Use Magewell capture device and Wirecast to stream video
1Add video capture devices
Click the plus sign (+) in the layer, point to
Capture Devices, and then select Magewell capture device under
System Device.
2Set properties of the captured video
Select the Magewell capture card in the layer and then the
System Device Properties panel appears on the left side of the preview window. Set up
the capture device as follows in the panel:
Capture Device Size: set the resolution.
Device Aspect Ratio
Color Space
In the main Wirecast window, click the
File menu, and then click
Preferences. In the
Preferences dialog box, click the
Performance tab, and then select the frame rate in the
Video Display Rate drop-down menu.
3Add audio capture devices
Select the Magewell capture card in the layer and then the
System Device Properties panel appears on the left side of the preview window. Click
the layer icon at the top of the panel to switch to the
Shot Layers panel.
In the
Shot Layers panel, click the plus sign (+), point to
Capture Devices, and then select the audio capture device linked with video under
WASAPI audio capture.
To record audio from the microphone, in the
Shot Layers panel, click the plus sign (+), point to
Capture Devices, and then select
Mic or
Line In as the audio input device under
WASAPI audio capture.
For Pro Capture and Eco Capture Family capture devices, select
Audio as the audio input device linked with video.
For USB Capture (Plus) Family devices, refer to the list below to select the audio input device linked
with video.
USB Capture HDMI (4K) Plus: select
HDMI for camera/game console/video player capture; select
Computer for screen capture.
USB Capture SDI (4K) Plus/USB Capture SDI Gen 2: select
SDI.
USB Capture DVI Plus: select
HDMI.
USB Capture AIO: select
Digital if you use DVI or SDI interface; select
Analog if you use DB9 interface.
USB Capture HDMI Gen 2: select
HDMI.
4Obtain the RTMP address, stream name (stream key) and FMLE file on the live streaming platform
5Set the streaming format
In the main Wirecast window, click the
Output menu, and then click
Output Settings.
In the
Select an Output Destination dialog box, select
RTMP Sever in the
Destination drop-down menu
In the
Output Settings dialog box, set the video streaming format as follows:
Name: create a name for your recording object. The name will be displayed on the
Output menu.
Encoding
Address: enter the RTMP address.
Stream: enter the stream key.
Click
Open FMLE XML File beside the
Stream text box, and then import the FMLE file downloaded from the streaming platform.
6Start and stop streaming
On the
Output menu, point to
Start/Stop Broadcasting, and then click
Start RTMP Server: (streaming object name) to start streaming.
On the
Output menu, point to
Start/Stop Broadcasting, and then click
Stop RTMP Server: (streaming object name) to stop streaming.
Relevant Topic:
Use Magewell capture device and Wirecast to record video
Eco Capture