Telestream has just released Version 7.5 of its Wirecast live streaming and production software, updated to now give Wirecast support for the Periscope/Twitter API. This means that any user can employ Wirecast to stream live full motion video to Periscope.tv, which will appear natively within their Twitter feeds.
Wirecast 7.5 is available immediately running on both Mac and Windows machines offering a full live-streaming editing studio. The software supports GPU-accelerated encoding, with a streamlined user interface to create and stream high-quality live broadcasts from their computers to dozens of popular destinations such as Twitter, Facebook Live and YouTube, as well as to custom streaming servers with just a few mouse clicks. The software features integration of multiple sources for video, titling and other visual effects, encoding and built-in setups for easy connection and streaming to popular services. The software is sold outright as a downloadable packages, rather than in a subscription model or requirement to use any online service for transcoding or other parts of the workflow to transmission.
“We anticipate that news and celebrity and influencer posts will be popular applications of this technology mix,” said Scott Murray, VP of Desktop Products at Telestream. “With Periscope/Twitter added as a native destination within Wirecast, users have the means to add rich, professional production values to live video streams on Twitter – something that we’re confident will win more eyeballs and bring users more followers.”
Wirecast Studio is priced at $495, and Wirecast Pro, priced at $995, adds support for more advanced production features and additional input sources. Upgrades from previous versions of Wirecast will start at $179. Wirecast 7.5 with Periscope/Twitter native, live streaming support is available now. For a trial download and/or to buy Wirecast 7.5 go to https://www.telestream.net/wirecast/whats-new.htm
