Edit: nevermind, I herp’d the derp
Does anyone have any recommendations for transition speed/type settings within Xsplit to cut down on the visual hitches when changing scenes, or do you just try to avoid changing them during an actual live round?
I usually just set transitions to none. They’re not really necessary most of the time imo.
I have an idea for recording that I’d like some input on. I want to record HD quality, and I want it to be as smooth as possible. I hear that setting up a RAID can help this out. However what I would like to try is installing my OS and necessary capture software on a SSD, and having the capture location be on an external drive connected via USB 3.0.
Has anybody tried anything like this before?
That’s what I currently use, there’s just a noticeable hitch of a few frames when I change scenes that I’m trying to get rid of if possible.
Does anyone know of an SD USB capture device that is confirmed to work with Xsplit?
I’m pretty sure that a Dazzle will work. I’ve used one before.
the Gamecap isn’t really has bad as some make it out to be.i own one, and i haven’t felt any lag introduced into gameplay because it has it’s own pass through. video quality isn’t the absolute best, but it’s pretty decent. a stream lag would most likely be due to the type of connection and not the device itself
New version of my Panel Writer is out!
So here is my recording setup:
- Monitor CRT
- Xbox360 VGA cable ( Microsoft )
- VGA to Composite/Svideo converter ( USB Powered ). This:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-powered-vga-to-composite-s-video-converter-box-1280-1024px-max-26804 - SVideo cable.
- Capture Card.
The converter get a pass-through function, so i can connect the Xbox360 VGA cable to the CRT monitor while recording using my capture card. Do i need also a VGA splitter ( powered ) ? Because i’ve noticed a little ( very little ) input lag. I’m not sure about it, maybe i’m paranoic ? I can’t do an input lag test since i haven’t another CRT monitor.
Good stuff, it took me a little bit to get PW set up but it’s fantastic compared to what I was doing before.
If you guys are interested in editing lower thirds in wirecast with ease, here’s a video i just made regarding that.
[media=youtube]4HtAZHqs8FY[/media]
If youre curious:
WireCast 4.1.3 Rig:
Phenom X4 9650 (AM2+)
6 GB DDR2
Nvidia GTX550Ti (EVGA)
Gigabyte DS4H Mobo
CE-LABS Component Distro-Amp
AverMedia HD DVR (PCI-E)
Behringer Xenyx 802
Yamaha CM-500 x2
Microsoft LifeCam VX5000 x2
hmm the way i do it is to add a “just color” aka “my color” lower third. Then in the text attributes I use the background opacity slider.
Ah yes, that works too! I figured this solution to be a bit more permanent since the empty transparent text overlay will always be like that for every new wirecast document.
I’ve been doing a bit of research, and I want to sell a machine built for streaming. It seems as though there is a big enough market for it. However, I haven’t come across a definitive hardware configuration for a decent streaming PC. Could somebody offer a bit of insight?
has anyone had trouble getting xsplit to work with BMI Shuttle on Win7 64bit? I can get Media Express to capture video, but at best xsplit just gives me a black box when I have the Decklink Video Capture in scene, other times it tells me the camera is not available. Is this a registry/driver problem?
I’m setting this up right now, but I’m using an internal HDD.
For hardware specs, you can compare a streaming rig to what you’d need to edit and encode high quality video. You’re basically doing the same thing for streaming, just instead of saving it locally, you’re broadcasting it online. I’m no expert, but encoding in HD is a lot of work for just video editing, and since streaming programs encode in H.264 in HD, i would think it can be a decent comparison to what you would need.
The only thing that shouldn’t matter is a fast HDD since the HDD only matters for recording to HDD. (Which would probably only matter for the really high end stuff like RGB 1080p 60fps material.) Everything is done in memory when streaming.
Uncompressed 720p60, which is what the blackmagic intensity pro captures in by default, is 6GB per minute. Granted, Xsplit will really cut the file size down, but it is still a very HDD dependent. For reference, the 2TB Seagate Barracuda Greens(a common drive) cannot keep this pace up across the entire platter. The Western Digital Green Series often struggles to reach 50mbps writes(they’re junk, trust me).