April 2016 - XSplit Blog

Using the Image Slideshow and Video Playlist Plugin

Update: This post is outdated. Please reference to this new post instead

In one of our more technical posts, we explained how you can add custom sources to your XSplit Broadcaster presentation using configurable SWF files. Obviously that article is targeted more towards developers and technical people. With that in mind, we decided to create this blog post too that will instead just explain how normal users can use the newly-created image slideshow and video playlist plugin.

To start things off, you need to first click on “Add SWF plugin…” under the File menu. This will open up the “SwfPlugins” folder, look for the file “ImageLoader.swf” for image slideshow and the file “VideoLoader.swf” for video playlist. It will then add a blank element on your stage which you can easily configure by right clicking that source and clicking “Configure”. Another small window will open and you can now do what you want. Just don’t forget to press OK to save your changes. Here’s a screenshot of how the window look like:

XSplit Broadcaster Imageloader Configuration

Image Slideshow configuration window

xsplit video playlist configuration window

Video Playlist configuration window

“Slideshow Controls” for Image Slideshow and “Video Controls” for Video Playlist buttons works immediately upon click, affecting the current show as needed. But for the other controls just like the “Playlist Controls” buttons on the Video Playlist configuration window, the “OK” button will have to be clicked in order for the playlist to be updated. Please note that the Video Playlist uses the FLVPlayback flash component and so only supports a limited number of file types.

That should be it. These two new sources should give you more options with your presentation. See it in action!

XSplit is Back for this year’s 8-Bit Salute

XSplit supports the upcoming 8-Bit Salute Military Appreciation Month event for May 2016. We will be providing FREE Premium licenses to qualified participants and also join the initiative by live streaming games ourselves during the event period.

What is 8-Bit Salute and why are we supporting it?

We’ve been supporting Operation Supply Drop since 2014 because we believe in the importance of giving back to Veterans. We don’t want to just do it through donations — we want to raise awareness about the importance of supporting Veterans and more importantly how anyone can get involved with Operation Supply Drop to do just that.

8-Bit Salute is an annual charity event run by Operation Supply Drop, an organization founded in 2010 to aid active duty service members and veterans. They support veterans through three major programs: The Teams, Thank You Deployments and The Teams. The most notable of the programs are “Supply Drops” which are video game care packages delivered to active duty Veterans deployed, in hospitals or on military installations around the world. The best part is that OSD supports US, NATO and ANZAC veterans.

How is XSplit supporting 8-Bit Salute?

XSplit is supporting the 8-Bit Salute event two ways — first, we are providing participants with FREE XSplit Premium license codes so they can make the most out of their live streams, and second, we are joining the month-long event ourselves! For the XSplit license, there will be a free 1-month license for every qualified participant and a 3-month Premium license for those who can raise more than $100 in donations.

To spice things up a bit, we will host a contest during the event month where those who donate $25 or more to our team (Located Here) will be entered into a drawing for two XSplit Lifetime Premium licenses. The winners will be chosen and announced at the end of the event period.

As for participating ourselves, we are ready to rock and we would love for you to join our team here: https://www.tiltify.com/teams/xsplit-team. As part of our team, you will get some love through our social media when you go live during the month of May. We will also post your schedule on our team page so everyone knows when to catch you up. 🙂

How can I get involved?

The easiest way is to Sign Up and Participate in the event. If you are a gamer, and you love to stream, then there’s simply no reason not to join this endeavor.

If you’re already participating or even organizing an event for #8BitSalute, then we want to hear more about it! Send us a tweet via @xsplit and we’ll be happy to have a look and promote your event. 🙂

Finally if you are part of our stream teams through Twitch and Hitbox, then we are counting on your involvement for this. You’re not only supporting us in our participation but you’re supporting a good cause.

What are you waiting for? Sign up now and get yourself ready! 🙂

XSplit at PAX East 2016

The second PAX event of 2016 is upon us and we’re once again heading up to exhibit at the event this coming April 22nd to 24th 2016. We are located at booth #9188 and we’re looking forward to catch up with you there.

Continuing on the tradition of showcasing Indie games, we have partnered with Devolver Digital and Indie Megabooth in providing you content for the entirety of the event. Here’s how the schedule looks like including the games that will be showcased during the event:

It’s going to be really exciting as we’re bringing in a lot of our staff to the event. We will have guys from the headquarters such as @DigitalAnomaly but we will also have the ever-so jolly @ChrisSlight and Victor Fontanez aka @TeamSpooky as our presenters for the event. Rounding up the line up will be our community managers @Sllayt3r and @highgai helping us out during the event.

Expect the same kind of fun and excitement, if not more, for this event. If you’ve been in any of our previous events then you know what we’re talking about. If not, then this is your chance to experience it. We have T-shirts, lanyards, wristbands, XSplit licenses & more on the booth so make sure to drop by and say hi! 🙂

For those not attending, you can watch the happenings at twitch.tv/xsplit. We will also be having some fun giveaways on social media during the event week so make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram so you don’t miss it out.

See you there!

Text Sources Now Support BBcode

You can now use BBcode in your text sources. This includes adding images and changing text size and color and using css styles!

Here’s a table that shows you the supported tags, what they are used for, and examples on how to use them:

TAG	PURPOSE	CODE	RESULT
[b]	Makes text bold	`[b]Title[/b] Text`	Title Text
[color]	Changes the color of the text You can use either a standard color name or a hexadecimal value.	`[color=red]Title[/color] Text`	Title Text
[color]		`[color=#FF0000]Title[/color] Text`	Title Text
[i]	Makes text italic	`[i]Title[/i] Text`	Title Text
[img]	Shows the image indicated	`[img]https://cdn4.xsplit.com/cms/XSplit-logo.svgz[/img]`
[size]	Changes the font size of the text. This uses pixels as its unit of measurement.	`[size=50]Title[/size] Text`	Title Text
[sub]	Changes the text into subscript	`[sub]Title[/sub] Text`	_Title Text
[sup]	Changes the text into superscript	`[sup]Title[/sup] Text`	^Title Text
[style]	Used for detailed CSS styling	`[style=styleString]Title[/style] Text`	Title Text
	You can also combine tags	`[size=50][color=red][b]Title[/b][/color][/size] Text`	Title Text

Technical Notes:

Since the Text source itself has its own styling, you may use any css style but it is not always guaranteed to be shown properly (this includes, but is not limited to: alignment styles and spacing styles)
When using the underlined or strikethrough Text CSS property, setting the color through BBcode is not reflected on the underline or strikethrough stroke (It follows outline color, which in css, is -webkit-text-stroke-color)
When used together with the fade effect, please use unusual characters in HTML, for example, “||” (double pipes, without the quotes) as your delimiter, so that you don’t split in-between the tags. Also, please do not place delimiters anywhere between an opening and a closing tag because doing so will only result in the BBcode being applied to the the first fade segment enclosed in the tag.
Text source settings such as outline thickness and alignment are computed based on the original font-size. These are some of its consequences:
Using the size tag with a relatively smaller value than the computed one and placing a line break, will make it seem that multiple line breaks are present, but it is actually only a single line break with the original font-size
Using the size tag with a relatively smaller value than the computed one and adjusting the alignment properties through the align buttons may show limited and unexpected changes.
BBcodes may also be used with custom scripts (such as Load Text from File).