT and have a unlisted /private room?Than you Again Justin
Thank you for the video, Can we display lyrics/ Bible verses on the screen while live-streaming during Sunday morning service? If so, please send me the link showing how to do that. Thank you in advance,
amigo .. es posible transmitir con wirecast pero con una webcam y que no hay retraso entre el audio y la imagen? .. me esta pasando eso ... y la gente que me ve en facebook en vivo recibe la emisión con retraso entre audio e imagen. tengo una mac, interfaz de audio apoggie duet, y el sonido de la emisión lo produzco en una mezcladora la cual envio su salida a la entrada de linea de mi apopgie duet ..
Hey, Justin, This is a great video thanks. I've wathced it several times! However, now I have come across this new software called Mimo Live. I use Wirecast now but not sure if I want to pay to upgrade to 8? What do you thinK?
hey Justin great video. I already tried observed once and it seems ok. how can I set up to show a little picture in picture window over my shoulder sharing a video file while I provide commentary
Hi I am wondering if you can help me. I bought the panasonic lumix gh4. I also have a black magic shuttle intensity design. I previously had a nikon d3300 but because its not purpose built for filming it cut out after 30 minutes. I am trying to connect my lumix to wirecast through my intensity shuttle but it keeps showing a black screen in wirecast. Is there something i am not doing because from your video your lumix is compatible with wirecast.
thanks for getting back so fast. my record quality is set to fhd 17m 50i- it says that is 1920 x 1080, 50.00p. I set that in rec quality part of my menu under motion picture. it says 4k photo (creative video) is off. Im not sure how to access hdmi settings
Justin Brown - Primal Video hey Justin. Do you mind walking me through as I have tried this to the best of my knowledge and it is still not recognising.
My camera settings are MOV (not MP4), 1080p 25 50mbps, Camera needs to be in Video Mode (Manual) then you will have access to the HDMI output settings in the cameras menu.
Which DSLR are you using? Does it have "Clean" HDMI output? Which video capture card are you using? Does the DSLR have and audio INPUT/MIC port? As for the audio input from the mixer, is it a studio mixer, or a DJ mixer? Are you recording a lecture, conversation, just music, or a combination of both? The reason for the questions is this: With a DSLR, you can run into the camera (and it's sensor) to the point of overheating. After doing much research on which camera I really wanted, (but don't own just yet) I ended up figuring out that a Panasonic GH4 (which has a slew of pro level features besides shooting at 4K) would be the camera to get. It's mirrorless and the sensor is designed to handle heavy video input (4k video files are HUGE). "Clean" HDMI output means that all of the information you see on a DSLR (aperture, f-stops, etc) can be turned off, and won't interfere with the content you'll capture. While current cameras have some form of HDMI out, what is missing is an encoder. This is where the video capture card comes in. I would recommend the BlackMagic UltraStudio Mini Recorder, for quickly encoding the captured video using H.264 to my computer. The capture card has SDI and HDMI on one side, and Thunderbolt 2 on the other. I have an adapter to turn that into Thunderbolt 3 on my Mac. Works beautifully. If you're capturing audio from an EXTERNAL mixer, there's a possibility, depending on a few factors, that the audio may be out of sync with your video. To eliminate this, if your camera/DSLR has an audio INPUT, run the audio into it. If there's a mixer it has to go through, then you'll need to adjust the volume coming out of your mixer so that you don't peak/run into the red on your camera's audio. The worst thing you want is crystal clean video, and an overblown audio signal. If you're DJing (like I do) and you want clean audio from that, check the back of the mixer for a "REC OUT" or "MASTER 2 OUT". If there's a DJ mixer, running into a recording mixer, then you just attenuate your audio at the recording mixer, so you don't overdrive your signal to the camera, and ultimately your video being recorded by OBS. If it's a live band, then you have to do sound checks for all the instruments (which if you're doing this, you know what you need to do), if it's a conversation or lecture, make sure you've gotten the room as quiet as you can get it, make sure all of the possible distractions that could mess up or interfere with your recording/stream are not going to show up in the middle of your show! For Facebook, I would start my stream about 2-5 minutes early, and post that your going live. If you can, have someone monitoring the chat room (if it's not you), and interact with your fans. Give them shoutouts, so that they know it's REALLY live, and not just a video. I hope this helps! Take care!
Wirecast has changed significantly. The item #4 for OBS is no longer the case for Wirecast. You can click and resize etc. and you do not have to crop from a slider unless you prefer that way of editing. So point #4 is completely removed :) Both Programs are great! My suggestion is try both and make sure the program does what you need and works with your computer setup. I have seen Wirecast crash with certain GPU and not with other GPU's. I have had cameras freeze up in OBS and not in Wirecast and visa versa. Test both OBS and Wirecast - the present demo Wirecast version has all the features of the Studio version and you can test it as long as you need provided the logo on your output does not drive you crazy.
I have used Wirecast GO and Periscope. The major issue I have out in the field is bandwidth. Generally it's pretty bad with most apps due to poor internet speeds in Perth (and australia in general actually). I do also use Wirecast Pro for prerording studio work as well;-) Then push it out on as Live which does have a ranking effect.
Hello sir! it's great,but I want to ask you about wirecast.why it hear women say and logo's wirecast show in my video when i live it to facebook?can you tell me ?
